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Exercise Life Hack?

Hey all!

I'm looking for an effective workout life-hack that's 30-40 minutes 3-4 times a week that includes weightlifting and aerobics.

I don't need to be "ripped" -- just want some basic fitness. I'm looking for the most bang for the time spent. (Exercises that use multiple muscle groups, etc.)

Something between the unrealistic get fit for 5 minutes a day group and people who can spend two hours a day at the gym.

I'm looking for some sedentary computer type who researched this and solved this problem.

Anybody out there done this? Want to share your workout?

Thanks!

TOPICS: Life Hacks
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The biggest issue that I...

bufiji wrote:
The biggest issue that I have with fitness is that I develop a routine. Then my routine gets broken then I stop working out. Do you have any suggestions to break that cycle.

What I have found is to just plan an exercise. For example, if I'm going to run for 30 minutes that day then I look for a time during the day I can do it no matter if it was the same time as it was yesterday. To tell you the truth though, this doesn't happen to me very often I mostly exercise early in the moring (5am-6am). By doing it that early in the morning it gets the exercise out of the way and gets me going in the moring; you just have to watch for that mid-afternoon snooze attack. :)

 
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