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Little Drill Sgt.: 3 Ways to Fit in 5 Minutes of Fitness

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headshotWe have been conditioned to think we MUST log an hour or more a day of exercise for it to count. A growing body of research — and the first-ever 8-week Tabata Bootcamp I launched here this morning — proves otherwise.

Researchers are increasingly finding value in high-intensity workouts lasting less than 10 minutes. The New York Times just highlighted an article in the May-June issue of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal  that used a 7-minute, 12-exercise routine using just body weight, a chair and a wall, to prove that high-intensity interval training even in these short durations provides just as good of a workout as prolonged endurance sessions.

Knowing how time-pressed we all are, I LOVE this research. It’s also why I love the Tabata Bootcamp format, which emphasizes shorter but intense bootcamp workouts. Thirty minutes, and done!

A hallmark of the Tabata Bootcamp program is the daily “homework”: 6-minute mini workouts to kick off the day and get students’ heads in that fit, healthy mindset. Again, less is more. Intensity over duration. 

So here are 3 ways to fit in fitness in 5 minutes or less. Just 5 minutes! You’ve got that! Click on the links to see the demo videos:

1. Do the Perfect 10 Circuit

2. Do the Bosu Plyometric Circuit, one round, all 5 moves in a row for one minute each

3. Do the Pushups Trifecta, looping through with 20 reps of each for 5 minutes total

Shannon Colavecchio owns Badass Fitness, a personal training and group fitness business based in Tallahassee. She can be reached at Shannon@badassfitness.net .

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