Nov 8 2009

Time and Equipment

Everyone understand that being healthy is important to a happy life.   But how can we be healthy?   Of course, there are lots of things that contribute to good health:  Diet, genetics, lifestyle habits, regular medical checkups, and of course exercise just to name a few.     In fact, there are so many things that contribute to good health that many adopt a ‘why bother, I can’t keep it all straight.’ attitude.  

However, there is one thing that makes more of a difference to a healthy life than anything else – exercise.   Mayo clinic lists 7 benefits of regular physical activity.

However, exercise can be a bit daunting.    A lot of popular exercises require either a team of other people, a gym membership or a lot of different equipment or at minimum a lot of time.

Here is a quick routine that requires very little time (15 minutes), can be done at home, and requires almost no special equipment.  

The routine, published in the latest men’s health consists of 4 exercises repeated one after the other for 15 minutes with a 30 second pause between events.

The 4 exercises to be repeated in sequence are as follows: 

  1. Pushups (10 to 20)
  2. Lunges (10 to 15)
  3. Pull-ups (5 to 10)
  4. Plank (30 to 90 seconds)

Repeat until the 15 minutes are up.

So you are now without excuse!