The Incredible 6-minute Workout

Need to lose weight, burn off some extra calories, rid yourself of love handles or baker's rolls? Here comes the incredibly effective SIX-MINUTE WORKOUT!

First, let me make a point about working out at the gym. Your gym [like mine] should have a wide variety of tools for you to use: free weights, cable pulleys, machines, cardio equipment, stretch cords and gym balls and medicine balls, ab wheels and slant boards, trampolines, boxing bags, mats for stretching, wobble boards, jump ropes, plus other exercise stuff. The list is longer than my years in this business. So, don't get caught in a rut of only utilizing certain pieces of equipment and expecting it to shape and form your body. It won't. It can't. Any one piece of equipment can only do so much for you. To reform and reshape your body you need some of all the above.

This incredible SIX-MINUTE WORKOUT is a pounds off exercise routine. It takes about 45-minutes total to complete and it can include much of the above gym equipment; it's up to you.

Wait a second, you're asking, if it takes 45-minutes to complete why is it called the incredible "SIX MINUTE WORKOUT"? It's a hook that's off the hook. Anyway, you may want to copy this one because it works. Notice you are concerned with intervals of time, not reps. Time will fly by.

The Workout

• Cardio choice-3 minutes
• stationary lunge-2 minutes
• 6-inch leg lifts-1 minute
• standing quad stretch

• Cardio choice-3 min
• Incline dumbbell press-2 min
• Reverse crunch (hold for 2 count)-1 min
• Reverse fly stretch w/stretch cord

• Cardio choice-3 min
• Seated barbell military press-2 min
• Hyperextensions w/ball-1 min
• Roll your back on the ball

• Cardio choice-3 min
• High cable pulldowns-2 min
• Ab roller gizmo (hold for 2 at top)-1 min
• Reach for stars stretch

• Cardio choice-3 min
• Tricep dumbbell kickback-2 min
• 2-foot high leg lifts-1 min
• Torso twist

• Cardio choice-3 min
• Standing dumbbell hammer curl-2 min
• Reverse crunch (hold for 3 count)-1 min
• Roll your back on the ball

• Cardio choice-3 min
• Free squats w/arms forward-2 min
• Hyperextensions w/ball-1 min
• Sit quietly

Vary your cardio choices. If you're not sure how to do an exercise or stretch, ask someone on Staff at your gym, or ask a Personal Trainer. Can't last the entire "six minutes"? Take a time-out, and then make up the lost time.