Are you also one of those people who always avoid exercising by making excuse of time or are you unable to actually exercise due to lack of time? Nowadays, a new option for perfect exercise is becoming increasingly popular which will compensate for your lack of time. This option is exercise snacking.
What is this exercise snacking?
Just as you snack several times during the day instead of eating heavy meals, similarly exercise snacking is a very good option for those people who cannot dedicate a fixed time for exercise. You can also consider this as a mini workout which you can do several times a day for 1, 5 or 10 minutes. This 5-10 minutes of exercise snacking can also give you many health benefits.
In today's fast-paced life, time for workout is the biggest constraint, in such a situation you can keep yourself fit with the help of small workouts several times a day. You do not need any fixed time for this. You can do this exercise anywhere in a small space of the house. For this you do not need heavy equipment nor do you need to sweat for this.
There are many benefits of exercise snacking.
Research done on this has shown that this option of exercise is very beneficial for your heart health and digestion. This helps you reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes and heart disease. Because experts believe that every minute spent on health matters and sometimes your 10 minute snacking three times gives better results than your 30 minute workout. But before doing any kind of exercise, definitely take advice from your health advisor.
You can do these exercises while snacking:
like climbing stairs
If it takes you 20 seconds to go up and down the stairs, then repeat it three times. This will give you a 1 minute workout. You can gradually increase it as per your convenience. Experts believe that doing this three times a week improves heart health by 5 to 10 percent in six weeks. You can also get similar improvement by walking for 30 minutes three times a week.
walking fast in short intervals
For this, while watching TV, get up every 10 minutes and do brisk walking for 1 minute or do 10 squats.
gentle walking
Even during your work time or at home, you can set a reminder and walk for 5 minutes. Do this as many times as you can in a day. People's mood has been seen to improve by walking for 5 minutes six times a day. This has also reduced his fatigue. It is believed that walking on a treadmill for 30 minutes is many times better than sitting continuously for 6 hours.
So instead of making excuses about time, it is better if you try this every day, then you will not need to go anywhere and sweat for hours and you will be able to keep yourself healthy and fit even with small snacking.
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