Micro-Workout Your Way to Healthier Holidays

If you’re like me, time speeds up over the holidays and before I know it, healthy habits have fallen by the wayside.
 
It’s easy to talk keeping your workout schedule but quite a different matter to make it happen. It’s just so rewarding to celebrate with friends and family.
                                                             
Make this year different. Minimize your stress and keep stay on a healthy schedule by introducing brief ‘micro-workouts’ into your daily routine.
 
Our bodies were designed to move. Study after study show how regular exercise reduces stress and improves function, flexibility as well as overall health.

Maintaining your regular routine through all the food, family and festivities over the holidays is tough – if not impossible – for most of us.

I recommend adjusting how you approach your workout so that you can stay on track. Incorporate ten-minute micro-workouts 3 times each day. No special equipment are needed. Walk to the store, take the stairs or create a 10-minute workout that combines 5-minutes of stretching and 5-minutes of calisthenics. No matter how you decide to formulate your micro-workout, you’ll be glad you did. Recent research published in the American Journal of Health Promotion suggests that short periods of activity really add up. When researchers analyzed data from more than 6,000 adults, ages 18 to 85, they found that those who got short bouts of exercise (between 1 and 10 minutes) through everyday activities experienced many of the same benefits, as did those who continuously exercised for 30 minutes.
 
Call Dr. Dukes today. Schedule a wellness exam before beginning any exercise regimen.
​Dr. Dukes will help you find a safe and effective plan to help you feel your best and stick to it -  for life.
 
Make health your top priority, call Dr. Dukes at (813) 752-2524 and schedule your wellness consultation today.

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