10 Lunchtime Workouts Under 30 Minutes
1The 23-Minute Lunchtime Workout
Trainer Sean Begley, fitness director for Plus One Fitness, designed this workout for uberbusy Wall Street execs. You do three 7-minute circuits and 7 reps of each move in a circuit, completing as many rounds as you can. (Odd numbers engage your mind more than even ones, so you focus less on fatigue.) It's so quick, the big boss will never know you're gone.
2Rowing Machine
Why wait for an open treadmill? The rower incinerates calories just as fast—and you don't even have to stand up! This workout burns 226 calories (based on a 135-pound woman).
3The 30-Minute StepMill Summit
Unlike the elliptical, where it's easy to slack off (and you zap fewer calories a minute), the revolving staircase forces you to keep moving. Practice good form: Lightly grip handlebars, and stand tall. You'll burn about 290 calories!
© Condé Nast4The 30-Minute Speed Work Session
You can blast 250 calories in just a half hour with this HIIT workout. But don't worry—you won't feel like you're gonna die! Give everything during the sprints and keep the recovery jogs slow.
5The 30-Minute Incline Burner
Crush 245 cals by revving up the incline on the treadmill in this workout.
6The 22-Minute Calorie Blast With Kettlebells
Fat-fighting kickboxing meets the heavyweight champ of toning, the kettlebell. The fierce matchup will catapult you into a calorie-zapping frenzy—300 in 22 minutes!
7The 16-Minute Beach Body Workout
It's never too early to start working on that beach bod, right? This smart shape-up targets the two things you care about most when in a two-piece: your gut and a li'l jiggle. Plus: No equipment necessary!
8The 30-Minute Machine Mashup
Slay gym fatigue with a 30-minute cardio medley from Brooke Marrone, a trainer in NYC. You'll hop from the treadmill to the elliptical to the rower and still be done in 30 minutes flat. And bonus: Before you have time to zone out, you're moving on!
9The 20-Minute Insanity Workout
The magic behind this routine comes from plyometrics: explosive, full-body exercises that rev your heart rate and ratchet up metabolism to torch calories and build lean muscle.
10The 10-Minute Stair/Burpee Routine
So busy that you can't even leave the office? Try this: Run a flight of stairs at full speed, then do five burpees at the top, then run back down and repeat as many times as you can. You'll burn 100 calories in just 10 minutes.
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