Time-Effective Workouts You Can Do At Home

Working out at home certainly sounds great. Between the convenience, ease, privacy, and lack of a monetary investment, many people today choose to do it. 

But despite the interest in home training, many people feel reluctant. Though it may seem simple at first, folks often wonder where to start. After all, there are so many exercises and activities to choose from. Picking the right combination of movements can be difficult. 

To that end, we’ve put together three unique time-effective home workouts you can do.

Let’s dive in. 

1. Blast Your Whole Body In Ten Minutes Or Less 

To kick off this list with a bang, we’ve got this workout. This circuit routine is designed to help you get the most bang for your training buck in as little time as possible.

To pull it off effectively, you’ll be doing each exercise for thirty seconds. Once the time is up, take ten to twenty seconds to catch your breath and move to the next activity. One round will be more than enough if you’re just getting started.

Here are the exercises:

1. Classic or knee push-ups
2. Wall sits
3. Jumping jacks
4. Bodyweight squats 
5. Planks
6. Chair tricep dips
7. Hip hinges
8. Burpees
9. Bent-over suitcase (or dumbbell) row 

2. Upper Body Strength and Muscle-Builder

This workout is a little bit different. Specifically, you’ll be doing fewer exercises with the goal of completing at least three rounds. Unlike the previous workout, this one will mostly focus on training your upper body musculature - your shoulders, chest, back, arms, and abs.

The rules are similar. Do each exercise for thirty seconds, rest for ten to twenty seconds, and move to the next activity. Once done, take between one and two minutes of rest and begin another round.

Here are the exercises:

1. Inverted rows
2. Pike push-ups
3. Plank
4. Classic push-ups
5. Bicep curls (with dumbbells, resistance bands, or similar)
6. Lateral raises (with a dumbbell, kettlebell, resistance band, water jug, or something else)

3. Lower Body Strength and Muscle-Building Workout

Similar to the previous workout, this one will also have you complete fewer exercises with the goal of doing at least three total rounds. Do each exercise for thirty seconds, catch your breath for up to twenty seconds, and move to the next activity. 

Then, take up to two minutes of rest and start another round. Here are the movements:

1. Bodyweight jump squat
2. Glute bridges
3. Weighted Romanian deadlift or bodyweight single-leg Romanian deadlift
4. Squat holds (five seconds at the bottom)
5. Standing unilateral calf raises (on stairs or something similar)

Putting Everything Together 

The great news is, you can put together the above three workouts and make a weekly routine. For example:

Monday - Upper Body Strength and Muscle-Builder

Tuesday - off

Wednesday - Lower Body Strength and Muscle-Building Workout

Thursday - off

Friday - Blast Your Whole Body In Ten Minutes Or Less

Saturday & Sunday - off