Brooke Burke Says ‘Bite-Sized’ Burns Are How She Stays Fit

Butt workouts are essential to her routine!

Yep, butt exercises are a major part of Brooke’s workout routines. She likes doing four-week challenges and programs so that she doesn’t have to “think” about the workouts she’s doing, too. “It’s the best way to change your body,” Brooke explains. And yes, like her bite-sized burns, Brooke can get in a great booty workout with just 15 minutes of her time.

Brooke loves using light hand weights that help her build muscular endurance in her upper body and engage the core, adding strength and balance to multiple areas of her bod at once. (Again, multi-tasking FTW!)

PSA: Even when you’re focused on building strength in your body, it’s still important that you get in your cardio, too. Brooke’s approach to cardio? HIIT workouts galore. “You push it as hard as you can, and then you rest and recover, and then you do another set,” she explains.

She now perfers quick HIIT workouts to other forms of heart-pumping exercise. “I think it’s hard to just go high intensity for 30 minutes or 45 minutes the way that we used to do classes. Now, I like big bursts of cardio. And then, several minutes of recovery instruction.” Noted!

As any athlete knows, recovery is an essential part of staying healthy and in shape. For Brooke, that comes in the form of long stretching and yoga. “I think stretching to recover is super important,” she says. “That’s how we are able to get through more challenging intense workouts.”

Ever used things like wine bottles, couch pillows, or kitchen pots to do your workout? Since lockdown started, Brooke’s been super into untraditional workout equipment. “I have a lot of workouts where we’re using chairs, towels, water bottles, no equipment,” she explains. “I just choreographed kitchen burn to show everybody that if you’re creative and you’re committed to your wellness, you can get it done at home with little to no equipment and have some fun doing it.”