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If you have 10-15 minutes.....

msgunder
msgunder Posts: 65 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
to workout at the gym would you do cardio or weights?

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  • ashleybr1980
    ashleybr1980 Posts: 70 Member
    bump
  • dani_1977
    dani_1977 Posts: 557 Member
    Cardio
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    The bike, for sure. But that's what I love to do, I rarely lift weights.
  • Jtorres326
    Jtorres326 Posts: 157 Member
    HIIT cardio (high intensity interval training)
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    For just 10-15 minutes? I'd probably do some high intensity cardio.

    But may I ask why you've gone all the way to the gym and only have 10-15 minutes to workout? The only reason I can think of is that you are there for a class but are early and don't want to stand around. In which case, my answer may vary depending on what the class is.
  • Determinednoob
    Determinednoob Posts: 2,001 Member
    If that were the only time I had period, weights.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Cardio because I don't do weights yet. I should start soon, though.
  • sallyloves2laugh
    sallyloves2laugh Posts: 5
    If that's all the time you have each time you workout, maybe you should alternate weights & cardio. You could do your upper body one day, cardio the next, then lower body. That's actually from Bill Phillips Body for Life, but he says 20 minutes of cardio... I was in the best shape when I did this, since it works the entire body.
    Best regards!
  • Tilran
    Tilran Posts: 627 Member
    HIIT
  • amateurdude
    amateurdude Posts: 44 Member
    Cardio always takes priority. Always.
  • allifantastical
    allifantastical Posts: 946 Member
    Cardio
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    If I had 15 mins I would spend the entire time deadlifting.

    If I had 10 mins I would just run around the gym in the parking lot and go back home. y bother?
  • Going4Lean
    Going4Lean Posts: 1,078 Member
    If I had 15 mins I would spend the entire time deadlifting.

    If I had 10 mins I would just run around the gym in the parking lot and go back home. y bother?
  • kfitzpa
    kfitzpa Posts: 326
    If I had 15 mins I would spend the entire time deadlifting.

    If I had 10 mins I would just run around the gym in the parking lot and go back home. y bother?

    Exercising for 10 minutes is better than not exercising at all.
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I'd do 5 sets of back squats.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    10 minutes is hardly time to get anything substantial done.

    But if I only had 15 minutes I would do some Tabatas.

    20 seconds on 10 seconds rest, repeat 8 times for 4 minutes, and do 4 sets of them which equals 16 minutes total.

    My favs:

    - jumping jacks/wall balls
    - skater lunges/situps
    - squat jumps/pushups
    - jump rope/ball crunches
    - box jumps/medicine ball twists
  • beckie4442
    beckie4442 Posts: 132
    HIIT cardio (high intensity interval training)

    This^^^^^^
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    If I had 15 mins I would spend the entire time deadlifting.

    If I had 10 mins I would just run around the gym in the parking lot and go back home. y bother?

    Exercising for 10 minutes is better than not exercising at all.

    that's a nice platitude, but I disagree.

    10 mins is barely giving you time to get warmed up to perform at a decent rate of speed. Skip the warmup and you've just increased your risk of injury by 318% (I'm totally making that number up, but you get the idea). Hence my semi-serious suggestion of just running around the parking lot. If it takes 10 mins to get to the gym and 10 mins to get back home, just go for a 30 min walk/run/jog around your house. Much better than getting to the gym with that short of a time frame. What if you plan on squatting but get to the gym and I'm using the rack to do curls? Whole workout blown. Go for a walk with your kids/hubby/SO instead.
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    5x5 of heavy deadlifts at the gym.

    I can always do HIIT at home without any equipment.
  • erinm2629
    erinm2629 Posts: 69 Member
    Weights since i can do cardio at my house anytime!
  • msgunder
    msgunder Posts: 65 Member
    Ok...first of all some of you are way over analyzing my workout routine. I do most of my workouts during my lunch. Sometimes i have an hour and sometimes 30-45 min. The reason why I still go to a gym on those short days is 1) to stay in the groove and 2) so I can change out of my dress clothes and be able to shower afterwards. Yes, in 10 minutes on the treadmill, in and incline, I can swat like a pig and need a shower. Most of my short days I can work out for 20 minutes but was unable to today. My question was do you do cardio or weights in a time crunch. Not to have people tell me I'm wasting my time. And, btw, I plan on walking outside tonight for almost an hour. If I'm paying for a gym membership I'm going to go there every chance I get. Thank you to those that answered with something I can work with in the future when I'm in a sudden time crunch.
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