What's the perfect 30-minute workout?

Answer 1

I know this is going to sound crazy, but my answer to this is sexual intercourse of course with energetic and sexy foreplay ie, play wrestling, play wrestling each others clothes off, tickling, chasing around all of these of course then lead into great sex!!!

Of course the foreplay would be 10-15 mins when you also incorporate the usual touching and well you know, which leaves 15-20 minutes or more of sex!! And more than one doctor agrees that when engaging in vigorous, passionate, energetic sex people use every single muscle in the human body!!!

Answer 2

The perfect 30 minute workout is actually dependent on the person, their metabolism, and how much they eat on a daily basis. Any workout that has you reaching your optimum heart rate for more than 20 minutes will burn sufficient calories.

Cardiovascular workouts tend to work the whole body, and that is an excellent way to feel the burn as many might like to say. My suggestion, is to make a diagram of yourself, what are your problem areas? When you know this, especially if you are using tape or DVD based workouts, you can then concentrate on the section of your body that is not in the best shape.

However, for integrated workouts, I would suggest a good dose of cardio, you will feel the burn, and will melt fat away from areas you may not have thought of, because overall, they are designed to be full body workouts.

Answer 3

That all depends on your fitness level, age, and your eating habits. A perfect 30-minute workout could cover a whole wide workout plan. For the purpose of answering your question, here's what I think:

Run and/or do a fast walk or use a treadmill everyday so that your heart beat goes to as close to your maximum rate as possible for 30 minutes(aproximately 170 beats per minute). The formula is 217 - (0.85 x Age). This would allow you to burn as much calories as you can.

Then eat healthy. Forget the junk food.

Answer 4

The perfect 30-minute work out is one you will still be doing next year. If you can maintain going to the gym every other day great! But for many a gym membership turns into a fat tax. Everyone should find activities that they enjoy that gives them the workout they need. Every other day try a new physical activity till you find two or three that you adore. Play tennis, swim, go roller blading, in short get a life and you will find that the pounds will soon disappear. If you can find an activity that someone you care about loves as well the likelihood of you continuing this activity increases, and your relationship with them will improve as well.

Answer 5

30 minutes isn't really long enough but the basic exercises are push ups either from the floor or a bench top which gives the chest and shoulders a workout then hold the bench top and do some squats for bucepts take a couple of cans of fruit and use them as barbells you should feel these excercises cover your needs for a short workout and while walking squeeze the butt to tighten up muscles you will be looking and feeling good in a few weeks

Answer 6

This is the million dollar question. It can vary depending on what your actual goal is.

Remember this: F-I-T = Frequency, Intensity & Time

If you can consistently do appropriate exercises for strength, cardio for endurance & stretching with the proper amount of intensity for the 30 minutes you have allotted, you can see results.

A suggestion would be interval training with minimal time between sets. You could do this 3 times a week and exercise your entire body including cardio. You could easily rotate between exercises & cardio to get in the 'perfect 30-minute workout'.

Answer 7

Perfect 30 minute workout is cardio intervals while incorporating some strength training moves.

Do 1:1 ratio

30 secs running/jogging
30 secs of walking

or any other type of cardio moves.

after doing about 15 minutes of cardio intervals switch to circuit training so you do at least 1 minute of cardio and 1 minute of squats/lunges/bicep curls...

Just push yourself to do your workout harder. Benchmark the participants on the Biggest Loser. You notice on the first day they are doing CHALLENGING workouts, not that wimpy crap like walking. If they are walking they are walking hills.

Answer 8

first, cut the soda out.It may suck but trust me you will be happy. 1st good old fashin pushups.if u do them the girl way the do it for 2 min strait. other way just one but push yourself. after that take a min break.drink some water. 2nd grab 5lb or 10lb(is kinda hard but not unbarable) hold them to your chest and rock your top half of body to the left then to the right really putting strain on ur abs. a good 5 min workout will be great.take another break and yep more water. 3rd run for about 15 min. this will be a good little workout to get some weight off.just make sure you swet and drink alot so u know the workout is working

Answer 9

Running is absurd, ingracious and only to be used in an emergency.
Walking is civilised, can be done at quite a high speed, and gets you somewhere. The benefit of walking, at varying speeds, on different surfaces, inclines, hills, is amplified if you aim for a different destination every time: or at least reward yourself with, say, a coffee or a visit to a friend.

