Gone are the days of spending hours in the gym and taking up too much time out of your day to get in a mediocre workout. You can be much more efficient with your time in the gym and get a much better workout by speeding up your workout with a more high intensity interval style exercise program. You can go to the gym, get in a warm-up, cardio, strength training and a cool down all in 40 minutes. You can also do all of this in less time too with a more intense workout. Let's put together a gym timeline that shows you how to accomplish a great workout in just 40 minutes or less!
- 5 minutes of warm-up
- Warming up is the most important part of your workout. It helps to prepare your body and muscles for exercising in a way that prevents injury from occurring.
- 10 minutes of HIIT
- This will help to get your heart rate up and burn more fat and calories in less amount of time. This is the time to get some power/agility exercises into your workout.
- 20 minutes of strength training
- While this doesn't sound like much time to strength train, if you out together 2 different circuits of 3-4 exercises with little rest in between each exercise, you will train the entire body in a short amount of time.
- 10 minutes of steady state cardio
- This can be eliminated if you need to spend less time in the gym! You will still get a great workout doing your strength training and HIIT workouts. The cardio is just a bonus!
There you have 40 minutes of exercise laid out for you that includes strength training, cardio and high intensity interval training. Give it a try and see for yourself how effective this type of workout can be!
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