Do you ever feel like you can’t fit in time to workout? Either you can’t make it to a specific class time, your gym’s hours don’t sync with yours or you’re just to dang busy… Problem solved!
Let me remind you about a classic gym tool (and a throwback to elementary school recess) that you can use anywhere to break a sweat: a jump rope! Incorporating it into your routine is a great way to interval train.
As a mama often on the go, my days of 2-hour workouts are no longer realistic. I’ve had to change things up to get the results I wanted and come up with a more efficient and equally effective workout.
Through research and the wisdom of my trainer friend, John Benton, I’ve learned that interval training – where you do short bursts of something (2-5mins) then switch to something else - is a way more effective way to workout. You literally burn twice the calories in less time... and this is great news for us Mamas who are generally short on time.
This is what I do when I can’t make it to the gym:
+ 2 mins stretch
+ 5 mins jump rope
+ 20 stretch and crunch
+ 2 min plank
+ 5 mins jump rope
+ 20 reverse crunches
+ 5 min jump rope
+ 30 scissor kicks
+ 20 lunges
- Repeat 2 more times for 3 sets total!
This is truly a great fat blaster that will get your heart rate up and burn lots of calories. Trust me, it does the trick! Honestly, I hate working out at home because when I’m home I’m always so distracted by all the other things I feel I “should” be doing… laundry, dishes, etc. However, this workout is so fast paced and specific - you won’t have time to think of anything else. I love this quick calorie-blast routine so much that I sometimes even do this at the gym too!
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