In our work-laden daily lives, incorporating workout routine might be bit of a hassle. We wish a day was more than a mere 24 hours. But no way are we to sacrifice the activities important to us, be it college or office and workout.
How about balancing the daily chores along with a perfectly timed workout regime. Let us look through a few exercises that can help with the time-crunch :
1. Alternative Crunches
- Lie on a mat and bring your knees up, keeping your ankle pasted to the ground
- Bring the arms behind your neck
- Alternatively, raise your right knee and bring towards your chest and the left arm towards the raised knee
- Bringing them back to position, raise the left knee and the right arm towards each other
- Continue this for 15 minutes
2. Burpees
- While standing straight, bring your body down and make the legs, stretch back
- While on your palms and feet, bend the legs towards your stomach by jumping front and raise the body up
- While raising the body, jump up sightly
- Continue this for 10 times
3. Crunches
- Lie on a mat, keeping the back flat on the floor
- Bend the knees up, keeping the heels pressed on the mat
- Bring your fingers behind your neck and raise the neck, chin up
- Make sure not to bend the face down or put too much force on your head
- Try 40 crunches
4. Jumping Jacks
- Stand with your feet close to each other and arms by your sides
- Make sure the body is straight
- In one go, move your legs apart and bring your arms over the head
- This will cause you to jump
- Jump back to bring your feet together and arms by the side
- Jump up again and continue the exercise for 50 counts
5. Planking
- Bring your body down on a mat
- Raise it up with the support of your elbows and feet
- Keep this pose in place for 60 seconds straight
- Be sure to have your core strength engaged and the back parallel to the ground
6. Squats
- Stand with your feet parallel to the shoulders
- Raise the hands in-front
- Slowly, while keeping your core and glutes tight, bend your knees down in a sitting position
- Raise the body up to initiate the squatting pose again
- Try 20 counts of squatting
These exercises will make sure you’re burning optimum amount of calories within a small window of time. So get on the move and lose the pounds!
