| As time is such a precious commodity these days, it | | | | 5 minutes straight. Make a note of the distance |
| seems many of us put exercise on the backburner, | | | | covered and strive to beat it next week. |
| low down on our list of priorities. This is mainly due to | | | | 3. Lift Heavy |
| the time wasting 60 minute workouts we are all too | | | | You see if you train hard enough, you only have to |
| familiar with. Well today in this article I hope to solve | | | | train your muscles once a week. Also if you go to |
| that problem by showing you how to lose weight with | | | | complete failure once, that is all you need to reap the |
| only 5 minutes of exercise a day. | | | | benefits. So if you lift as much weight as is humanly |
| 1. Sprint | | | | possible for 8-12 reps, that's all that is required to build |
| Have you ever seen an overweight sprinter? Of | | | | muscle, boost your metabolism and burn fat. And how |
| course not, they sport some of the most impressive | | | | long would doing 8-12 reps take? 20 seconds. You |
| physiques on the planet. And all they do is sprint for | | | | could get 3 exercises done in 5 minutes if you were |
| 3-30 seconds at a time. | | | | serious. |
| Sprinting is brutal, but that is why it is so effective. It | | | | 4. Do only compound lifts |
| boosts our fat loss hormones like nothing else, and | | | | To get the most out of your strength workouts, you |
| sends our metabolism through the roof. So a handful | | | | can discard isolation exercises than train only one |
| of 40 yard sprints will do more for you than an hour of | | | | muscle, like bicep curls or triceps kickbacks. This is |
| walking ever will. | | | | because your arms are stimulated more efficiently |
| Alternatively you could box, skip, run, swim or jump on | | | | with bigger more complex movements like the bench |
| an exercise bike and go flat out for 20 seconds, rest | | | | press or chin ups. So if you are racing for time, you |
| 20 seconds then go again. Do this a total of 7 times | | | | could skip the puny exercises and just focus on the big |
| and you will be well and truly fried after only 5 minutes | | | | lifts that deliver the most bang for your buck. |
| (And your body will be so revved up it will continue | | | | So to sum up, you could definitely start losing weight |
| burning fat for days afterwards!) | | | | with only 5 minute of exercise a day. You could |
| 2 Go hard as you can for 5 minutes | | | | strength train every muscle on your body in 2-3, 5 |
| Can you remember running the 800 or 1500 at high | | | | minute strength workouts a week. |
| school? Well this will bring back some memories! | | | | In-between these days you could do any of the 5 |
| Grab a stopwatch and jump on an exercise bike, any | | | | minute cardio examples I gave you and as long as you |
| piece of exercise equipment or for best results go | | | | watch HOW MUCH you eat, you will begin to see |
| down to the local park and go as fast as you can for | | | | results within a week. |