The 10 Minute at Home Work-Out

I was so determined to work-out every day once I had my baby... ya right! It is so hard to find the time in the day to get a good work-out in! If I do have an hour to spare, I'm so exhausted from working, cleaning, cooking, etc. that I just want to chill and sit on the couch for a bit.
WELL here is a TEN minute work-out that even the busiest of us can do. It's not enough to lose weight or to really get any long-term benefits from it BUT it can help jump-start your metabolism and help tone up your body a bit. More than anything it can give you that boost of energy we all could use!



Quick Cardio Blast: Burn up to 150 calories

• For Two Minutes: Jump rope or run up and down stairs. (cardio)
• For One Minute: Do as many push-ups as you can.
• For Two Minutes: Jump rope or run stairs again. (cardio)
• For Two Minutes: Do squats by standing with your back against a wall and squatting as low as you can. Focus on form rather than speed.
• For One Minute: Do as many crunches as you can.
• For Two Minutes: Back to the high-intensity cardio, but this time give it your all. Try to get in ten more jumps or stairs in the same amount of time.

Tone and Strengthen

• Squats against a wall: Stand with your back against wall and squat down as far as you can.
• Push-ups: Focus on form, not quantity. Knee push-ups are perfectly fine until you have the strength for military style.
• Walking lunges with a front kick: Step forward with one leg and lunge until your knee is above your front foot. Stand and kick up, lower your leg and repeat with the other side.
• Squats/Chest squeeze: Hold a weighted object and pull it in towards your chest as you lift up.
• Dead lifts: Stand with a weighted object in your hands and bend forward until your back is parallel to the floor. Keep your back lifted the entire time. For an extra challenge, stand on one leg and alternate.
• Shoulder raises: Keeping your arms straight, lift the weight to the front of your body and hold. Lower slowly and repeat.
• Side raises: Stand with your upper torso parallel to the floor. Raise your arms to your sides with your thumbs pointing up. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and hold.
• Triceps Dip: Support yourself on a couch or sturdy chair with both hands behind you, facing away from the chair. Bend your knees and lower yourself using only your arms. Lift and repeat.
• Wide-leg squat: Stand with your legs spread open past your shoulders and squat as low as you can.
• Crunch: Lie on the floor and do a set of traditional crunches, with your arms behind your head and your knees bent. Lift up your upper torso, squeeze in your abs, lower slowly and repeat.

I got this article from here.

Do each of these exercises for about one minute. The goal is to move continuously for the entire series.