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Fast fitness
Between office meetings, after-work cocktails and retail therapy Fridays, are you finding it difficult to fit in your fitness? Maximize your workout in 30 minutes or less (we're serious!) by trying some of these calorie-burning exercises below.
By Tina Ceroni
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Image courtesy of Ines Rivero
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Squats with shoulder press
Adding a shoulder press to your squat will not only increase your power, but will work the glutes, quads, hamstrings and abdominals all while giving you an upper body workout. Genius!
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and lower into a squat position (Look at your knees: they should not move forward too much so they're over your toes.) Suck in your abdominals and stick your hips back when you go into your squat position. Lift (with the same weights) and extend your arms high above your head into a shoulder press while performing the squat.
(Repeat 10-15 times, or until you reach fatigue).
Cardio push: Lateral skating
Do like the speed skaters do, find an open spot on the gym floor and perform a lateral skating motion from side-to-side for 1 minute (working your way up to 2 minutes). Make sure the step is wide (5-7 feet), hold the abdominals tight and swing your arms side-to-side to coincide with your feet jumping from the left to the right. Keep hips low to the ground. This is a challenging exercise that will increase your heart rate, but also work those glutes. To lower the intensity, bring the hips higher as you jump.
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