Fitness Routine for A Busy Lifestyle

Trying to be fit while working around your everyday routine might be difficult, you might not even know where to start. Don’t worry this fitness routine could definitely fit your lifestyle even on the busiest of days. It’s great for those who might be too busy to make it to the gym but can spare half an hour at home to work out and keep being fit. 

Legs For Days

Never skip leg day, right? When you live in a hot climate like I do it can get quite humid and you’re gonna want to skip the sweatpants and opt for a pair of shorts instead. When living in a hot and humid climate you probably want to work on keeping your legs toned but maybe you don’t have enough time to hit the gym for the treadmill. This will help you tone your legs and eventually lower your cellulite. The wall squats will also help in strengthing your weak leg muscles. 

Side Plank Leg Raise – 3 sets of 15 reps per side 

Lateral Lunge – 3 sets of 15 reps per side 

Wall Squats – 3 sets of 30 seconds

Donkey Kick – 3 sets of 10 

Squats – 3 sets of 10

Core Toning

Toning your core is important if you like showing off your belly and want to keep up with your stomach being toned. The planking and side planking will strengthen your core muscles. Burpees will help you shed some additional fat that you might have. The crunches will help you strengthen your core and build more muscles. Planks will help you with your back and keep your posture aligned. Sit-ups are good for strengthening your core while working on your lower back and glute muscles. 

Knee tuck Crunches – 3 sets of 10 

Crunches – 3 sets of 10 

Planks – 2 minutes

Raised Leg Planks – 30 seconds of each side

Sit Ups – 2 sets of ten

Burpees – 2 sets of ten

Indoor Cardio

Cardio exercises are great for burning calories, strengthens the heart and muscles, and reduces arthritis and stiffness in joints by making them move. Indoor cardio is also great to boost your mood by releasing endorphins after or during the workout. Jumping jacks offer cardiovascular benefits along with other cardio workouts. They balance your heart rate and increase blood circulation maintaining blood cholesterol levels. Butt kicks are a great way to warm up the body and get ready for the rest of the workout making it number two on this cardio workout. Pushups are great to work on upper body strength. Squats are great and create an anabolic environment that works with muscle building and muscle mass. High knees have a great range of health benefits which is why they’re incorporated in a wide variety of workouts. They boost your heart rate and improve your coordination and flexibility. Jumping lunges are great as they challenge the quads and hamstrings. Mountain Climbers are great for building endurance and it’s almost like getting a total body workout because it works out different parts of your body.

Jumping Jacks – 5 sets of 10

Butt Kicks – 2 minute

Push-Ups – 3 sets of 10 

Squats – 3 sets of 10 

High Knees – 25 

Jumping Lunges – 3 sets of 10 

Mountain Climbers – 3 sets of 10 

Toning and Firming Arms

Arm workouts are great and simple for those who have an extra busy day but still want to get some exercise on that day. You can tone your arms with minimal workout equipment if any at all but its great to own a simple five-pound dumbbell to add to the exercise. Arm circles are great to start off your exercise and get ready. Bicep curls are great in strengthening muscles. Tricep extensions are good for increased strength, flexibility, and increasing circulation. Dumbbell overhead press workout the upper arm and working all the tricep muscles extending the elbow and making it a very effective workout. 

Raised arm circles – 3 sets of 10

Arm Bicep Curl – 3 sets of 10 with a five-pound dumbbell. 

Tricep Extensions – 3 sets of 10 with a five-pound dumbbell. 

Push-Ups – 3 sets of 10 

Dumbbell overhead press – 2 sets of 10 with a five-pound dumbbell. 

There you have different workout routines for different muscles and parts of your body. My favorite is the leg for days for a workout because there’s nothing better to me than toned tan legs. However, you can work and choose what workouts on this list is better for you and what you want to repeat during the week. These fitness routines are perfect to do throughout the week repeating the ones that you like the most of the ones that you think you need to work on more. I would do the leg for days twice a week, or the indoor cardio twice a week and then the rest once a week interchanging what you need to think is best. Is there any workout routines or fitness exercises that you think should have been added to this workout plan. If you have the time you could also work on more than one routine in a day however remember that you will get sore and you will have to continue working out throughout the week even if you feel like resting.  Fitness routines are to be continued if you want to see improvement and a  noticeable difference you have to keep at it that is why it is important too keep a schedule of your workout and have at least one rest day. This will allow you to recharge and prepare for the next routine the following days. If the five-pound dumbbells are also getting too easy for you you could change it into a ten-pound dumbbell however you don’t want to get too heavy on this for safety sake. If you’re looking for something harder I’d suggest investing in a bench press. Let us know what you think about these fitness routines and what you think you want to work on in the comments down below.