Showerthought: Short home workouts won me over. | Home Workout Routines

Brooke Lewis · 2026-03-05T17:46:04.186002+00:00

I get better results from quick sessions than long ones.

Five good minutes beats thirty distracted ones.

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My 15 minute kettlebell routine leaves me more wrecked than any hour at the gym ever did. Alicegibson is right about the pasta thing, it's the same idea. You just pick one heavy thing and go until you can't, no time to overthink it. All that extra time usually just gets filled with checking my phone or half-hearted stretching anyway. The short clock forces you to actually work hard from the first second. It's brutal but it gets the job done.

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alicegibson7mo ago

It's the same with cooking for me. A simple pasta with good olive oil beats most fancy recipes. Or just focusing on one real task at work instead of trying to do ten things at once. The less time and stuff I have to work with, the less I can mess it up. Short workouts fit right into that.

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willowr967mo ago

Wait, you actually believe that having less time stops you from messing up? I find the opposite happens to me. When I'm short on time, I always seem to make more mistakes, like burning dinner because I'm rushing. Maybe you're just more focused when you have limits. But I see how it could work for workouts, at least.

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