What’s the Least Amount of Exercise I Can Get Away With?

Many of us feel like we’re too busy for exercise. Others actively avoid it. But research shows that doing at least some exercise is important for longer, healthier lives without dementia, heart disease, diabetes, or cancer. Other advantages are reaped right away: we’re happier and more energetic on a daily basis.

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[maksillorenzo]

My worry with this advice is that “exercise snacks” with high impact exercises like burpees as he suggests - is that those types of exercises can have serious wear and tear on the body if: 1. You’re not properly warmed up. 2. You have excess body fat. 3. You don’t allow your body to recover fully before your next workout. He mentions how his studies were done mostly with an exercise bike - that takes a lot of my concerns that come with sporadic high-impact exercise -> but how many of us have an exercise bike ready to go in the office. As a CPT - I recommend looking for low-impact alternatives for the main demographic of people I’d assume that would find this video most helpful (people with excess body fat) - think non plyometric exercises but still high intensity - like fast body weight squats, crab shuffles, shadow boxing, or even just intense arm circles. If you can make it to the floor and back up without assistance- try exercises you can do on your back like bicycle kicks, or seated exercises like L-sit raises.

But overall - yes! Movement is medicine! And we should be trying to move throughout the day! Ideally I’d love if everyone had the athleticism to be able to sprint up the stairs on a whim as an exercise snack - but I don’t think that would necessarily be an appropriate exercise selection for most people.

[maksillorenzo]

My worry with this advice is that “exercise snacks” with high impact exercises like burpees as he suggests - is that those types of exercises can have serious wear and tear on the body if: 1. You’re not properly warmed up. 2. You have excess body fat. 3. You don’t allow your body to recover fully before your next workout. He mentions how his studies were done mostly with an exercise bike - that takes a lot of my concerns that come with sporadic high-impact exercise. But how many of us have an exercise bike ready to go in the office. As a trainer - I’d recommend looking for low-impact alternatives for the main demographic of people I’d assume that would find this video most helpful (people with excess body fat) - think non plyometric exercises but still high intensity - like fast body weight squats, crab shuffles, shadow boxing, or even just intense arm circles. If you can make it to the floor and back up without assistance- try exercises you can do on your back like bicycle kicks, or seated exercises like L-sit raises.

But overall - yes! Movement is medicine! And we should be trying to move throughout the day! Ideally I’d love if everyone had the athleticism to be able to sprint up the stairs on a whim as an exercise snack - but I don’t think that would necessarily be an appropriate exercise selection for most people.

[gigilagous]

They say if you visualize the exercise it’s the same

[matthewmerkel]

Wish there were more studies on minimum exercise that is beneficial. Just getting into a routine is the hardest part

[terrancekayton]

Caloric Deficit to lose weight. But this is good because 20 seconds is almost guaranteed you’ll do more than that…so keep up the good work, but just focus on 20 seconds to get your butt up an just keep the momentum going.