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5-Minute Fat Burners

By Su Reid-St. John
December 20, 2013
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Burn calories in just 5 minutes with these easy at-home moves.
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Winter workouts

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No time to work out? No problem! Slip in these calorie blasters and you’re done.

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Jump

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Jump rope as fast as you can

68 calories

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Lunge

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Do walking lunges down the hallway

45 calories

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Run around the block

62 calories

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Shovel snow (someone’s gotta do it!)

34 calories

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Dance

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Switch on the Wii for a little Zumba action

45 calories

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Pick up the pace while grabbing a few things at the grocery store

22 calories

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Vaccuum

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Vacuum the biggest room in your house

20 calories

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Groove

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Rock out to Katy Perry’s "Last Friday Night" while you wait for the pasta water to boil

26 calories

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Challenge your guy or kids to a snowball fight

34 calories

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Climb

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Walk up and down the stairs

36 calories

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Speed-clean your kitchen

23 calories

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Jog in place while waiting for your nails to dry

45 calories

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Go for a quick sled run down the nearest hill

40 calories

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Bounce on a stability ball during the commercials while watching Frosty the Snowman

58 calories

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Bend

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Sample one of the free workouts on the New Pilates app you just downloaded from iTunes

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Take on any challengers in a game of Ping-Pong

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Do as many push-ups as you can

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1 of 18 Winter workouts
2 of 18 Jump
3 of 18 Lunge
4 of 18 Run
5 of 18 Shovel
6 of 18 Dance
7 of 18 Shop
8 of 18 Vaccuum
9 of 18 Groove
10 of 18 Fight
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13 of 18 Jog
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