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
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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.