MINI WORKOUTS

BENEFITS OF MINI WORKOUTS

Mini workouts are popular because of their effectiveness and how they save time. People also prefer them to other workouts, especially when they do not want to commit to huge exercises.

Benefits

Good for brain health

`Regularly performing short duration exercises multiple times in the day can improve mood and general mental health. Such single bouts of workouts help people improve their physical, neurological, and physiological health.

Improves your high intensity workouts performance

High intensity workouts are extremely taxing, even to top athletes. But shorter exercise bouts favor people of various fitness levels. The reduced time helps perform workouts at higher intensities, which may not be sustainable for longer.

How to optimize your workouts

Plan ahead

Planning is key for a successful fitness journey.  To gain strength, mobility, and cardio, it is best to set up the space, at home or office and ensure to have everything required.

Break it up

I recommend breaking your workouts into different sessions throughout the day. For example, instead of a full hour of cardio and resistance training, walk for 15 minutes in the morning, 10 minutes of yoga at midday, and 15 minutes of HIIT in the evening.

Barbara Santini

Barbara is a freelance writer and a sex and relationships adviser at Dimepiece LA and Peaches and Screams. Barbara is involved in various educational initiatives aimed at making sex advice more accessible to everyone and breaking stigmas around sex across various cultural communities. In her spare time, Barbara enjoys trawling through vintage markets in Brick Lane, exploring new places, painting and reading.

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