How To Stay In Shape When You’re Busy

Even if you’re REALLY busy….

And all you need is 10 minutes and virtually no equipment.

I see this all the time. You exercise regularly for months…then get derailed by a vacation, business trip, or just the general insanity of life. Sound familiar? Well, there’s still a way to stay in shape when you’re busy AND it’s faster and easier than you think.

It’s one of the most common patterns I see working with a client: People trying to get (and stay) in shape work out diligently for months then get derailed by the holidays or a big deadline at work.

Then they “fall off the wagon” for the rest of the year.

And this seesaw plays out physiologically as well. Exercise regularly and you get a training effect all over the place – adaptations in the brain, circulatory system, respiratory system, metabolism, muscles, and bones that optimize health and function.

Stop exercising and your body starts adapting to that, …which is doing NOTHING ,…so you start to lose all these benefits you worked so hard to acquire.

So here’s a simple, do-anywhere workout. It takes only a few minutes a day, it requires minimal or no equipment, and it focuses on compound exercise (big muscles, big movements) so it’s certain to be effective.

And, it’s also adaptable: You can shuffle exercises around or skip a few of them, come up with different ways to add resistance, or modify the total number of reps and rounds according to your ability, how much time you have and your preferences.

The important thing is to get some full-body movement each day. (As well as in every training session.)

In the end, you can use this plan when you just can’t make your regular workout happen. It’ll help you maintain muscle, keep your metabolism humming, stave off fat gain, and more.

As always, feel free to right click and save or message me for a PDF version for your printer or tablet and bring it with you everywhere so you never get derailed again!

Train Smart. Eat Smarter. Stay Fit.

-Eric