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No time for the gym? How micro-workouts could help busy professionals improve their health

For many professionals, finding an hour for the gym is about as feasible as finding an extra day in the week. There are deadlines, family obligations, late-night calls and the small matter of getting enough sleep. That is why “exercise snacks” – or micro-workouts – have become so appealing. Rather than reserving exercise for a long session, the approach breaks activity into short bouts: a brisk climb up stairs, a few squats between meetings or an interval session squeezed into a lunch break. The

No time for the gym? How micro-workouts could help busy professionals improve their health

Source: SCMP

For many professionals, finding an hour for the gym is about as feasible as finding an extra day in the week.

There are deadlines, family obligations, late-night calls and the small matter of getting enough sleep.

That is why “exercise snacks” – or micro-workouts – have become so appealing.

Rather than reserving exercise for a long session, the approach breaks activity into short bouts: a brisk climb up stairs, a few squats between meetings or an interval session squeezed into a lunch break.

The...

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