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Monday 13 January 2014

Can exercising for just 60 seconds a week transform your health?

  • Radically different approach to exercise called High Intensity Training (HIT)
  • Idea is you can get important benefits of exercise from just 3 minutes a week
Just three sessions of HIT a week for four weeks (12 minutes of intense exercise in total made a difference
Everyone agrees that getting more active will add years to your life (around 2.2 years, to be exact). 

But, more importantly, it will significantly reduce your risk of developing a range of chronic diseases, from cancer to heart failure, dementia to diabetes. 

Exercise will also help you sleep better, improve your mood and even perk up your sex life, according to the well-regarded Mayo clinic in the U.S.

But how much should you do? In 2008, a committee of U.S. scientists recommended 150 minutes of  moderate exercise a week, while cautioning the necessary amounts 'cannot yet be identified with a high degree of precision'.


Read more:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2538858/Can-exercising-just-60-seconds-week-transform-health-The-BBCs-Dr-Michael-Mosley-says-fast-exercise-powerful-experts-thought.html

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