Part 1: Have you tried “exercise snacks” during your workday?

🏃🏽 An article in the Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (2022) stated, “We define exercise snacks as isolated ≤1-min bouts of vigorous exercise performed periodically throughout the day.”

🏃🏽 For example, “exercise snacks” could include marching in place, stairclimbing, bodyweight squats, or shadow boxing movements.

🏃🏽 A study in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (2024) concluded, “Stair-climbing exercise snacks may be an attractive approach to implement in the workplace setting and has potential to positively impact sedentary behaviour and physical activity metrics.”

What are your “exercise snack” strategies?

Sources:
💠 Islam H., Gibala M.J., Little J.P. 2022. Exercise snacks: a novel strategy to improve cardiometabolic health. Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev. 50(1): 31–37.

💠 Stork MJ, Marcotte-Chénard A, Jung ME, Little JP. Exercise in the workplace: examining the receptivity of practical and time-efficient stair-climbing "exercise snacks". Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024;49(1):30-40.

Please see The Lifestyle Medicine Toolbox book from Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2024) for additional ideas.

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