Ask people what gets in the way of them exercising more, and a lot of them will say that they just don't have the time. But according to recent research, you might not need nearly as much time as you think to get in a seriously beneficial workout.
In this study, 27 men who were considered sedentary were divided into three groups. One group did 50 minutes of moderate exercise three times a week, another group did 10 minutes of high-intensity exercise in the form of sprint interval training (SIT), and a third just kept being sedentary. The 10-minute SIT workout included a 2-minute warm-up and a 3-minute cool-down.[1]
Here's how the short routine looked:
Cycling:
- Warm-up 2 minutes
- Sprint 20 seconds
- Low to moderate effort cycling 2 minutes
- Sprint 20 seconds
- Low to moderate effort cycling 2 minutes
- Sprint 20 seconds
- Low to moderate effort cycling 2 minutes
- Cool-down 2-3 minutes
For those of you counting at home, that's 10 minutes of total work, and just 1 minute—seriously!—of...
Source: Get The Benefits Of Cardio In A Fraction Of The Time!
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