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The Depletion Workouts were designed for every man and woman who still doesnt have enough time for a 30 minute workout. However, the Depletion program requires more intensity from you to make up for a decrease in workout time. Are you ready?

Heres how the Depletion Workouts work. You are going to do a 5-exercise circuit, doing each exercise for 30 seconds straight, with absolutely, positively no rest in between exercises.

The Depletion Circuits break down like thisYoull start with a squat or a jump, then a push, followed by another squat, then maybe an upper body pulling exercise or a total body abs exercise, and then a single leg exercise to finish it off. So you will just rotate through that, again with no rest at all.

To get started you will do a very small warm-up. A simple two exercise superset of overhead squats and pushups are perfect. Youll still work every muscle of your body with just these two movements. Plus, you have no time to waste. Once you've done that, and then move on into the circuits.

The program consists of two workouts and you do each one only once per week. I know it doesnt sound like much, but you need to remember to go all-out in those two twenty minute sessions. You'll have a lot of fun while kicking your butt in these crazy workouts that will challenge you to do everything you possibly can, training only twice a week for twenty minutes.

The last thing I want to say is if you're doing pushups for example, and you have 30 seconds to do, but after 15 seconds you're dead tired and can't do anymore, then just hold the top position. If you're doing squats and you're tired, then just hold the bottom. It is important to just keep on going because this is only 20 minutes.

The workouts start with a standing total body explosive movement, and then move to a pushing exercise. After that it usually goes back to a lower body exercise sometimes single leg followed by another multi-muscle exercise and then a total body ab exercise.

After youve finished the circuit (with no rest between exercises), youll go right back to the top. Rest as little as possible or not at all to get the most work done in the least amount of time. Push yourself hard (but safely, of course) because there are only two workouts per week. The mental part of this workout is just as hard and important as the physical component!

Now, I know what you're thinking. Two workouts per week and only for 20 minutes? You probably think that's not enough, I need more or I'm not going to lose enough fat.

But to be honest with you, if you combine your diet with those two workouts you'll experience incredible changes. However, I know that some people want a little more, so I'm going to give you a little extra. You can do a lower body and torso stability ball circuit. The Depletion Stability Ball Workout features the best posterior chain and torso exercises.

If you want, then you can add in kb swings at the end or you can finish off with 10-15 minutes of regular intervals and that could be a workout. Or, you can simply add the stability ball circuit to the end of one of the depletion workouts.

That's the depletion workout and is based on depleting the muscles of carbohydrates, depleting the muscle glycogen stores so that you burn more fat during recovery. This program is for those who do not have a lot of time, but want maximum results.