Teenager

[MrsLadyHawk 5]

So, I'm 16. With me being a teenager, I don't have much free time between advanced classes at school, church, my community, and Band.

I was wondering if anyone had any tips for some quick workouts that would, not necessersarily get me in shape, but get me healthy.

I don't have much equipment at my house, but I do have a yoga mat, some dumbell weights, a treadmill, and lots of space.

[reverie 49]

Break your exercise up throughout the day. One thing I've learned so far is that there is NO excuse for not exercising. Though sometimes I have to push myself, I know exercise is a must.

Try walking/running your treadmill each day. If you have small handweights, walk your treadmill while using them. You can YouTube plenty of quick work-out videos that you can try, or even small exercises you can do. Sit-ups, pushups, crunches, different arm lifts with your dumbbells...there's a lot you can do. I know of a few 10-minute work out vids. Some may be on YouTube.

Aim for 30 minutes a day, and increase it if you have time. Good luck!

[Mariasha 3]

You can also start by introducing more physical activity into your life outside of your official exercise sessions.

Examples:

Take stairs instead of elevator.

Park at the end of the parking lot and walk.

Walk places instead of driving.

Etc.

[neveragain 9]

Here is a really quick and easy workout with Tony Horton. It's like 25 minutes or so.

Free Beachbody Workout With Tony Horton | Beachbody Coach

[MrsLadyHawk 5]

Thanks for the tips everyone.

And that video is great!

[neveragain 9]

I'm so happy you liked it! He's such an awesome trainer.

[quitomade 0]

omg i've been wondering if there are any other teenagers out there! i wish you would email me! I have so many questions that no one can help me with because they are older! im a girl, 15 and weigh 190 pounds but wanna get to 135. does the first filling hurt? i mean does the needle hurt? when should i start excersising? is my right side supposed to hurt>

[Jachut 487]

Hehehe, Andy, I'm no teenager, but I *CAN* tell you about busy. I work full time, ahve three children and am out four nights of the week at football or basketball training and the weekend is a haze of driving kids to social events, the actual football and basketball games, swimming lessons, grocery shopping and TRYING to catch up with family or friends occasionally.

I never waste an opportunity. I began my banded life running long distances, my plan was that I knew that once I returned to work I would have only short bursts of time to exercise and that has proven true. So I am now fit enough to make half an hour really count, I can run 6kms in that time and burn 600 calories or so.

I do sandbag workouts - meaning I hoik a 20kg sandbag through a range of full body exercises, breaking for little sprints on my treadmill, but that could just as easily be breaking to jump rope for 2 minutes. Google sandbag training and have a look, its SUPER intense and will really work up a sweat and burn mega calories in as little as 20 minutes.

Walk wherever you can, as a student, that should be fairly doable. Break it up, if it has to be 20 mins in the morning and 20 at night, then do that.

Where there's a will, there's a way and if its only 30 minutes, you just do it and its over and done with. The trick with short periods of time under 40 minutes is focus on INTENSITY. Make it count!

[MrsLadyHawk 5]

Jachut, I could never deal with doing that much!

And your right, being a student makes it way easy to walk from place to place. XD