I have twin boys that are 5 months old and a 3 year old daughter so " no time for workout' was my excuse. def. gong to try some of these.
- 5/20/2013   1:58:52 PM

How many jumping jacks in 10 minutes. - 5/7/2013   2:25:45 PM

Walking is my favorite way to burn calories, followed by elliptical trainer, and then Zumba. - 4/30/2013   12:08:23 AM

Every morning I walk with my daughter down the driveway to meet her schoolbus.It takes me 16 minutes there & back,then I do a bit of gardening.By the time I get tired of that there is always something else to keep me on my feet.At least I know it is all good exercise that I enjoy. - 4/3/2013   3:07:57 AM

10 minutes of intense exercise for my weight only burns about 30 calories. - 3/23/2013   1:31:18 PM

Any movement is better than no movement! :-) - 3/14/2013   3:41:54 PM

Help! I can not find the answers. I do not have a left hip and most exercising is impossible. Any suggestions.
- 2/21/2013   12:36:16 AM

My 16-year old Grandson is helping me to lose my 35 pounds by June 13th!! He is teaching me how to use his XBox360 (?) to play tennis, do bowling and even Zumba dancing right in the living room with the TV!!! He does some of the activities with me, which is making it a WHOLE lot more fun. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this FREE site to receive the encouragement and instruction that I so desperately needed from someone. I am looking forward to accessing the LifeCoach, too. God has truly answered my prayers by allowing me to find this website. My mantra now is: "LET'S DO THIS!!!!!!!" - 1/25/2013   10:17:37 AM

I do 10 minutes on my elliptical and I also try to dance while i'm getting ready for work in the morning-- it's usually only 5 minutes but it's movement and stretches my muscles to get ready for the day. - 8/15/2012   8:02:35 PM

Great ideas - 8/15/2012   7:47:48 AM

O EM GE!!! this is amazing!!! 10 minutes of super easy workout (although my arms and legs are going their separate ways) and worth 100calories!! Im loving it!!! I did it twice today!!! and Im thinking about making it a 10 minute daily routine (plus 2-3 times a week weights and long walks)....

I love this Nicole girl! Love the workout!!! Im positive this will help me impact even more on my getting healthier routine!! :)

Thank you!!!!! - 8/14/2012   9:48:00 PM

I have rally enjoyed reading all of the comments here. Thanks all for the suggestions. - 8/2/2012   11:48:06 AM

Fantastic suggestions! My challenge is always about time and 10 minutes is attainable even if I spread out throughout the day. Great article! - 8/1/2012   8:58:09 PM

i can carve out 10 min - got the elliptical machine. No excuse for not using it. - 7/30/2012   5:58:10 PM

Found 10 minutes to practice some of my karate today- Woo Hoo! Tomorrow? I'll do different katas! - 7/30/2012   1:17:23 PM

I have to say that any amount of activity is good for you. - 7/26/2012   3:34:42 PM

Just ten minutes is my new mantra! Whenever I am idle, I am forcing myself to do something, for just 10 minutes, if I go more great, if not, I feel like I accomplished something really good for me in just 10 minutes. I am really thankful for this new view of working out. - 7/25/2012   11:43:41 PM

I love to dance for 10 mins. Its a great way to get motivated and de-stress. - 7/25/2012   10:16:35 PM

Love the 15 minute Cardio in a Crunch! Thanks Coach Nicole!!! - 7/25/2012   12:48:13 PM

I'm going to commit to 10 minutes on the elliptical I just purchased. Since I'm not used to exercising on this machine, it's going to really challenge me, but that's exactly what I need! - 7/23/2012   11:11:37 PM

We have had temps over 100 for more then a month so i have been doing 10 mins if fitness . Great atricle something i had not thought of . - 7/23/2012   2:45:49 PM

Now I want a rebounder or mini-trampoline. Everyone makes them sound like so much fun! I didn't know that you could so many calories. - 7/21/2012   6:51:16 PM

I like to start my day right out of bed with 5 lb free weights and I printed out Coach Nicole's Day One Bootcamp Workout so I have the pictures from her video right there on my closet door. That usually takes about 15 min and really gets me day started. Also, I try to get in some stair work on my 15 min morning and afternoon breaks at work. - 7/21/2012   6:49:07 PM

great tip...10 minutes seems to easy!
- 4/24/2012   9:50:55 PM

This was incredibly helpful! Personally, I found at the gym that doing a brisk walk on the treadmill at a very high incline allowed me to burn more calories than my friend who ran the whole time. I try to ramp the incline up to ten and walk about 3 miles per hour and it seems to work. - 4/9/2012   12:07:05 AM

i just joined i do cardio 5x a week and i am not really a runner but recently do run to burn the most calories i also love spinning too...
- 3/14/2012   3:29:55 PM

I am going to get a podometer ( I think thats what its called...the thing to track your steps) this weekend...because I have 10 minutes a few times a day. YAY - 3/14/2012   1:47:23 PM

Bar Method is hands down my favorite low impact, extremely high intensity workout! I just tell myself not to try and run away from the pain, but to stay with the burn. :) - 12/20/2011   12:37:51 AM

