I’m about to tell you how beneficial daily exercise/activity is for you (this isn’t the first and won’t be the last time either) but many of you are still struggling to fit it into your schedule.  I think much of the struggle has to do with 45-60min…if you don’t have 45-60min to carve out for activity, you’re NOT going to make the time at all.  So, let’s erase 45-60min and replace it with 20min.  If you have the desire to be active and you want to feel and look better, you CAN carve out 20min a day – NO EXCUSES, EVERYONE CAN!!!!

Twenty reasons why you should add 20 minutes of activity to your daily routine!!

One more – psychologically you feel GREAT!  You feel accomplished! You followed through with your plan and proved to yourself that you CAN add activity to your daily routine.  This is a very big deal!!!

How to spend your 20 minutes:

Workout Option One:

20 minute cardio

• Treadmill
• Arc trainer
• Bike

Workout Option Two:

6:00 – Walk, jog or run (you should be winded)

0:40 – Push-ups

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Plank

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Hold a lunge position, left leg forward (isolated lunge)

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Push-ups

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Plank

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Hold a lunge position, right leg forward (isolated lunge)

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Push-ups

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Plank

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Jump lunges (or alternate your lunges in place)

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Push-ups

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Plank

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Jump lunges (or alternate your lunges in place)

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Push-ups

0:20 – Recover

1:00 – Plank

 

Workout Option Three:

3:00 –  Jump Rope or run in place

0:40 – Burpees

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Side Squats

0:20 – Recover

0:30 – Bicycle Crunches

0:30 – Plank

0:40 – Body weight squats

0:20 – Recover

0:40 – Push-ups with knee dives (bring right knee to right elbow after push-up – alternate knees)

0:20 – Recover

1:00 – Plank, alternating between elbow and straight arm

1:00 – Recover

-Twice Through –

 

Workout Option Four:

Choose your cardio, ARC trainer, treadmill, elliptical, bike, running in place, jump rope, jump lunges, jumping jacks…your choice.

2:00 – Cardio

0:50 – Plank

0:10 – Recover

1:00 – Cardio

0:30 – Push-ups

0:30 – Supermans (2-3 sec holds)

1:00 – Cardio

0:50 – Toe touch crunches (on your back, extend your feet up towards the ceiling and crunch up trying to bring your finger tips to your shoe laces or toes)

0:10 – Recover

1:00 – Cardio

0:30 – Push-ups

1:30 – Recover

-Twice Through –

 

Email me with any questions 🙂

Yours In Health and Wellness,

Meredith