Almost everybody thinks of exercise as being something that they have to do for a long period of time every day. Spending endless hours on the treadmill or racking up countless miles on the exercise bike takes a considerable amount of time and effort on our part. If we already tend to be busy as a result of family responsibilities and a heavy workload, it might be impossible for us to exercise in such a way. Fortunately, exercise does not need to be done all at one time in order for it to be beneficial. As a matter of fact, we can do short bursts of exercise and end up receiving as many benefits as somebody that does it all at one time.
Think of it as putting dollars into a piggy bank. Eventually, you are going to end up with $100 in the piggy bank if you continue to put the dollars in long enough. At that point, it doesn’t matter if you put them in one dollar at a time or if you dropped $100 bill into the bank, the money is the same. This is exactly what happens whenever we exercise for short periods during the day. It doesn’t matter if we exercise for five minutes, 20 times a day or if we exercise for 100 minutes, the end result will be the same.
Of course, there are some benefits to getting all of the exercise out of the way at one time but they do not necessarily outweigh the convenience of being able to split it up throughout the day. Once we get our metabolism going, it does help to keep it going to a certain extent. Unless we are doing high intensity interval training, however, this short burst of exercise that we will do throughout the day will benefit us just as much. As a matter of fact, it will probably benefit is more because we will be more likely to keep up with the schedule if it does not inconvenience us.
So make sure that you are getting your target amount of exercise, even if you have to split it up into small segments. It is the best way for you to be able to get in shape and stay in shape, something that far too many people have a difficult time doing. Get out there and do some exercise any chance you get. It is an effortless way to be able to get as many benefits as somebody that exercises all of the time.