Are 10 Minutes a Day Enough Exercise?
At the end of every workday, we finally get
a few free hours, but unfortunately, most of them are spent fulfilling
our duties as parents or family members, planning the next day, and
dealing with various things imposed on us by necessity. Sadly, not all
of us have the energy or desire to use the little time left after all
this for physical activity, which many of us may find completely
exhausting. But what if we told you that, according to findings from a
new study, you don’t need to dedicate more than 10 minutes a day to
physical activity to stay healthy? If you’re already feeling curious
about these findings, we invite you to continue reading the article and
discover what this short, active time can contribute to your life,
according to science.
What Can 10 Minutes of Daily Physical
Activity Do for Us?
Despite our busy daily routines, if most of us make a small effort, we
can carve out 10 minutes for physical activity during the day, and this
short amount of time is entirely sufficient, according to the findings
of this study, published in the journal "JAMA Internal Medicine" in
January 2022. The study’s leaders concluded that if adults aged 40-85
engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for about 10 minutes
each day, we could prevent over 110,000 deaths annually! According to
them, it doesn’t have to stop at this short amount of time, because if
everyone commits to 20 or 30 minutes of daily physical activity, it
could double or nearly triple the number of lives saved from premature
death, statistically speaking.
This study is further proof that regular
physical activity, regardless of its duration, is critical to our health
and benefits us in many areas—it reduces blood pressure, blood sugar
levels, and even cholesterol. Additionally, it contributes to better,
higher-quality sleep and improves our mood, mental well-being, and
quality of life. How does it work this magic? By helping to slow down
natural physical processes that occur in our bodies as we age. When we
reach our 30s, we begin to experience some decline in muscle function,
more commonly known as "muscle atrophy" or "muscle loss"—a natural
process in which we lose about 3-5 percent of our muscle mass per
decade. However, committing to a minimum of 10 minutes of daily্র
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At the end of every workday, we finally get
a few free hours, but unfortunately, most of them are spent fulfilling
our duties as parents or family members, planning the next day, and
dealing with various things imposed on us by necessity. Sadly, not all
of us have the energy or desire to use the little time left after all
this for physical activity, which many of us may find completely
exhausting. But what if we told you that, according to findings from a
new study, you don’t need to dedicate more than 10 minutes a day to
physical activity to stay healthy? If you’re already feeling curious
about these findings, we invite you to continue reading the article and
discover what this short, active time can contribute to your life,
according to science.
What Can 10 Minutes of Daily Physical Activity Do for Us?
Despite our busy daily routines, if most of us make a small effort, we
can carve out 10 minutes for physical activity
during the day, and this short amount of time is entirely sufficient,
according to the findings of this study, published in the journal "JAMA
Internal Medicine" in January 2022. The study’s leaders concluded that
if adults aged 40-85 engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity
for about 10 minutes each day, we could prevent over 110,000 deaths
annually! According to them, it doesn’t have to stop at this short
amount of time, because if everyone commits to 20 or 30 minutes of daily
physical activity, it could double or nearly triple the number of lives
saved from premature death, statistically speaking.
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