7 NUMBER OF MINUTES YOU NEED TO WORK OUT TO SEE BENEFITS
WHEN YOU’RE JUST starting to exercise, you don’t need to slog through a long session. Just seven minutes can improve your heart and lung health, insulin function, and muscular strength and endurance. Pick 14 bodyweight exercises, some involving resistance (push-ups, squats, planks), others involving cardio (jumping jacks, step-ups). Do 20 seconds of one, rest for 10 seconds, and move to the next. There’s plenty you can squeeze into just seven minutes; trust us, if you’re just starting off you’ll feel exhausted by the end. Caveat: “A more seasoned trainee will need a higher threshold to see increases in fitness,” says clinical exercise physiologist and certified exercise practitioner Dean Somerset, owner of Somerset Fitness in Edmonton.
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