Sneaky Ways To Get Your Exercise In...

It's been said, getting at least 30 minutes of exercise in a day is the key to staying fit. Sure, 30 minutes is not a long time but sometimes it can be hard to fit in a workout during your day.

Here are a few sneaky ways to get your activity on when you're short on time!

1. Workout During Commercial Breaks
When you're watching TV, take advantage of the commercial breaks and use the time to do a non stop workout such as squats, lunges, crunches or high knees.

2. Workout While On The Phone
When making phone calls, use your head phones for a mic and get a speed walking sesh is. Can't go outside? No problem, grab a pair of weights and work your arms with some bicep curls, tricep dips or overhead presses. Workout your lower body with squats and lunges.

3. Don't Use Your Chair
If you're at work try sitting on an exercise ball instead of your chair. This will help strengthen your core.

4. DVD It...
If you don't have time to make it to the gym start keeping a couple of good workout DVDs at home. I love Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred workout. In 30 minutes you get a great cardio and strength training workout in.

5.  Break It Down
Instead of trying to get 30 minutes in all at once.  Try breaking this down to 3 10 minute breaks.  Walk to pick up your lunch, take the stairs instead or park further away.

6.  Double Up
Plan your gym session around your favorite television show.  It's so easy and fast to get a cardio workout in on the treadmill or stair master when your watching your favorite television show.

These are just a few ways you guys can sneak in a workout.  Do you guys have any tips to save time for working out?

30 Day Shred: Day 3

I was still very sore today so I decided to do my level one workout this evening, hoping some of the soreness would go away. The soreness did not go away, but I still did my workout. Besides the lunges, this seems to br getting easier. Let's see how tomorrow goes. Are you guys getting your workouts in?

30 Day Shred: Day 2(after workout)

So, I did Level 1 again today. Honestly, it was harder today because I am soooooo sore! Yes, the lunges I did yesterday were so much harder because I was in so much pain doing them today! I'm hoping I will be less sore for tomorrows workout. The way I see it right now, I'll be doing level one for ten days, level two for ten and level three for ten days. I realized these postings may mean nothing if I am not telling you about any changes in my body that I notice. So, I took my measurements today and here they are in inches. Waist 30.5 Upper thigh 22.5 Hip 37 Let's see how this changes in 30 days!

30 Day Shred: Day 2(before workout)

Hello Everyone, I just wanted to do a quick post on the first day after the 30 Day Shred. So, I woke up this morning and every part/crevice in my body was sore. Now, this is good because I know in twenty minutes I got an all body workout! My abs and arms are especially sore. I'll post again after my workout today!

30 Day Shred: Day 1

Today was my first day of the 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels. I started off with level one. The only doubt that I had with this workout was wondering if I could get an effective workout in only 20 minutes. Half an hour after this workout my legs are still shaking. There are absolutely no breaks between each circuit and there is A LOT of strength training involved. I used five pounds weights for level one and I felt challenged throughout the whole workout. The workout consisted of two minutes of warm up three six minutes of circuits which consisted of strength, cardio and abs. All this is closed with a two minute cool down. For a 20 minute workout I did feel very challenged. I will probably stay on level one for a few more days and I'm sure I will be very sore tomorrow!

Jillian Michaels: 30 Day Shred

As the weather gets colder outside, I like to keep a few workout DVD's at home in case I'm too lazy to walk to the gym :-p I'm thinking about buying 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels. Has anyone tried it?