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10-Minute Anywhere Spring Workout

Posted on Apr 7th 2010 12:00PM by Nicole Dorsey-Straff
Filed Under: Fitness
The eternal conundrum: You can steal 10 minutes away from your crazy, hectic day -- but what exactly can you do to sculpt and strengthen every muscle group in record time?

Celeb trainer Ashley Conrad, whose clients include Kate Hudson and Bradley Cooper, said you can take her favorite three moves below and literally do them anywhere, anytime to rev up your energy, sculpt all major muscle groups and burn about 100 calories in 10 minutes. All you need is one set of 10-pound dumbbells and a little motivation.

Burpees (Targets butt, thighs, abs, core, lower legs and burns calories)
A) Start in the push up position and bring legs underneath you just wider than shoulders. From this position, explode up and jump off the ground to land immediately with your knees soft and your belly tight.
B) Lower hips once again, place your hands just outside your feet, then explode back to the start push-up position and repeat nonstop for one minute.

Lateral Slides (Targets legs, inner/outer thighs, core, and burns calories)
"Just like you see basketball players do in training, this move is one of my biggest secrets," Conrad said. "It works the entire lower body, as well as the lower back and every inch of your arms." Spread legs wider than shoulders and drop hips down to squat. Press right hand to the outside of right toes. Stay low in this semi-squat position and move laterally to the side three giant steps and then touch down on the left. Repeat back and forth for one minute.

Dumbbell Raises (Sculpts arms and shoulders)
A) Hold a dumbbell in each hand from a standing position. First, do 10 lateral raises lifting straight arms out to your sides up to chest height.
B) Next, do 10 front raises with straight arms lifting straight out in front of the chest.
C) Follow up with 10 overhead presses, where weights meet overhead and come down to chest level. One set equals 10 lateral raises, 10 front raises and 10 overhead presses for one minute.

Perform these moves three times through in this order, and then drop to the floor and finish with one solid minute of basic crunches -- and you'll see and feel results in as few as one or two sessions, said Conrad. This mini-routine helps your body burn about 100 calories, as well as super-sculpt all those smaller, sexy muscles -- inner thighs, biceps, waistline muscles -- you don't have time to train in a regular session.

Find out more ways to fit mini workouts into your weekly regimen and even condense your existing routines.

Fitness expert Nicole Dorsey Straff is a Los Angeles-based exercise physiologist and author, and frequently writes about diet, health and wellness.

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