Working Out on Short Time

Working Out on Short Time

             Most people don’t work out because they feel that for them to actually get anything out of it they need to work out for hours at the gym.  They think that they need to sweat for hours to see results and to actually accomplish anything.  They are sooooo wrong on that one though.  You don’t need to be working for a long periods of time to see results and to get those great gains. All you really need is at least twenty minutes, some space to do it, and motivation. 

            Everyone knows about the basic exercises like pushups pull-ups and sit-ups and there is a good reason why these are so known.  Because they work.  Each of the main bodyweight workouts that most people are familiar with work many muscle groups in the body all at once.  So doing these exercises when you don’t have a lot of time can be great choices to make. 

            A rising new fad in the world of exercise is the tabata.  A tabata is when you take three or more common repetitive exercises, like pushups or sit-ups, and doing as many as you can for twenty seconds.  Then you rest for ten seconds and do the exercises again for twenty seconds.  The great thing is that you are getting a lot of rest, motivation, muscles work, and cardio, all at the same time. 

            For example let’s say that you wanted to do a tabata of sit-ups, pull-ups and pushups.  You would start by doing twenty seconds of sit-ups as many as you can for twenty seconds.  Then you rest for ten seconds.  After that you do as many pull-ups as you can for twenty seconds.  Then after resting again for ten seconds, you do as many pushups as you can for twenty seconds.  All of this is for one set and then you repeat this for as much time as you have.

            This is just one of the many ways that you can work out if you have limited amount of time.  It is a pretty fun and rejuvenating way to workout.  Remember, we’re all in this together, keep your stick on the ice.