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20-Minute Strength & Low-Impact Cardio
Welcome to my 20-minute workout combining low-impact cardio moves with strength training. This is a easy-to-follow routine is no-repeats with 20 unique moves alternating between the cardio and strength. Together we’ll work up a sweat and burn lots of calories while having fun. In this blog you’ll find a summary of the workout with some tips and notes. But if you just can’t wait to get moving, then go ahead and dive right into the workout.
If you have time, take my 5-minute warm up before your workout and my 5-minute post workout stretch when you’re done.
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Before You Begin
Description
Following a warmup, this workout is made up of 20 exercises alliterating between low-impact cardio and strength with dumbbells. There is no jumping. The purpose of the workout is to have fun while building strong bones and muscles. I used 10 lb (5.4 kg) dumbbells.
Workout Video
Workout Breakdown
There are 20 exercises in this workout. Each exercise is performed for 35 seconds followed by 15 seconds of rest for two rounds.
Exercises
- Half Jack
- Push Press
- High Knees
- Curtsy Lunge
- Butt Kicker
- Squat + Hammer Curl
- Cross Punch
- Tricep Kickback
- Skater
- Front & Side Raise
- Front-Front-Back-Back
- Cross-Over Lunge
- Lighthouse
- Suitcase Swing
- Ground to Press
- Wide Row
- Jack Knife
- Reverse Lunge
- Front Kick with Punch
- Side Lunge
