When I talked Daniel into filming this workout with me, I told him not to worry, "it's only a quick one, and it really wont be all that bad". Needless to say, he gave me a pretty hard time once we were off camera for downplaying how hard this quick little workout would be!
This is an excuse busting workout. You don't need any equipment at all, and it's not even ten minutes long! All you need to do is grab some comfortable clothes, turn on some music, and decide that the next ten minutes or so are dedicated to working up a good sweat.
Workout Structure
- 8 Bodyweight Cardio Intervals
- 45 Seconds On; 10 Seconds Active Rest
- No Equipment
- Warm Up & Cool Down not Included
Printable Workout
- 3:1 Switchfoot Repeaters
- Squats + Front Kicks
- 3:1 High Knee Holds
- Alternating Lunges + Rows
- Switchfoot Mt Climbers
- Fly Jacks
- Burpee + Front Kicks
- Pop Squats
There is no warm up or cool down in this particular workout video, which means that you will want to use our search function to find a quick warm up before you jump right in to this relatively demanding bodyweight cardio workout. You will also want to make sure that you do a quick cool down and stretch, instead of coming to an abrupt stop. Cooling down gradually and stretching the muscles you've just used is essential to staying healthy, active, and injury free.
How often can I do this workout?
If a cardio workout like this doesn't leave you with sore muscles, you can do it 4-5 days out of the week. Bodyweight cardio like this - that involves heavily working large muscle groups, often in a near-plyometric style - might leave you sore the next day. If your muscles are letting you know that they've tried something new the day prior, you're going to want to give yourself at least a 24 hour period of rest to allow those muscles to heal.
Can you really lose weight with this workout?
The exercises in this routine are very effective at burning off body fat and extra calories. With that said, this workout video is only ten minutes long, and, it's only one training type. Typically it takes more than ten minutes a day to see results from a workout (though any number minutes of exercise are way better than no minutes of exercise!) and, it's best to incorporate multiple training styles. If you need help designing an effective and well rounded workout program with cardio, HIIT, strength training, stretching and more, consider checking out our Fat Loss Programs.
This was a remix of one of our old favorites; Quick Sweat Cardio to Burn Belly Fat Fast - Have you tried both? Which do you think was harder?