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ysabetwordsmithFive minutes a day eccentric exercise can improve your life
As little as five minutes a day of eccentric exercise could offer significant health benefits to those living a stagnant lifestyle.
Exercise doesn't have to involve wasting calories in a gym. Everyday activities count. Bending over to pick things up or empty a washing machine resembles toe-touches. Squatting down to plant, weed, or harvest in a garden is the same as squatting on a gym mat. Wash windows or pick tree fruit until you feel like your arms will fall off, and that's an overhead type of exercise. It all counts.
Ideally, exercises works best with some repetition of the same motion; this article suggests at least 10 reps per motion. When you start to notice your body wearing out, switch to something different. If you do each type of activity for 5 minutes or so, you can fit 2-3 types into a short timespan.
This type of activity is easily incorporated into your day. Take a break every hour or so to get up and do something active. It's a good way to keep up with housework or yardwork. Because the aim is modest, it's not a big exhausting project. Plus you accomplish actual work, which is a benefit that gym exercise never offers, thus improving motivation for everyday exercise.
As little as five minutes a day of eccentric exercise could offer significant health benefits to those living a stagnant lifestyle.
Exercise doesn't have to involve wasting calories in a gym. Everyday activities count. Bending over to pick things up or empty a washing machine resembles toe-touches. Squatting down to plant, weed, or harvest in a garden is the same as squatting on a gym mat. Wash windows or pick tree fruit until you feel like your arms will fall off, and that's an overhead type of exercise. It all counts.
Ideally, exercises works best with some repetition of the same motion; this article suggests at least 10 reps per motion. When you start to notice your body wearing out, switch to something different. If you do each type of activity for 5 minutes or so, you can fit 2-3 types into a short timespan.
This type of activity is easily incorporated into your day. Take a break every hour or so to get up and do something active. It's a good way to keep up with housework or yardwork. Because the aim is modest, it's not a big exhausting project. Plus you accomplish actual work, which is a benefit that gym exercise never offers, thus improving motivation for everyday exercise.
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Date: 2025-03-27 10:06 pm (UTC)