Hate to disappoint you people but the title does not mean
I’m talking about ordering a pizza. I love pizza as much as the next guy but
this is something more important than food. This is about learning to exercise
with the little time you have as possible. Training for 30 minutes isn’t always
about cardio training or doing one 30 minute workout, why not
spread those 30 minutes throughout the day.
One of the most powerful exercises you can do is
Isometrics,
more so what some people call Power Postures, meaning holding various positions
at odd angles. Think of some of the Yoga Postures like the Downward facing dog
or what we call the
Hindu Push-up, just holding for time in the three positions
can build internal power like you wouldn’t believe. How about holding a horse
stance like the Shaolin Monks do, that builds some serious leg strength. These
two examples can be used as a foundation to build your body from the inside
out.
Ever watch TV? Of course you do, you have a favorite show or
movie you like to watch and take hold of the drama or one-liners that unfold,
than the dumbass commercials come on and nobody likes those right except the
trailers for upcoming movies. Why not use that time to get in some exercise,
remind yourself to exercise a little bit, do a few
push-ups or
squats during
the commercials, hold your leg(s) up in your chair for a few seconds, do
jumping jacks, these are all things you can work on while the commercials are
going and when your show comes on, take a break. Continue this until your show
is over and there you go, you just did a workout within a 30 minute period.
Stop thinking you need to do an hour of this or an hour of
that, you don’t have a lot of time. When you wake up in the morning do a few
stretches for about 15 minutes to get your day started, you’re at a red light
in your car, while you wait push/pull and/or squeeze your steering wheel, and
you can get in great shape no matter where you go. The people who tell you have
to do cardio and an hour of weights to get in shape are the ones who are
stealing everyone’s money and think they have full on expertise on what is good
or bad for you in exercise. The less time you can workout, the more you can
actually gain, not just physically but mentally and emotionally because you can
have more time to do the things you have going on in your life. It’s all about
making little effort that can turn into big impacts in a productive way.
Don’t ever feel you have to go to a gym and use a cardio
machine because someone told you to because it gets you in great shape and
listen to your iPod or watch TV while on the treadmill, ask them to do
500 Hindu Squats and so how long they last, bet you a few bucks most likely he
won’t be able to do it and he’ll be so out of breath he’s going to feel like
dying. Real cardio won’t have to be 30 minutes, if you really learned it, it
doesn’t need to be more than 15 at best. Cardio is a term that exercising to
keep the heart rate at levels that burn fat and build muscle, most cardio methods
only diminish muscle and yes you’re burning fat but not the way you really want
it too. Doing a few squats for several minutes gets your heart rate up real
quick and maximizes fat burning levels faster than anything else with the
exception of
sprinting which you only need to do for a few seconds at a time.
Build your way up and make the best of the exercise time you have and believe
me, it’s better to do exercise for a few minutes and feel awesome than doing
exercise for a long, long time and feel like crap afterwards.
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