At home workouts

I mainly workout at home. I have been doing jumping jacks, as many as I can for 10 mins (260) and walking up and down all the stairs in my house for 10 mins. Both are good cardio workout. I really feel the muscles in my thighs.

FitnessBlender.com has loads of free workout videos that are shorter in duration. You can search them out by time.

I'm a big fan of Jillian Michaels' DVDs. All of her workouts range from 20 minutes to 55 minutes, and I'll fit one in where I have the time. I suggest looking into 30 Day Shred, because it's a total body workout that's designed to burn fat, and there are 3 levels, based on your fitness. Best of luck!

I use T25 when I am short of time. When I have longer I add in a run on the TM or do a P90X workout.

I read a book about Charles Bronson ( the career criminal, not the actor) and he built a workout designed around his time in solitary confinement. He emphasized push ups as a total body workout.

I vote for any of Jillian's workouts as well! Like someone else said her workouts range from 30 to 60 or so minutes. I have a lot of her DVD's and switch it up everyday. If I have more time I will do two different DVD's on the same day.

You can view them on youtube and vimeo.com as well. Its always nice to try them before you buy.

Good luck!!

Have you ever heard of T25? All of the workouts are 25 minutes and you're done! Perfect for you!

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here are some suggestions:

Jumprope
Play with the kids and use them as weights
At the park with the kids, don't sit on the bench play
Look for 20 minute workouts online
Hula Hoop (yes I did this one)
Nice day out, take a walk with the kids
Music and have a dance party

I spent a lot of time with my daughter keeping both of us active when she was little. We walked lots of places, well it paid off for me and her. She was 5 when we went to disney, no carriage required she never complained about the walking (waiting in line different story). She used to ask to walk everywhere instead of getting in the car, it was time together too. When she got old enough we would jump rope together, she jumped in. Kept me going for 30 minutes or more sometimes (there are breaks because when you mess up you have to stop)

Remember you are the example for those kids, just have fun and be active with them. I promise the kids are great motivators (again mommy). you can even bench press little ones, squat while holding them. Everyone acts like working out must be an official exercise, no it doesn't, a workout can be just having fun actively and getting your heart rate up. Think back to when you were little playing tag, you were active and out of breath sometimes. Life is about fun.

FYI, hopscotch is a great one too, balance, jumping, and fun

Fitness Blender has a lot of great workouts, most of them are fairly short. I've been doing this one a few times a week as I live in an apartment and don't want my neighbors pounding on the ceiling from me jumping all around: http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=7ZGtolIFUJQ&u=/watch%3Fv%3DYaJryQEsT94%26feature%3Dshare

It's low impact but it really does work up a sweat.

Another vote for Jillian Michaels. I am just completing Body Revolution with great results. All workouts are 30-35 minutes.

Another vote for Fitness Blender - great stuff there.

Hasfit and Befit in 90 on YouTube.

Nike training club! It's a free app and they're 15-45 minute intense circuit workouts. You're better having Dumbells, yoga Mat and a medicine ball but there are quite a few that require no equipment.

Nike Training Club is a great app! I used it for the majority of my weight loss.

In addition to NTC, there are a number of apps that you can use to workout, most of them are not too time consuming. SWORKIT is another good one.

if you don't mind spending money then i second the T25, P90X3, or jilian micheals route.

if you don't want to spend money and you want videos, there are challenging ones all over youtube

definetly recommend the jump rope too.

get yourself some elatic bands or adjustable dumbells