Short on time? This 20 minute workout is perfect during the holidays.

Time is tight during the holiday season, but you CAN still get enough exercise time in to make it count.  The key to working out through the holidays is to maintain your fitness level without expecting to make huge fitness gains, and to make good use of the time you have.  Even ten to twenty minutes makes a difference, as long as you make all of the those minutes count.  Too wet and icy for a run?  All you need to do is dust off that treadmill/stationary bike/elliptical, and get moving.  I know, I know…You’re utterly bored with your treadmill/stationary bike/elliptical.  Don’t worry, this interval workout breaks it up a little and keeps things exciting.  You’ll be finished before you know it!

I’m going to use the stationary bike in this workout, but you use whatever you have at home.  At the bottom are photos of a couple of the moves.

3 minutes – low-moderate intensity warm-up on bike

2 minutes – moderate-high intensity on bike

15 push-ups

12 burpees

18 reverse plank leg lifts

2 minutes – moderate intensity on bike

1 minute – moderate-high intensity on bike

1 minute – high intensity on bike

2 minutes – moderate intensity on bike

1 minute – moderate-high intensity on bike

1 minute – high intensity on bike

15 pushups

18 squat jumps

18 dancing crabs (touch your opposite hand to foot while in crab pose.  Alternate.)

3 minutes – moderate-low intensity cooldown

Photo 1: Reverse-Plank Alternating Leg Lifts.  Just do a reverse plank without the leg lift if you need to.

Photo 2: Dancing Crab.

Photo 3: Squat Jumps

Photo 4: burpees