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Best exercise for when you're short on time?

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  • polo571
    polo571 Posts: 708 Member
    HIIT sprints. Google it.
  • jakidb
    jakidb Posts: 1,010 Member
    Walk A Way the Pounds; it's quick and you can do it at home
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Does anyone have any recommendations? Im SOOO not a morning person and my evenings are spent with my kids until they go to bed. After that, Im exhausted, but if I could do a short workout, that would be awesome. Thanks

    What's yoru goal? Simple calorie burn? Strength/muscle work?

    For straight cals, whatever gets the intensity the highest for you. Burpees, rowing, swimming... all good options.
    For strength, I'd do 5 sets of squats and 5 sets of pull-ups.
  • ValkyrieFD
    ValkyrieFD Posts: 83
    I don't have too much experience with a ton of things, but 30 day shred is amazing as it is circuit training and you bust out your cardio AND weight training in 20 mins. I don't think you can top that. With warm up and cool down though (which you should do with any exercise anyway) it's a total of 27 mins.

    Otherwise, it's proven the best cardio workout is running calories per min wise. <3
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Otherwise, it's proven the best cardio workout is running calories per min wise. <3

    Proven? By whom?

    Um, no. Depends on the person. An accomplished runner is going to have a much harder time burning cals running than they will doing something they aren't as well versed in. It's about intensity, not activity.
  • kgeer31
    kgeer31 Posts: 52 Member
    planks are always great for a total body burn and have lots of alternative movements within the basic move.
  • Chubbud1
    Chubbud1 Posts: 28 Member
    LMAO...That's what I was thinking! WTF is a burpee?? Drink a lot of soda and go?
  • slambyr
    slambyr Posts: 8
    I am not sure if it has already been posted or not.. but search bodyrock.tv they have a BUNCH of quick exercise videos

    I was about to suggest the same thing.
    And just looking at the guys and girls in those videos is motivating.
    Motivates me to go get a boob job! lol (only kidding)
  • nickhuffman74
    nickhuffman74 Posts: 198 Member
    Not really getting a lot of burned calories when I logged jumping rope yesterday. For a 3 minute session I only got 37 back
  • coolvstar650
    coolvstar650 Posts: 97 Member
    I do 15mins with a Kettlebell...burns 300 cals.
  • nannabannana
    nannabannana Posts: 780
    Does anyone have any recommendations? Im SOOO not a morning person and my evenings are spent with my kids until they go to bed. After that, Im exhausted, but if I could do a short workout, that would be awesome. Thanks

    Kettlebells...Lots of videos around. Can burn up to 20 calories per minute when you push it...



    wow that is a lot :)
  • Chubbud1
    Chubbud1 Posts: 28 Member
    THANK YOU ALL!!!
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