Fastest effective workout?
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Anonymous
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I need to exercise more. I’m pretty sedentary now and don’t have much extra time in my day. What’s your fastest most effective workout that you like do to regularly?
Ideally it would be something I could do at home/near home with or without a video. I’m going to try getting up a little earlier in the morning to get it done before my day gets away from me. Thanks! |
Anonymous
| Google 7 minute workouts |
Anonymous
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How fit are you and how hard are you willing to work? Occasionally I get inspired to do 100 burpees, which takes me between 11-15 minutes, depending on how fit I am and how motivated I work. It's an incredibly good workout, but it's so hard that I rarely actually do it. (Really fit people can do 100 in 5 minutes or so.)
https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/100-Burpee-Challenge-42535576 |
Anonymous
| Go outside and run as fast as you can for 5 minutes. Repeat 5 times or as many as you have time for. |
Anonymous
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Is time REALLY your biggest limitation? Like really really? Because if it’s actually motivation/interest I would recommend something other than running. But if you’re highly disciplined and it’s really just time, well, the answer is running.
I do stair climbing but I go to the gym for it. But I used to do it on my lunch break in my work building. |
Anonymous
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I love BodyPump classes. You can do them at home with Les Mill on demand.
You do not have to buy the weight set. You will need barbells though. I'd start with light, medium and a heavier set. I'd also add a mat. https://www.lesmills.com/us/ondemand/ |
Anonymous
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Walking is the best exercise for what you're describing. It feels so good to get out there in the sun and fresh air - so invigorating!
It's easy to ramp up or ramp down by adding hills and steps, or just walking on a flat terrain. It also doesn't require any equipment except for sneakers which you likely already own. |
Anonymous
| Go to bed earlier, wake up earlier and exercise then. If you are sedentary, walking is a good place to start. |
Anonymous
| Biggest bang for your time buck? HIIT/tabata. But you have to be honest with yourself about dialing up the intensity during the all-out phases. If you coast, the results will take a long longer to show. |
Anonymous
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OP — Thanks for the quick responses! I’m not in great shape, but I could do a burpee without collapsing.
Time really feels like the issue. If I could say: I only have to get up 10-20 minutes earlier, I think I could do it. At least as a start… |
Anonymous
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I've had good results with my 20-25 minute strength training workout. I do something similar to this, except that I do 4 rounds of 5 reps and swap out the lunges for an abs exercise. At least 3x week. But same basic idea of picking out just 5 moves that give you a high rate of return for your effort and do them consistently.
https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/absolute-minimalists-strength-workout/ |
Anonymous
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I'm going to 2nd the 7-minute workout. Do it 3 times. You've got a great workout in 20 minutes. Or the 100 workout
100 jumping jacks 90 crunches (or replacement of a 90 second plank or something, I'm not a fan of crunches) 80 squats 70 leglifts 60 Jumping jacks 50 crunches (see above) 40 squats 30 leglifts 20 jumping jacks 10 minute run. That'll be 15-20 minutes depending upon how fast you can get through the calisthenics. No arm things, but maybe add some pushups. |
Anonymous
The biggest question here is what is your goal? Building muscle? Losing weight? Getting cardio fitness? |
Anonymous
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Burpees.
If you can get away with it, do 20 burpees every hour on the hour during the workday. |
Anonymous
| Always wanting to take the easy way out… It’s called hard work! |