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Five Minutes to a Buff Body

Help Patch readers achieve their New Year's resolutions by sharing your most efficient exercise.

The holiday indulgence is over, the Christmas tree has been kicked to the curb, and now it's time to cleanse for the new year.

If your New Year's resolution involved healthy living, you may have started your day with a few push-ups or lunges. It can be hard to make a lifestyle change stick if you're trying to go from sedentary to daily 10K runner, but it's those quick, efficent exercises that are easy to implement and make a big difference.

For the next two weeks, we're bringing you daily fitness tips from Bay Area gyms and trainers, but we'd also like to know what works for you in your own daily life.

Tell us: which quick, efficient exercises do you use to get in shape? Extra points if little or no equipment is required.

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