Short in time? Keep it mini!!

My semester at the medical university just started.
One thing stays the same: there is never enough time!

I have to attend the seminars, courses, etc; i have to study, cook, clean my apartment, keep on reading literature for my ongoing hypnosis-education and while i´m doing all this i would like to keep my social life going.
Oh yeah, and i would like to work out. :-D

So there are days when there is just not enough time for a workout with the warmup, main part and a finisher or some special core-stuff.

Sounds familiar??
Well, there are some things you can do:

-when you train, use high intensity with total body movements.
when doing this you´ll get the most bang for the buck.

-use high intensity
you´ll be done faster and your body will have more he has to adapt to.

-use high intensity!!!!
;-D

-use mini-workouts
for example, i can afford to take 10min learning breaks during the day.
instead of watching some crap on youtube, reading stuff on facebook just throw in a mini-workout.
I got this concept from "Infinite Intensity" by Ross Enamit.

You can do something like:
-5x FingerPushups + 5x Knuckle Pushup
-10x One Leg Ankle Hops per leg
-5x Towel Pullups
-5x One Leg Long/High Jump per leg
repeat 2-4 times.

I did this today for 3 rounds and it took me 10 minutes to complete(warmup with joint-mobility was included).
Just cut the rest-times to make it shorter and keep the intensity high.
I wanted something to focus on the hands and explosive leg-drive.

If you want to do something for your strength, throw in some isometrics.
E.g. do an military press in a doorway, the bent-over-row with a towel you are standing on, or if you change the body angle, a squat with the same towel position.
push hard against a wall,...
You´ll be done in 10 minutes max. and you got a quality strength- workout.

If you want to keep your conditioning up to date, just do the 100- Burpee- Challenge or as many Burpees as possible in 10 minutes.

Using such mini-workouts, you can make the most of your spare moments and avoid loosing strength, conditiong, etc. till you got more time again to incorporate longer workouts.

Have fun and, as always, questions are very welcome.

Harry