by Robbie Alexander

Created on: October 26, 2009

Do you have 5 minutes a day to invest in your fitness goals? Of course you do. Everyone has the same amount of opportunities throughout each day and the same amount of time, 24 hours. So what is a five minute time investment compared to 24 hours? Almost nothing. Right? Quoting the eloquent words of the legendary Jim Rohn, "The same wind blows on us all . . . the differences between winners and losers are the set of the sails". Think about that one.

The easiest way I have my clients tackle common fitness and time challenges is by taking the challenges down to five minutes instead of 15-20. I do this because in my training sessions, five minutes feel more like five seconds and you really get to see how, in time, as your body adjusts, it will actually want to do longer training sessions. Before you know it, your sessions will become 60 minutes of fun and excitement. Forget about 15.

Also, instead of overloading your brain with too many tactics, strategies and state of the art exercises, I motivate people to first, do the basic things that should be in place for fitness success. For example, take a moment and think about why you want to achieve your fitness goals. The question "WHY" is very powerful. You may learn something about yourself that you have never considered before. Write this entire mental process down and it has even more power! Professional athletes do this (at least the super achievers do), I learned to apply this concept to my regimen while training with world class sprinters in college and as a top, national martial arts competitor and now I pass this secret tip on to you. Writing a "goal blueprint for success" supercharges your thoughts and feelings and sets the stage for more making the most significant actions to guide you toward your success. In this article, I will break down the components which should be present in the five minute workout plan of someone seeking fitness success.

Warm Up

Your heart, lungs, joints and muscles are not ready for the challenges that you are about to put them through so you absolutely have to warm up. There's no way around this very important step of your training. Also, if your warm up is done correctly, your body should be in a very high fat burning mode by the time you're ready to get down and dirty with the real training. Later in this article, I discuss how to keep track of your heart rate. You want to try to maintain no higher than a moderate intensity heart rate when warming up to give every part of your

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