Quick & Easy Fitness for Tired Moms

Do you feel zapped of energy whenever you actually have the time to work out? This laid-back home-exercise routine will burn calories and boost your energy -- and you need only 20 minutes to do it!
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Peter LaMastro
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Too Tired to Workout?

Sure, a long day of taking care of your little ones can be exhausting, but before you skip your workout, consider this: If you can move or for just five minutes, you'll actually feel more energized, since physical activity gets your heart pumping and increases the oxygen flowing through your muscles, says fitness instructor Jill Brown, of Gold's Gym in Venice Beach, California. To get pumped, play your favorite high-energy music. Then do Brown's 20-minute workout.

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kmu0319 wrote:

You have to start somewhere! These actually are basic exercises the more you do the better you get at it...

1/9/2012 09:47:26 AM Report Abuse
ahoran5 wrote:

It says "if you can move for five minutes", then it says to try the 20-minute workout. How about a five-minute workout?

4/13/2011 11:51:08 AM Report Abuse
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