What I Did: Combing 2 Short but HIT Workouts = One sweaty workout

My husband and I like to scour Value Village for hidden gems that would otherwise cost us more than what it's worth. Take for instance a set of three exercise bands! We got them for ten bucks, then saw them at Target for something like 30! Sweet deal no? Anyhow I found a video using bands and decided to try it out (mine aren't as fancy as in the video). Anyhow it worked for the most part, then I did a plyometric video to make it a decent length workout. Voila, 20 minutes of sweaty mess!

Total Time: 21 minutes
HR: 160
Sweat'o'Metre: oh yes. the face. behind the knees. down the neck. etc etc.
Burn'o'Metre: decent. I would add more reps for the amount of time given in the 2nd video though.

I felt so matchy today...

What I Did: Mini-Workout Max-Sweat

I thought this would be a bit longer. You do more warm up and cool down than workout but it's still a good one if you only have a very small window of time for maximum effort and sweat!
I went to a friend's house today and came home late. It's Saturday, I don't want to miss my workout but I want to make sure I also spend time with my husband. So he takes a power nap and I make the most of it with this mini workout;

Total Time: Just over 17 minutes
HR: 150 during the workout
Sweat'o'Metre: Some good streaming down the face on this one...take a lot at the glisten I got going on haha! Gotta love basement "mood" lighting
Burn'o'Metre: I feel like if you did this one workout 2 more times there'd be much more of a burn. But it's good for the time it lasts at least!

Had to crop it length ways to get all the
crap in my living room out of the shot :P

What I Did: Slow & Steady

This workout name was a bit deceiving but the workout was still good. When I hear "fat blasting" I expect high amounts of effort, jumping around, hard breathing and stuff...this was more a slow and steady burn using body weight and some hand weights. I liked it but it wasn't what I expected.
It wasn't high impact so this would be a great video for women who (have been active from the start) but are pregnant and want to keep strength in their body and those extra calories out! (consult a doctor, not me you may have to make some modifications if you're pregnant). Or for those who've never worked out (are not pregnant) but want to get a kick start into workout videos this is a good one.

Total Time: 40 min (30 min workout, 10 cool down)

HR: 120-130

Sweat'o'Metre: this surprised me, even with the lack of jumping around I still sweat a lot

Burn'o'Metre: a couple of these were burners but I think I needed more weight.

What I Did: High Knees & Heart Burn Anyone?

I spent the day helping my mom pack up some stuff to help her get ready for a move today so I saved my workout for afterwards. Wow. Maybe it was mom's amazing home cooked (full fat, the best kind!) food or just pushing myself into a psycho sweat I dunno but I have some major heart burn going on mid workout (and as I write this). Anyhow don't let the heart burn scare you, cause this one will BURN some calories and in a short 16 minutes!
Here's what I did

Warm up: did my own for 5 minutes since it's not included in the video
1 min jumping jacks
1 min alternating curtsy lunges
1 min air rope jumping
1 min squats
1 min clap jacks

WORKOUT:

Time: 5 min warm up + 16 min video (with 1 min breaks btwn = 20 min video) only 25 minutes!!!
HR: doozy. end rate was 180, although I checked through out varying from 150-190
Sweat'o'Metre: still pouring man, still pouring.
Burn'o'Metre: Those muscles are gonna be on fiiiyaaah just push through it and rawr upon completion!

took this immediately after my HR, it doesn't do justice to the
amount of sweat pouring off my face. It was in my eyes
during the last 2 4 minute rounds!!!

What I Did: 1 Minute Circuit

Okay not literally 1 min, but each exercise is one minute.  I just did this workout (the beginner level aka 1 time through).
Warm up is included in this workout (which really gets you warm fast!)
WORKOUT: 

Total Time: 23 minutes (nope I didn't stretch but I had a nice walk home from the park)
HR: 170
Sweat'o'Metre: hard to tell since it was windy but now that I"m inside I can feel it pooling...in places...
Burn'o'Metre: oh yes. the quads for sure. Those lower body and cardio sections were tough ones! And side planks...my nemesis.

my stainless steel cool water bottle. i like it. can't wait for when it's actually
really hot, then i'll loooove it.

What I Did: Couples Who Workout Together...

Sweat together!
It's sunny out at least and our day off together and a weekend of eating behind us :S eeks. Definitely didn't get my 20 min of bodyweight activity in yesterday...or a home cooked healthy meal. So sad. BUT today is another day :)
Warm up: walking to the park, balistic stretching/jumping jacks (5 min)
WORKOUT: 3 rounds of...
Band sprints (approx 50 m) sprint one way, resist partner on the way back
20 push ups
Band sprints 50m
20 toe touches
Band sprints 50m
15 Band torso twists each side
Band sprints 50m
20 Knees to elbows

Total time: 30:15 (not including warm up/cool down)
HR: average of 145-150 (faster after sprints, slowed down during circuit exercises)
Sweat'o'Metre: super windy out, sweat and dried at the same time
Burn'o'Metre: heart and lungs got a severe workout on those resistance sprints. I would try this workout without the resistance next time with harder exercises in between to even it out but increase intensity over the entire workout.

We don't workout together a lot. He likes sports, I like
fitness. So when he works out with me he is really
loving me even if it hurts him :) What a good sport!

What I Did: Sweat like the Dickens!

This is not a workout you do at lunch time and expect to still look presentable at the office. Oh no, save this one for when you want to get drippy sweaty! I think I am favorite-ing Fitness Blender on youtube for their variety of videos they put out!

Time: Just under 37 min (since there is some instruction that takes a couple min at the start)

HR: 150 I was surprised I thought it'd be higher, man I was pushin!

Sweat'o'Metre: uh Niagara Falls anyone? After only round 1 all of a sudden my forehead started leaking!

Burn'o'Metre: thumbs up for the burn, this one kills the lower body! This girl was on fiiiiyaaaahhh!

this is me warning you it's a doozy!