Canadian researcher behind one-minute workout has a shorter option

They repeated this task three times a week for six weeks, and their fitness was then compared to a control group that didn’t do any exercise. But if we switch the question to: “Will people – particularly those who don’t already exercise – actually do these supermini workouts, and continue to do them for a long time? Critics such as Iowa State University exercise psychologist Panteleimon Ekkekakis have argued that lack of time isn’t really what stops people from exercising, and that the unpleasantness of intense interval training will actually make people less likely to stick with a new workout program. Story continues below advertisement

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“I think it’s true that many people cite time as a barrier, but the reality is they choose to spend their time elsewhere,” Gibala says. It should also “remind people that ‘exercise’ does not have to involve changing into spandex, going to the gym and making an hour time commitment.”

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