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Originally Posted by mossanimal
Working for myself and two young kids it's so hard to take the time to exercise ... especially in the mornings. But I've been reading so much about how the INTENSITY of the workout is more important than the duration. So now.. everyday around noon.. instead of lunch I do sprint intervals (100 m or so) with push ups and lunges in between. Only about 15 to 20 minutes. My blood pressure is down, weight is down, and I burn off that energy that leads us all here to the 'troubles'. And this high intensity makes it so much more enjoyable to doing intense play... way more fun to play soccer with my son and climb and hike with my family.
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Sprint intervals are great for burning fat. I found this routine a few years ago that could be an alternative to that.and also time friendly 15 minutes, but you do work up a sweat. It's 3 rounds of 5 exercises:
first one you do four squats and on the fourth you jump and do a 180 and continue that process for 45 sec. Then take a 15 sec break.
2nd You do rear lunges for 22 sec then switch legs 22 sec, the 15 sec break
3rd You do courtesy squats for 45 sec then 15 sec break
4th I seem to have forgotten the fourth exercise, figure you can sub something in there, maybe wall squats for 45 seconds.
5th Pulse squats you pulse four times and jump on the fourth.
This did get my heart going and legs were sore the next day so it was a good alternative to my leg day routine when I was short on time.