10 Minute Full Body Workout

Quick Hitting and Focused Workouts For The Upper and Lower Body

Is a 10 minute full body workout really worth the time?  After all, 10 minutes isn’t much time to work out. 

Think about it this way.  If you are pressed for time you have a choice.  Do nothing or do something. 

If you think a 10 minute workout is like doing nothing at all, I challenge you to try some of these workouts and then let me know if you still think that.

If you put your heart into these workouts, you will definitely be challenged.  You absolutely CAN get your heart rate up and cause muscle growth in a short amout of time.

In fact, there seems to be an entire industry around 10 minute workouts.  And that's not surprising given how busy everybody is.  There are tons of excellent 10 minute workout DVDs that have as many different focuses as you can possibly think of.  They are nice because they will introduce you to new exercises, someone will be there to keep you on pace, and you will get tips on doing the exercises right.

For some people, a 10 minute workout appeals to them because they don't like to work out and want to spend as little time as possible working out.  They have bought into the idea that they can go from over 25% body fat to looking like the person on the cover of the DVD in 8 weeks just working out for 10 minutes 3 times a week. 

For more realistic people, having a set of 10 minute full body workouts handy means they can get themselves moving no matter where they are or how busy they are.  The quick workout gives them the flexibility to stay on track no matter what.

Here are ideas for full body workouts made up of bodyweight exercises that you can do from almost anywhere.  

Workout 1:

Two sets:

• Pushups until you fail - 1 minute
• Rest 30 seconds
• Air squats until you fail - 1 minute
• Rest 30 seconds
• Pull ups until you fail - 30 seconds
• Rest 30 seconds
• Straight Arm Plank – 30 seconds
• Rest 30 seconds
• Repeat

Workout 2:

• 20 Burpees - 1 minute
• 15 Lunges per leg - 1 minute
• 20 Burpees - 1 minute
• 30 Jumping Jacks - 1 minute
• 20 Burpees - 1 minute
• 15 Lunges per leg - 1 minute
• 20 Burpees - 1 minute
• 30 Jumping Jacks - 1 minute
• 12 Offset Pushups per arm - 1 minute
• Superman - 1 minute

Workout 3:

• Mountain Climbers - 30 seconds
• Bicycle Exercise
• Side Lunges
• Chin Ups
• Alternating plank pushups
• Shadow Box
• Repeat

A 10 minute full body workout can and should be a pretty simple thing.  Don't worry about repeating exercises and don't give yourself a brain cramp trying to work in every muscle group.

If you're at home or in a hotel room, just put together some pushups, sit ups or crunches, air squats, burpees, and jumping jacks.

You can do a full body workout with any number of bodyweight exercises.