Today, we’re back with a list of cardio workouts you can do at home to get your sweat on! Whatever your fitness goals – losing weight, toning, coming back from an injury – these workouts will get your blood flowing and calories burning. Here are just a few of our favorite at-home workouts.
10-MINUTE CARDIO WORKOUTS AT HOME
Crunched for time? There are tons of 10-minute cardio workouts that can help you get your sweat on in between work calls, family time, happy hour, whatever. Look for something HIIT style: maximum reps, minimum duration. HIIT stands for high-intensity interval training. The basic concept is that you burn a ton of calories in very little time. Here are a few 10-minute cardio HIIT workouts you could try:
- The 10-Minute Cardio Workout You Can Do Before Breakfast from Self
- 10-Minute Tabata Cardio Turn Up by Sydney Cummings
- 10-Minute Fat-Burning Workout by Boho Beautiful
- The Best 10-Minute High-Intensity Workout from POPSUGAR Fitness
- The 10-Minute Cardio HIIT Workout Without Weights for All Fitness Levels from Shape
You’ll give 100% over those 10 minutes and work up a sweat – but then it will be over! Short and sweet, right?
THE LAGREE METHOD
Not into heavy breathing? We get that. You can still have a super-intense workout without bands and burpees. Try the Lagree Method, a high-intensity, low-impact workout that emphasizes circuit training. “Unlike traditional Pilates, the Lagree Method places a large emphasis on circuit training, which means you move quickly from one exercise to the next for a prescribed number of sets or time limits. This allows you to achieve both cardiovascular and strength benefits as the heart, lungs, and muscle groups are concurrently working,” writes one reporter. You can try a Lagree workout through a virtual studio at home.
BANDED WORKOUTS
Add in some resistance bands to simple moves like squats and lunges to really feel the burn. The Zoe Report recommends workouts from Tone It Up, a fitness brand that uses resistance bands for sculpting and cardio at home. Banded workouts give you the benefit of boosting your heart rate with the added challenge of upping the intensity of your favorite basic bodyweight moves. For a tough workout, alternate between two different exercises with no rest in between.