"A couple years ago when I still belonged to a gym, I craved the feeling of walking up the stairs out of the multistory facility and into the fresh air. After 90 minutes of weights and cardio, followed by a sauna or dip in the hot tub and then a rainfall shower with this semi-addicting, highly rejuvenating lemon-lavender soap that they stocked, I felt like a new man. Cliché phrase, but true every single time."
"What's a hard-working, time-crunched person to do in this situation? In the last couple years, a new concept has emerged for this cohort: the "exercise snack." As Tanner Garrity described in his guide to short workouts, exercise snacks are bursts of high-intensity physical activity that can be under a minute long, but it's a flexible term that can incorporate any vigorous exercise in a short period of time, up to 10 or 15 minutes in duration."
Long, time-consuming gym routines with commute and post-workout rituals can be enjoyable but often unsustainable for people with busy schedules. Many people struggle to meet the minimum recommendation of 150 minutes of aerobic activity and two weekly strength sessions when workouts require multi-hour commitments. Exercise snacks are brief bursts of vigorous, often high-intensity movement lasting from under a minute up to 10–15 minutes. These short efforts aim to raise heart rate and recruit muscles to compact daily fitness into short, repeatable sessions that fit into workdays and help accumulate the needed cardiovascular and strength stimulus over time.
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