No Time, No Excuse!!

No Time, No Excuse

I think the number 1 excuse you will hear from a person that doesn't work out is "I don't have the time." I don't have time before work, I don't have time after work, I don't have time because of my kids, I don't have time because of class, The time it takes to get to the gym is to much. BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! STOP IT ALREADY!!!

After this post time will no longer be a issue or a excuse as to why you haven't gotten yourself into gear and into better shape. I'm here to tell you all about the magic and beauty of the 10 -15 MIN. WORKOUT!!!! Yes in 10 to 15 mins. you can get a total body workout and if your focus and serious enough you can burn more calories in 10 mins. then that person that drags around the gym aimlessly for a hour and half. You see when your short on time you don't have time to waste talking about what came on T.V. last night, you don't have time to find that perfect lil song on your ipod and most of all it forces you to have a plan of attack as far what your going to do for that day.....sounds like a better workout already to me compared to most:)

Now all you need is a few minutes on your lunch break or a few minutes between your favorite T.V. shows. Hey,maybe even a few minutes before you hit the shower in the morning select 5 to 6 exercises for different body parts(to make it a total body workout) and try to preset them so you don't have to waste time putting things together. You can just start and keep going nonstop until your time is up. I'm going to supply you with a few Lunch break workouts to try for yourself.

Now that time isn't a issue try and find ANOTHER excuse not to workout!

Keep in mind you can replace any movement here with something else. This is only to give you a feel of what a rapid and intense workout would look like

For the fellas:

10-15 burpees
25-50 body weight squats
25 push-ups (change your hands every set)
10 pull-ups (change your hand position every set)
25 Sit-ups

Try these exercises back to back and then rest for a minute between rounds. Complete 4-5 rounds and see how effective this can be.

For my Ladies:

15-20 Body weight squats
10-12 Lady push-ups( you can do regular if you feel that strong)
8 Reverse lunges per leg
12-15 machine pull downs(If your at home buy a workout band from wal-mart and place it around something sturdy and perform rows for your back)
15-20 sit-ups

Do these all back to back and take a rest between rounds. You have to remember your time is short so your going to want to take short rest periods. You want to work up to a point where you can perform all 4-5 rounds back to back with little to no rest at all. Try this and watch the pounds melt off 10 mins. at a time

Bonus round: Not for the fate at heart

Squat x 15
Leg raises x 10 (5 per leg)
dips x 10
pull-ups x 10
plyo lunges x 5 per leg
push-ups x 15-20
Jump rope x 50 rotations on the rope