15 minute fat burning workout!

Yes it is true! I have found a workout you can do in 15 minutes! So if you have a workout buddy like mine who is all "but i'm tirreedddd. Can we go nowww?" you can smash this out and feel good about what you have done!

This is a High Intensity Interval Resistance Training. So instead of just doing weight reps which increase your strength, this one includes a cardio workout which helps ward off fat gain! Be warned that if you gain weight it is most likely muscle and let's face it; we want to see ourselves physically shrinking. Common myth is that a woman does a large amount of weights she is going to look like a body builder. Unless you are training to be a body builder, you will not look like one. Because woman have a higher percentage of body fat then men naturally we end up looking FINNNEEEEEEEE if we do high weights with low reps. This is my program for you! This is being preformed as a circuit, intergrating both resistance training exercises and high intensity cardio. The mission is complete as many rounds of the circuit as you can within 15 minutes

• Rowing machine x 150m
• Kettle ball swings x 20reps
• Rowing machine x 150m
• Push ups (knees or toes) x 10 reps
• Rowing machine x 150m
• Alternating weighted lunges x20reps

When choosing a weight for the kettle ball swings and the lunges, make sure you don't go so high that you will hurt your back. Start on low weights and keep working your way up. If you can't get hold of a rowing machine, I did 50 skips or do 150m worth of running up and down stairs.

This is a kettle ball swing by the way

Image from www.thefitnessworkout.com

Now by the end of this you should be ready to puke. You need to go as hard as possible because it's only 15 minutes. I like going for a bit of a gentle walk afterwards just to settle my heart rate down.

Don't forget to eat before and after going to the gym! Obviously wait a bit before going to the gym so you don't feel sick and avoid milk based products. Stay hydrated! 

This great new magazine has been launched called Women's Fitness, I bought a copy the other day while grocery shopping and it is amazing. Suggest you go get your subscription while it's discounted! Wanted to get a subscription but I might be moving to NYC just after Easter 2013 so there is no point. It's okay, I am more than happy to spend the extra dosh!