Why A 30-Minute Workout Works for Me

Some of you may know me personally. But most of you probably don't. So I'm going talk a little bit about my life.

Being a personal trainer is not my only job. I also work a full time job during the day for 8 hours.

So my day starts out between 5:15 and 5:30 each morning. Get ready for work, head out, and work a full day until about 3:00 in the afternoon. I rush home, let the dog out, then get my workout in.

Then I spend a little quality time with the dog taking her for a walk or just throwing the ball around outside for awhile. Then I make a quick dinner and then head out to teach one of my fitness classes that I teach 5 days a week.

I teach the class, then come home and work on the business part of the fitness business until roughly 10:00 at night.

Television? Don't have time for it (okay fine, I'll admit, it's on in the background pretty much every night that my Tigers are on but other than that, it doesn't come on much).

It's go-go-go from the moment I wake up until the time I'm ready to get back into bed for the night.

But look at the third paragraph again where I say I get my workout in. Read it again: I GET MY WORKOUT IN. With everything in that busy schedule, I still get a workout in. I rarely (if ever) miss it.

The workout I do isn't long. It's only 30 minutes because that's all the time in my schedule that I have.

What does your schedule look like really? I hear a lot of people say that they don't have time for a workout because they're just too busy with their work, taking the kids to their daily/nightly activities, etc. That's completely understandable, to a point. But, how much time do you spend at night watching TV? Just sayin....

I think when people think of "working out" they think the only way they can get a workout in is going to a gym. When you look at it like that, you're right, you probably don't have time because you have to drive to the gym, find something to do for an hour, and then drive home. That one hour workout in reality probably takes you between 90 minutes to two hours to complete after the travel time and getting the actual workout in.

It doesn't have to be like that. You can get a great workout in 30 minutes.

It's not going to be a light walk on a treadmill. It won't be a slow steady state pedal on a bike.

To get the effect that you want from a workout that only lasts 30 minutes, it has to be at a higher intensity. But, it's well worth it because you'll get better fat loss results, you'll get stronger, and since you only need to do a workout like this 3 times a week, you'll be saving a ton of time compared to a traditional gym workout that you'd do.

Tomorrow, I'm going to explain to you how YOU can simply design a 30 minute workout that you can do in your own home, with no exercise equipment except maybe a stability ball, that'll get you moving closer towards the look you're striving for.

Mike Navin, CSCS
www.30-minuteworkout.com

PS. Go over to www.30-minuteworkout.com and fill out the two quick fields to download the 3 free workouts that are available. Give one of them a try based on your training level and see for yourself how great of a workout you can get in just 30 minutes without all that fancy equipment that they have at the gym and you'll see that I truly am on to something.

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