There exists power in simplicity. If you eliminate everything you do not need, you will gain the power to be more efficient and more productive. Imagine what your life would be like if you did not need help doing tasks that you typically assign as too difficult or seemingly impossible? Or you didn’t have to spend a lot of time doing activities that should be accomplished in less time. Liberating. Your work outs could be like that.

Build strength at home

In a recent Wall Street Journal article (Lean Times Bring Workouts at Home), "the recession has caused people to cut back on everything from travel to eating out. Now, it is spawning a new low-budget fitness movement. These low-cost and easy fitness alternatives range from dusting off old dumbbells to jumping rope or kickboxing in front of the television." The 90-Second Fitness Solution allows you to build strength and save money with:

• Little or no equipment: you'll get stronger by moving slowly or by not moving at all and by using your body weight as resistence
• No embarrassment: this workout could be your home strength building oasis. It's private as you want it to be
• No cost: you don't need to purchase anything to get started (except the book). You don't even need fancy clothes or sneakers
• No planning: if you have a body, a wall and a floor, you can do the routine as soon as right now

The 90-Second Fitness Solution

I recently discovered this strength-training plan which includes only the most efficient exercises, each lasting only 90 seconds, but powerfully accelerating your metabolism. The 90-Second Fitness Solution was developed by Pete Cerqua. Pete is one of New York’s most respected and in-demand fitness trainers. The power of The 90-Second Fitness Solution is its simplicity.

As a personal trainer, I use Pete’s program among my routines and my clients have left feeling energized, revitalized and powerful. It is truly remarkable to see their expression. The results are dramatic and all the more satisfying because they last. It is the most time-efficient workout for a healthier, stronger you. Exercise? You’d love to.

Three minutes of cardio won’t get you results. Three minutes of yoga, zip. Three minutes of stretching is also useless. But, three minutes of strength training will get you a lot. Strength training could change your life. The lean muscle tissue that you build through strength training will boost your metabolism and three more pounds of muscle is enough to speed your metabolism by seven percent. In a Tufts University study, adults who strength-trained shrank four pounds of fat within three months as each pound of muscle burns 35 to 50 daily calories just to maintain itself.

According to Cerque, "stronger muscles take up and burn blood sugar more readily, reducing your risk of diabetes and stabilizing blood sugar levels 24/7." And here's some insight on high-rep weight training:

1. If the weights are too light, it does nothing at all
2. If the weights are heavy enough to do anything,
   you may look like Flex Wheeler