Exercise “snacking”

Exercise “snacking”

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Don’t have much time in your day to exercise? Do you have 20 seconds? You might consider exercise “snacking,” defined by researchers as going up three flights of stairs (60 steps) as fast as you can one step at a time holding onto the hand rail. Done in the morning, at lunch and again later in the day over six weeks it has been shown to increase aerobic fitness by 5%. 

Want to supersize? Do the three fast trips up the stairs with a few minutes rest between dashes, a total of about 10 minutes effort, and you’ll increase your aerobic fitness by 12% after 6 weeks. (Reynolds, Gretchen, “Even a 20-Second Exercise ‘Snack’ can Improve Fitness, As little as 20 seconds of brisk stair climbing, done several time a day, might be enough to increase aerobic fitness,” New York Times, January 23, 2019)

For more ideas about controlling your weight, see Intermittent Moving, How I lost my pants and mastered weight control, Move More • Sit Less • Master Your Weight. https://amzn.to/33AdwA8