{"id":85862,"date":"2026-09-18T08:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85862"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:55:23","slug":"no-time-for-the-gym-how-micro-workouts-could-help-busy-professionals-improve-their-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85862","title":{"rendered":"No time for the gym? How micro-workouts could help busy professionals improve their health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/17\/d98c4646-dc52-4cf7-bd58-e27453aa4649_01aef176.jpg?itok=lVVm6Zmi&amp;v=1789639110\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For many professionals, finding an hour for the gym is about as feasible as finding an extra day in the week. There are deadlines, family obligations, late-night calls and the small matter of getting enough <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">sleep<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">That is why \u201c<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">exercise snacks<\/span>\u201d \u2013 or micro-workouts \u2013 have become so appealing. Rather than reserving exercise for a long session, the approach breaks activity into short bouts: a brisk climb up stairs, a few squats between meetings or an interval session squeezed into a lunch break.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The evidence suggests that these doses are not meaningless. But they are not a reason to abandon longer exercise either.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A recent meta-analysis of 27 trials found that short, intensive bouts of exercise improved cardiorespiratory fitness and decreased fasting blood glucose and cholesterol levels, body fat percentage, waist circumference and blood pressure, compared with doing no exercise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3367852\/no-time-gym-how-micro-workouts-could-help-busy-professionals-improve-their-health?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many professionals, finding an hour for the gym is about as feasible as finding an extra day in the week. There are deadlines, family&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3910,12590,1714,6821,30197,11312,654],"class_list":["post-85862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-busy","tag-gym","tag-health","tag-improve","tag-microworkouts","tag-professionals","tag-time","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}