The science has spoken: you do not need to exercise for hours on end in order to improve all aspects of your health, nor to boost your life expectancy.
Turns out even a four second burst of intense exercise could make us fitter. Asaw a group of young, healthy individuals in their twenties cycle at maximum effort for four seconds, then rest for around 15 to 30 seconds, 30 times, thrice weekly – amounting to two minutes of intense exercise three times a week, or six minutes total per week.
by Nature Medicine , found that small bursts of movement throughout the day – be that two minutes of fast walking or quickly climbing the stairs – showed a 50 per cent decrease in death from cardiovascular problems and a further 40 per cent decrease in the risk of dying from cancer, compared to those who had no spurts of movement at all.
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