Too busy to workout? Try out the 5-minute workout system.
How To Do The 5-Minute Workout
Step 1: Grab your phone or something with a timer. Fuck if you’re like my Nono you could use the sun as your dial!
Step 2: Grab something to write with and write on. A pen and piece of paper will work. Even your hand will do the trick. If you’ve got the memory for it you don’t need to write anything down, just decide on which 5-minute method you’ll be using for the day.
Choose:
- 1 lower body exercise (5 to 10 reps)
- 1 upper body pressing exercise (5 to 10 reps)
- 1 upper body pulling exercise (5 to 10 reps)
An example would be:
- 10 bodyweight squats
- 8 push-ups
- 6 pull-ups
Or choose:
- 1 lower body exercise (5 to 10 reps)
- 1 upper body exercise (push or pull) (5 to 10 reps)
- 1 cardiovascular exercise (5 to 10 reps or a very short distance)
An example would be:
- 20 walking lunges
- 10 rows
- 5 vertical jumps
Or choose:
- 1 full body exercise (5 to 10 reps)
- 1 upper body push, upper body pull, or lower body exercise (not all… just one) (5 to 10 reps)
- 1 cardiovascular exercise (5 to 10 reps or a very short distance)
An example would be:
- 10 Kettlebell swings
- 5 dips
- 100-meter sprint
Step 3: Start your timer and begin working out until 5-minutes is up. Move from one exercise to the next as quickly as you’d like without sacrificing good form.
How hard you workout is entirely up to you. If you’re feeling good and want a challenge you can push yourself and try for as many rounds and reps as possible in 5-minutes.
If you’re a little tired, not really motivated to workout, or prefer not to beat yourself into the ground – try just moving at an 80% effort and really feeling each exercise.
The goal is not to destroy yourself but to keep your body moving in a way that feels good, is fun, and lasts a total of 5-minutes.
Step 4: When the 5-minutes is up, decide what you want to do next. Do you want to call it a day and stop? Do you want to rest and try another 5-minute workout? This is totally up to you and how you’re feeling.
If you decide to call it a day… well, that’s pretty self-explanatory. Just stop and go do whatever you’d like. Preferably something healthy, productive, or fun…. Ah, fuck it! Go watch Game Of Thrones… Just remember Game Of Thrones is 1.5 hours long and “you have no time for exercise”
If you decide you want to get another 5-minute workout in, rest 1 to 3 minutes and either repeat the same workout or create a new one.
Step 5: Rinse and repeat anytime you’re not “in the mood” to workout or are struggling to stay consistent.
How about being consistent and trying this 5-minute routine.
