Is five minutes of exercise a day enough? If a big commitment is daunting, there’s good news for those who prefer to start small, says this professor.
because they’re too much to fit in. Plans to exercise more in the new year are often broken within a month.If the aim is to build long-term fitness and health, the exercise must be sustainable. It may be achievable to resolve to do an extraOur research suggests even one muscle contraction a day, for five days a week, can improve muscle strength if you keep it up for a month.
We asked participants to do an arm curl exercise consisting of 30 maximal contractions each week for four weeks. One group did six contractions a day for five days a week; the other did 30 repetitions once a week. Participants contracted their muscles from a flexed to an extended position, like slowly lowering a heavy weight. In both studies, participants used special equipment in our lab, and used as much strength as they could, but lowering a heavy dumbbell slowly several times could deliver similar results.AS EASY AS SITTING AND STANDING?
Many of us sit down on a chair or a sofa more than 10 times a day. So, if we sit down slowly every time we sit, we perform at least 10 eccentric contractions of the muscles that work to extend the knee joints, a day. This is a good opportunity for us to perform eccentric exercise daily to simulate our leg muscles.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Commentary: Skiing in the Alps faces a bleak future due to climate changeSaving the winter economy in alpine resorts will prove very challenging, when winter as we know it appears to be disappearing, says this professor.
Read more »
Commentary: Tangram, the children’s puzzle game that helps develop mathematical thinking skillsResearchers have found that Tangram can help students’ visual and geometric thinking and even their arithmetic skills. It’s also a fun and creative challenge that has found its way on to Instagram and TikTok, says this mathematician.
Read more »
Commentary: Our Shanghai office emptied out as colleagues stayed home sick with COVID-19Following a swift change in its COVID-19 policy, China’s major cities turned into ghost towns overnight as the population battled widespread infection and medical supply crunches. Shanghai-based Singaporean Ye Jiayi gives us an inside look at the situation on the ground.
Read more »
Commentary: Forget about the pay raise, give me more time off in 2023When a Philippines company offered paid leave as a Christmas party raffle prize, responses were overwhelmingly positive on TikTok. This doesn’t come as a surprise, says employment law specialist Clarence Ding.
Read more »