Thanks this is very helpful information. - 12/15/2011   8:30:21 AM

I needed this! - 12/14/2011   1:44:32 PM

I needed this! - 12/14/2011   1:41:58 PM

These are great ideas. I agree with those that say most involve a gym or equipment not readily available at work, but any activity will help, even if you are not burning 100 calories in your 10 minutes. What if you burn only 50? That's 50 you wouldn't have burned otherwise.
I teach 2 days a week (2 different buildings). In both buildings, my room is upstairs as far from the office as it can be. I am usually efficient in my ways, combining errands to make as few trips somewhere as possible, but on teaching days, I see how many trips I can make to the office. I may need to make copies, check my mailbox, ask a question, etc. Each trip is a several minute walk up & down stairs. My other job is a business we own out in the country. On nice days, I eat a quick lunch and take a walk down to the end of our road and back. I may not be burning 100 calories doing that, but I AM burning some! - 8/6/2011   9:53:50 AM

I love picking three exercises like burpies, mountian climbers and jump lunges and doing each for 1 min with a 30 second rest for 10 minutes. great workout in a short time. - 8/4/2011   10:15:47 AM

I can find 10 minutes. - 8/4/2011   9:07:01 AM

I read this when It was first put out and I am reading it again and it just gave me the want to get out on my treadmill. I work out 45 minutes a day and I think today anytime I get bored or notice I am on my behind to much I am going to get 10 minutes on the tread in. Ty for putting this out there again - 8/3/2011   1:32:39 PM

will save this blog. Thanks for posting - 8/3/2011   12:25:28 PM

This is terrific! added to my "saves" - 8/3/2011   11:06:22 AM

I am adding this to my "saved" pile. Thank you! - 8/3/2011   9:43:50 AM

I like using my treadmill if I have an extra 10 minutes. - 7/22/2011   8:39:59 PM

Water jogging sounds nice I might try that tomorrow. - 7/21/2011   9:04:54 AM

Zumba!
Take a Zumba Fitness dancing break every hour to overcome "sitting disease".
Use iPod, computer files, CD, You Tube videos for music. Can be done at home or discreetly at work :-) 5 minutes is good too. - 7/15/2011   12:23:35 PM

I have ................10 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 7/15/2011   11:59:10 AM

Every bit helps~ - 7/15/2011   1:18:31 AM

What a GREAT topic!!! Thanks for busting down one of my most common excuses...."no time to work out"...SOOO right that even 10 minutes can be beneficial, given a higher intensity activity. And I notice, it's not so hard to stretch that into 15 minutes (for 150 calories burned)...heck, maybe even 20 (for 200 calories burned). Thanks for the motivation and clarity!!! - 7/14/2011   12:27:38 PM

I used to love kumite HARD HARD kumite when you would stop your gi would be SO SOAKED in sweat the top would weigh 10+ lbs. - 7/12/2011   9:13:11 PM

I loved it :D!! thank you! - 7/12/2011   8:42:51 PM

I agree 100% with Crysl1975's comment above! - 7/12/2011   7:46:37 PM

I agree that these are great suggestions but involve time to get to the gym. I know if I actually get into gym clothes and drive out to a place with a racquetball court, I'm going to be there for more than 10 minutes.

I do like SparkPeople's Jump Rope workout, but if I really want to kick my butt quickly, I do Tabata intervals. Okay, if you include a proper warm-up and cool-down, the whole thing takes 14 minutes -- 5 minutes to warm up, 4 minutes to do the exercises, and then 5 minutes to cool down.

Do 20 second intervals with 10 seconds of rest for four minutes using whatever bodyweight-only exercise you want. Simple squats, or jump squats if you want to make it hard, or pushups if you want an upper-body workout, or if you're in good shape and want to make it REALLY hard and full-body, burpees. I love kettlebells, and kettlebell swings also make a great full-body Tabata workout.

The thing is, those are intense interval workouts and really shouldn't be done every day.

Or just pick any single one of those exercises or a combination of two or three and see how many you can do in 10 minutes, resting as often as you need and dividing it into as many sets as you need. Then, maybe two weeks later, or even a month later, you can use that same little 10-minute workout as a milestone and do it again to see how many MORE reps you can pump out in 10 minutes!

The great thing about bodyweight stuff like that is it gets you outdoors and enjoying the beautiful sunny summer weather!

Oh goodness, I'm about to start a cycle of bodyweight workouts and I'm GEEKED to get out of the gym and into the sunshine and grassy lawns! - 7/12/2011   5:25:42 PM

These are great - for people with time to run to the gym, change clothes and shower. How about 10-minute things to do during a break from a busy day at work! 10-minute walk around the office park, or up and down several flights of stairs inside the heated/air conditioned building; mini-weightlifting sessions with objects commonly found around the house or office; core exercises you can do in your desk chair or in the rest room; stuff like that. Obviously I have a FEW ideas, but it would be wonderful to hear what others find to get in some activity at the toughest times. - 7/12/2011   3:23:59 PM

I do an eliptical at a level 6 and that burns at least 100 calories every 10 minutes and it engages both your arms and legs so its a great workout. - 7/12/2011   11:52:30 AM