Playing sports, as we know, is excellent for physical and mental health: provided you practice regularly, cycling, swimming, running, Nordic walking… keep cardiovascular diseases, depression, neurodegenerative pathologies or overweight and obesity.
Yes, but here it is: “doing sports regularly” is extremely complicated when you lead an active professional, family and social life. In short: there are not enough hours in a day to allow yourself a real daily sports session!
This is where the “fitness snack” comes into play: this new method, theorized by the Dr. Cindy Lin, sports physician at the University of Washington Medical Center (in the United States)is specifically for people who “never have time” or who are “always lazy” to engage in physical activity.
Injecting sport into your daily life is possible!
In concrete terms, the idea of the “fitness snack” is to divide a “classic” sports session (that is to say: lasting at least 30 minutes) into lots of small “sports breaks” spread throughout throughout the day. “Any activity where you breathe faster than usual can be counted as sports“says the specialist.
A few ideas for “sports breaks” that work and do not interfere (too much) with the daily schedule: exit a bus or metro station earlier, park further away than usual, take the stairs instead than the elevator, cleaning the windows, raking the garden, vacuuming, dancing while listening to music…
“Most people are able to walk 1000 steps in 10 minutes: it’s a small challenge that really doesn’t take long and really involves regular physical activityadvises the specialist. For example: go around the neighborhood during your lunch break, and try to gradually increase your speed!” To test…
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