Leave it to SHAPE (one of my very favorite magazines for years!) to come up with some great workouts that will turn up the heat to help you to burn at least 10 calories per minute!
That’s right – in just 10 short minutes you can burn 100 calories or even more! Now that is making best use of your limited time.
Sometimes it is hard to find enough time to feel like it is worthwhile to work out, but with these routines you can find 10 minutes here, 10 minutes there – and you will find your metabolism fired up and your fitness level soaring!
Jessica Smith presents 5 different options to help you squeeze in your cardio fix.
I have to admit I am not a big fan of the first option, although I have known for years it is one of the best ways to burn calories quickly – the jump rope. It is such an effective workout, I’ve always wished I liked it better. I just keep stumbling over the rope… But it is a wonderful option!
Kettlebells would be my choice of all the workouts here – and as luck would have it, that workout burns more calories than any other PLUS you get the added benefit of strength training at the same time. I’m going to try that one for SURE!
Sprints, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and a routine that is somewhat like crossfit make up the other 3 workouts.
Each one comes complete with a description of all the exercises involved as well as a downloadable PDF of each set of exercises.
Check out Jessica’s entire workout (click here) – you may want to try each one of them to see which one you like the best – or mix them up for variety.
Remember with the kettlebell workout that it might be best to leave a day between workouts for recovery.
