How to get through everything

SAVE 20+ MINUTES: Do Less, Get More
If you normally work out for 40 minutes, start exercising harder for half the time. “Everyone thinks more is better, but better is better,” says fitness expert Rachel Cosgrove, author of The Female Body Breakthrough. “Shorter workouts at a high intensity can be more effective anyway.” This boosts your metabolism, sets the bar higher for your next workout and buys you a chunk of free time. Win, win, win.

SAVE 30+ MINUTES: Be A Weekend Warrior
Instead of ratty gym clothes, run your errands in stylish athletic gear. As you cross things off your to-do list, work up a sweat: park your car further away and take the stairs instead of the escalator. But make sure a trip to the gym is in your schedule too. Focus on what Cosgrove calls a “maintenance” workout: “Do one set of strength training – just enough so that you won’t lose everything you’ve worked so hard for.”

SAVE 60+ MINUTES: Veg Out
Skip the gym altogether by dropping one or two(!) workouts from your week. Cosgrove reckons that many people work out more than they need to or even should. “In truth, daily workouts can make your fitness routine less effective,” she explains. So if you work out five to seven times a week, Cosgrove orders you to dial it down a notch: “You don’t get results from your workout, you get results from your recovery.”