Don't ignore your fitness routine during a busy December. Here are 5 great quick workouts for you
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It’s the last month of the year and with it comes a cramped work and social calendar, and a regular fitness routine can become the first casualty during a busy December. That means having to skip gym a lot more than usual, but there are ways to make up for it with a solid collection of workout videos to take you through the last few weeks of 2025.
All the workouts of this month have been posted in 2025, and are all 30 minutes long so that it can fit into a day depending on how much time is available to exercise. Some workouts have light dumbbells in case you have access to them. Pilates has zero haters.
Even for those who don’t like going to the gym, Pilates is usually an exception or the best way to stay fit without a huge commitment to the cause. Former competitive bodybuilder Marie Stefen runs her channel The Art of Health with a higher focus on lightweight work with creative ways of burning calories and building strength. This workout is a standing Pilates class she does with light weights and the exercises are a great mix of body coordination and balance work.
This is a great place to start if you’re new to doing follow-along workouts. This is one of my favourite online workouts. Mobility is one of the most important parts of fitness but it is necessary to start loading weights in this kind of work too.
This means working on mobility and strengthening at the same time. EDR Fitness released this video three months ago and I’ve done it twice a month at least. Choose your weight of choice and do this in the gym as well, so that you can play with how much weight can be used.
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