Five 15-Minute Workouts By Elena Rover
No time to exercise? Here are five fast routines you can do at home or on the road.
The Fitness-Ball Workout
These moves (the how-tos are on the following pages) target every major muscle group and get your heart beating. Exercises
by Kimberly Spreen, national director of group fitness for Life Time Fitness and instructor in 10 Minute Solution: Fitness Ball Workouts ($15, collagevideo.com).
Warm-up
March in place for two minutes, swinging your arms and lifting your knees high.
Workout
- The Dynamic Push-Up; then roll into The Frog, ending in position for another dynamic push-up. Go slowly enough to maintain control. Do 15 repetitions.
- The Supported Side Crunch, 15 reps on each side.
- The Rolling Reverse Plank, 15 reps.
- Repeat the four-move sequence two more times.
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