AOTW - Simple Bodyweight Training Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Minimal Time Commitment

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK!

This week’s article of the week is titled “Simple Bodyweight Training Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Minimal Time Commitment: A Contemporary Application of the 5BX Approach”

Poor cardiorespiratory fitness and being physically inactive significantly increase the risk of chronic disease. Researchers in this study wanted to examine the benefits that 5 simple body weight exercises had on cardiorespiratory fitness when completed in a circuit. Common barriers to exercise typically include things such as a lack of time or not having access to adequate exercise equipment. Interestingly they found that by completing 3 sessions/week for 6 weeks of only 11 minutes in duration they were able to increase the cardiorespiratory fitness of inactive adults.
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