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31 Days to a Better Body: Day 19 – Bang for Your Buck

If you are like me working out is not a hobby it’s a necessity. While I’ve learned to very much enjoy exercising there are many many other things I’d rather be doing. Just keepin’ it real, yo’.

Since I don’t ~~want~~ have a lot of time to workout, I spend my time doing exercises that give me the most bang for my buck. “Bang for your buck” exercise use a large number of muscle groups. Exercises like squats, deadlifts, lunges, pull-ups, push ups, kettlebell swings and other compound (more than one joint moves) movements. These “bang for your buck” exercises are best done while standing on my own two feet on a solid surface without the support of some odd contraption originally designed for rehabilitation. Machines, unstable surfaces, and isolations (one joint moves like in a bicep curl) can have their place. However, I’m trying to maintain a lean strong functionally fit physique in the least time possible so full body workouts that recruit a ton of muscle fibers and burn a bunch of calories are the way to go!

Do you feel like exercising is a hobby or necessity? Or both?

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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I'm so happy you stopped by my little corner of the web where I write about fitness, food, and amazing women I "meet". I live in California with my wonderful husband and two rambunctious boys. I'm a personal trainer and dreamer. I enjoy most things but some of my favorites are reading, acting, camping, cooking, music, writing, traveling, and being in the moment with my favorite people! You can read more about me here! I hope you stop by often!

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6 Responses to “31 Days to a Better Body: Day 19 – Bang for Your Buck”

On August 23, 2011 at 9:23 am Tamara responded with... #

Necessity! And thanks so much for the reminder about compound, “bang for my buck” movements. I needed it!

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On August 24, 2011 at 7:04 am Katie responded with... #

Exercising is a required hobby. How about that?

FYI – I got the three post blitz, but they came to my feeder backdated. You may want to change that, because a lot of people probably just start with “today’s” feed. I usually do, but today I checked the unread folder and saw all your posts. Don’t want anyone to miss out on Jenn!

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- On August 24, 2011 at 10:16 pm jennincat responded with... #
  
  Love that!!!
  
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On August 27, 2011 at 7:19 pm Andrea@WellnessNotes responded with... #

Sorry you got hacked!

I find when I have less time to work out, I’m actually much more efficient and really focus on compound moves and HIIT.

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- On August 30, 2011 at 7:56 am jennincat responded with... #
  
  Me too!!! I think being time crunched makes me more efficient in general. 😉
  
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