An easy way to start or maintain exercise

Exercise snacks - and I am not referring to food - rather a daily habit that will help you to lose fat and gain health results when consistenly practiced - and all it takes is one minute 3 times a day . You can mange this right ?

AN EASY WAY TO START EXERCISING

First of all do not overwhelm yourself by going from one extreme to the other. In other words from not exercising to feeling like you have to go out running every day . I have seen this happen countless times - throwing yourself in and trying to do too much - realising how unsustainable it is and then quitting, injuring yourself of feeling completely washed out .

Back to square one except worse because now you have a negative impression on starting an exercise programme.

Even the thought of going for a long exercise session in the beginning is exhausting and perhaps off putting

So instead think small chunks of exercise - exercise snacks - built into the course of your day

Start small but do them every day - even at the weekend . One in the morning , One at lunch and one in the afternoon for example to start . The science behind them is growing with regard to health benefits .

“ We define exercise snacks as isolated greater or equal to 1-min bouts of vigorous exercise performed periodically throughout the day ” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34669625/

“ A time-efficient approach to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and reduce the negative impact of sedentary behaviour on cardio-metabolic health ”

So essentially this means building a quick burst of activity into your day - this could mean anything for air squats, to push ups, marching on the spot or running up stairs - what ever is challenging for you - at trying to sustain it for around 1 minute .

You can build these in through out the course of your day . So if you are sedentary through work or life in general or you are simply not exercising - or maybe you are exercising but want to up your game just build in a minute of intense exercise as you go about your day.

Try any of these for 1 minute bursts :

Jumping jacks