Ask HN: I hate gym. How to stay in shape?
30 minutes a day? For weight management, it&#x27;d be hard to beat High Intensity Interval Training, particularly with a jump rope (if you don&#x27;t mind dropping some cash, the weighted jump ropes from Crossrope are pretty slick).<p>If it&#x27;s more about maintaining strength, I&#x27;d get yourself a copy of Pavel Tsatsouline&#x27;s Kettlebell: Simple and Sinister, and a kettlebell or two that fit your size and strength, and get swinging.  Between swings and Turkish get ups you can work out almost every muscle in your body, with a good focus on core strength.<p>And then there&#x27;s things like making other activities a workout that aren&#x27;t otherwise a workout.  I&#x27;ve got an elliptical at home in front of a TV, and have taken to using a chromecast on it to watch Coursera classes, or even casting my screen to read epubs on the TV while walking.  Cranking the resistance and incline up keeps that fairly smooth and can hit over 750 calories an hour. I just wish there were ebook apps with built in Chromecast support for something like TV remote controls for page turns, but it seems most people don&#x27;t read books on TV.<p>Podcasts are another way I in general find to get myself active, either doing yard work, or just going for walks, as I find that it helps me detach from screens (which, if anything, can distract from processing the audio anyway).  Making leisure active to me seems always a better approach than trying to force yourself to do something you don&#x27;t view as leisurely in the first place.  Best of luck.