People often say that they don't have time to exercise, but I disagree. Everyone can spare 10 minutes a day to work out. One of my personal goals is to do something active every day, even if it's just for 10 minutes. So even on my busiest days, I won't make excuses. And I definitely won't convince myself that 10 minutes is too little to really matter. Ten minutes DOES matter—and it really does add up to big benefits for your body. If all you only did 10 minutes of exercise per day, that's 70 minutes and potentially 700+ calories that you could burn over the course of a week. So when you're short on time and can only muster a short workout, intensity is key. Work harder for the most benefit and the biggest calorie burn for your buck. Really make those minutes count! Here are tons of workouts that burn around 100 calories (or more) in just 10 minutes, while also strengthening your heart and lungs and helping your blast stress. Now THAT is a worthwhile way to spend a few minutes of your time. 20 Ways Burn 100 Calories* in 10 Minutes
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I teach 2 days a week (2 different buildings). In both buildings, my room is upstairs as far from the office as it can be. I am usually efficient in my ways, combining errands to make as few trips somewhere as possible, but on teaching days, I see how many trips I can make to the office. I may need to make copies, check my mailbox, ask a question, etc. Each trip is a several minute walk up & down stairs. My other job is a business we own out in the country. On nice days, I eat a quick lunch and take a walk down to the end of our road and back. I may not be burning 100 calories doing that, but I AM burning some! Report
Take a Zumba Fitness dancing break every hour to overcome "sitting disease".
Use iPod, computer files, CD, You Tube videos for music. Can be done at home or discreetly at work :-) 5 minutes is good too. Report
I do like SparkPeople's Jump Rope workout, but if I really want to kick my butt quickly, I do Tabata intervals. Okay, if you include a proper warm-up and cool-down, the whole thing takes 14 minutes -- 5 minutes to warm up, 4 minutes to do the exercises, and then 5 minutes to cool down.
Do 20 second intervals with 10 seconds of rest for four minutes using whatever bodyweight-only exercise you want. Simple squats, or jump squats if you want to make it hard, or pushups if you want an upper-body workout, or if you're in good shape and want to make it REALLY hard and full-body, burpees. I love kettlebells, and kettlebell swings also make a great full-body Tabata workout.
The thing is, those are intense interval workouts and really shouldn't be done every day.
Or just pick any single one of those exercises or a combination of two or three and see how many you can do in 10 minutes, resting as often as you need and dividing it into as many sets as you need. Then, maybe two weeks later, or even a month later, you can use that same little 10-minute workout as a milestone and do it again to see how many MORE reps you can pump out in 10 minutes!
The great thing about bodyweight stuff like that is it gets you outdoors and enjoying the beautiful sunny summer weather!
Oh goodness, I'm about to start a cycle of bodyweight workouts and I'm GEEKED to get out of the gym and into the sunshine and grassy lawns! Report
The links that say "calories" and "workout" within the article however, go to a Pet Obesity site...Not sure if that is intended or not. Just a heads up. Report
Have a wonderful day! Report
I'd like to add that many of the exercises in the Bodyrock (bodyrock.tv) program take up very little time, and they are also a great challenge. Report