7-Minute Low-Impact Interval Workout

Denise Austin
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Want to burn fat in no time at all?! Then add this 7-Minute Low Impact Interval Workout to your routine. It's a great way to burn fat and calories, target tone your outer thighs, and more. All with no jumping or jarring!

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I love interval training because it:

-Helps you continue to burn calories for hours after you workout

-Can improve your levels of endurance

-Is engaging because you are doing different things throughout your routine

-Can improve your metabolism

-Takes less time than traditional workouts


This workout targets both the lower body and upper body (plus works the midsection!) and it is all low-impact! I like to do this workout in my Easy Spirit x Denise Austin Jordyn Shoe - it is a great shoe option for low-impact exercises and lateral movements. You can save 20% on my Jordyn Shoe now - use code: DENISE22

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Denise


Video Transcript:
Welcome everybody to a quick way to burn fat. An interval training workout. Are you ready? I'm gonna keep it all low, in fact, so it's easy on your joints. So let's get started together. Start with side to side. A lateral motion. Notice my feet are nice and straight. That's it. And your knees are bent and you're really working those legs and thighs. Buttocks. Yes. That way it warms up the body quicker and you burn more calories at a faster rate. So get low. There you go. We're laterally working your hips, thighs, and buttocks. And now step side and lift the leg. Step side and lift to the side. That way your target toning, in the outer thighs. Yes. All low impact. Easy on the body, but keep moving so we can burn calories. A little interval workout. Let's go two more. That's it. Last one.

Okay, let's go the other side. Step touch and lift. Step touch and lift. That's it. Great. Get low. So you really work the thighs. Great. You got it. Lift that leg. Beautiful. Think good posture is your tummy in. Keep your back nice and straight. Two more. Last one. Okay. Now we work side to side. Forward and back. And forward and back. Beautiful. This time we're gonna lift the leg up and back. Lift behind. So you target tone the buttocks. That's it. You got it. Squeeze that tushy. Look great from behind! If you don't squeeze it, no one else will! Two more. Last one. Okay, we're side to side. Lift the leg and take it down. Lift and squeeze. That's a little low impact. Good. Always do the best you can. That way you'll get more energy out of it.

Good. Improve your stamina, your endurance. Good. Two more. Last one. Okay. Side to side. Now two steps to each side. Working laterally. That's it. Good. Side to side. Notice my body is nice and low. Working on the lower half to make it the better half. That's it. Good. Let's add some arms. Just reach 'em up and down. Good. Again, reach them up. Beautiful and down. Good. Two more. Lift step again. Back is straight. Last set. Take it up. That's it. And down. Good. And lift those heels from behind. Now we're target toning the back of those thighs and your biceps. Two workouts in one. That's it. Make it easy on your body, but still get your heart rate up to burn calories. Feel good. Improve your overall metabolism. That's it. Good. Getting a quick workout really helps. Even if it's a few minutes here, a few minutes there.

It all adds up, I promise. That's what I do. Okay, two more. You got this, last one. Okay. Inhale and exhale. You can do it. One more. Deep breath. Inhale and exhale. Good. Now I really want you to work forward and back and forward and back. Heel tap and toe. Heel tap. Great toe tap and heel tap. Good. Keep your body weight nice and low. Keep it at low impact. No jumping. No jarring. Two more. Last one. Okay. And to the other side. Heel and toe. And heal and toe. You can do it. Really move those bodies. Come on. Great. I'm proud of you. Tap behind. Heel tap. That's it. Touch. Great. Two more. That's last one. Okay. Let's scoot it out. Now scoot it great. I love scoot. This sound gonna go double. Double. Great. You got it. Have fun. I love this. I used to do this on my TV show for years.

Scoot. You can do it. Good. Keep moving. That's the whole goal. Notice my arms are working. Whole body burning calories at a quick rate. Good. You could do this right there in your home. Just put on a good pair of shoes that work laterally. Like the ones I have on. They're awesome. Two more. Last one. Okay. Kick it out. Kick it out. Here. You can do it, nice and strong for the waistline. Pull those abs up and in. Great, twist a little for the tummy gut, twist. You can do it. Let me see you. Smile. We're gonna burn some fat. Burn some calories. Yes, we are. We got a couple more of these. Just twist it out for the waistline. Great. Two more. Last one. Okay. Take a nice deep breath. Inhale and exhale. That's great. One more deep breath together. Inhale up and exhale now.

Great. Okay. One last exercise I want you to do it. It's like a skater. What you wanna do is tap behind side to side and tap behind. Good. That's it. We're keeping it all low impact. Easy on the body. That's it. But you have to go down. Come on, get down there. Good, point that toe behind you, behind you. Use your arms. Tricep toners. You can do it. Good. Keep it down there. Good. It's great. Interval training. You got this, smile. Burning calories. We're burning some fat now. Last one. Okay, take a breather. Inhale and exhale. Beautiful. One more. Inhale and exhale and stretch your leg to the side. Good. And to the other side. Stretch forward. And now shift your hips. And get your toe to come up to feel your inner thighs and shift to the other side. Toe comes up. That's it.

Do you feel it? Good - I can too. Excellent. Stretch side this up. Good. Taking deep breaths. You did it. The hard part's over. You really got yourself going. Jump start that metabolism. Last one. Okay. Breathe in together and exhale out. That's it. See you next time. Proud of you. Woo. Thanks for working out with me. Woo. If you love this workout, I have so much more at deniseaustin.com. Try my free trial that you get to do all kinds of different workouts and recipes.