Walking can also be acomplished, and is perhaps improved, with comany: you can talk or not talk - both are equally acceptable when sharing a walk.

You can also accomplish this without wearing ridiculous clothing: it is no effort at all. You will soon find yourself increasing the length, range and purposes of the walks you take, and you will forget they are exercise and will instead become sheer pleasure. Even walking in the rain or snow can be beautiful.
If you want to be useful, offer a neighbour to walk their dog.
If you want to be friendly, ask the neighbour to accompany you.

Answer 10

The best 30 minute workout is one you do everyday. Break a sweat, get winded, and put resistance on your muscles.
I like boxing (heavy bag and double end bag). 3 3 minute rounds on each with crunches in between. I alternate days with weights and treadmill for the rest of the time.

Answer 11

It depends how many 30 minutes sessions you can plan in a week. If you can plan 4-6 , 30 minutes sessions you can get a very complete workout. If you can have just 2 or 3 you can still get good results if you design your training wisely.

Go first for the big exercises ( free weights - dumbbells, barbell or kettlebells - or body weight)

Train each body part twice a week or 3 times in 2 weeks.

The best and the most beneficial exercises ranked accordingly:

1. The squat - barbell squat, dumbbell one leg squat, kettlebell squat, one leg body weight squat


2. The deadlift - barbell deadlift, dumbbells deadlift, kettlebell one leg deadlift. There are more types of deadlift: classic, straight legs, romanian

3. The chest press - barbell, dumbbells, kettlebells - horizontal, incline, decline. Push ups are equivalent to chest press.

4. The chin up - take different grips - large , narrow, pronation (palms facing forward), supine (palms facing inward), parallel. The cable lat pull down is equivalent to chin up. If you want to do chin ups, but you don't have enought strength find a low bar or a spotter and help yourself with your legs.

5. The row - barbell , dumbbell, kettlebell - bent over, one arm, seated cable

6. The shoulder press - kettlebell, dumbbell, barbell

7. Standing curls - barbell, dumbbells

8. Crunch - lying, hanging, decline - to stabilize and strengthen your abs

Go for 2-4 sets each exercise x 6 - 12 reps

You need:

1. Intensity - to challenge your body
2. Progressivity - to safely improve
3. Specificity - train according to your goals
4. Supercomensation - allow enough rest for recovery between sessions to obtain a peak of adaptation, but not too long to begin detraining
5. Do not allow detraining - do not take breaks from training, never go down
6. Individuality - make your own training program and do not copy others training program exactly ( of course you can get inspired by classic training programs )
7. Periodicity - plan your training routine on periods, each with specific goals
8. Commitment - good life style - optimal nutrition, no smoking, no over drinking, enough rest,active lifestyle. etc


If your training time is limited forget about isolation exercises : triceps kick back, preacher curl, legs extension and flexion, shoulder flyes, etc. Also do not lose to much time training your abs.

About cardiovascular conditioning :

- you may use 10 min out of 30 min for higher intensity cardio - running, jumping, boxing bag routine, kettlebell swings, etc
- insert low intensity cardio in your daily life - walk, climb stairs, do house work, play, etc
- if you have more than 3 , 30 min sessions , you can dedicate them to cardio training

Example of "best" 30 min workout:

Kettlebell training:

2 min swings for warming up
6 min double kettlebbells (racked ) squats 3sets x 5 - 8 reps
6 min turkish get ups 3 sets x 3 reps (for each side)
6 min chin ups 3 x n (how many you can do )
4 min standing single kettlebell press ( left, right side) 3 x 6 reps
6 min kettlebell swings

" Nothing great was achieved without perseverence"

Good luck