Exercising for a Few Minutes at a Time

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Better Than Microworkouts: Incidental Exercise

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A microworkout is described as exercise that lasts less than five minutes, done several times a day. It is often spoken about when people talk about Kaizen which is the Japanese word for Improvement. The belief is; by making tiny changes toward a goal consistently, the end result will be significant. This is the concept of the microworkout. While many people attempt to start an intense, daily four-hour training program, working out for just 5 minutes several times a day is far more achievable. Will the results be as great? Not to begin with no, but the point is that you will use this as a way to form new positive and achievable habits that you can then use to introduce more upscale training. Likewise, you can use microworkouts as many times as you want each day and that way distribute your training throughout the day. The result is that you exercise a fair amount, but in a far more palatable manner. Moreover, your metabolism stays raised throughout the day, and you don't undergo those long, unhealthy periods of uninterrupted inactivity. But there's a similar concept that is even more effective. That is to train as a part of your daily routine. In other words, you're turning your regular activities into microworkouts. For example, that means you'll be performing calf raises on a curb while waiting for the bus, doing curls while carrying bags, or even doing tricep dips on the couch while watching television. This type of training completely solves the issue of time. You do not have to fit in your exercise, because you're doing it at the same time as something you already would have done.

Better yet, it takes the idea of continually exercising throughout the day even further. This is actually how the human body is evolved to train. We are not intended to go through long periods of complete inactivity.

But is it as effective? That depends on your approach and your goals. For weight loss, calorie burn is calorie burn no matter how the activity is distributed.
For building and toning muscle, cumulative damage over a short period of time is often needed. That said, there are quick ways to accomplish this (such as with eccentric isometrics) and by understanding these concepts you can work effective training into and around your regular routine.



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