Hi, this is Alyssa.

I'm the editor of Quick and Dirty Tips.

This week we have a special episode of Get Fit Guy, which also features Get It Done Guy, Stever Robbins.

Here's Stever with a question from one of his listeners and Get Fit guy Ben Greenfield with his answer.

Listener Randy writes in. I work for myself and I need to lose weight. I only see results when I

spend five to six hours a day on exercise. Losing the weight will help me live longer and will

thus be worth big bucks. Does that mean that my exercise time is worth hundreds of dollars per hour?

Randy, the last part of your question, how to value your time, is answered in my previous

episode on how to value your time. There's a link in this episode's transcript. You should

also take care how well you use your time. You mentioned working out five to six hours a day. Now I thought

there's got to be a way to work out less and do more. So I've asked get fit guy Ben Greenfield to

weigh in, get it, weigh in, on the question of whether it's worth the time to work out. Ben's an

author, a personal trainer, fitness guru. He has zero percent body fat and he can do

100 burpees before breakfast. If you don't know what a burpee is, let's just say that doing

them before breakfast is a really good idea, because if you do them on a full stomach, well,

you find out why it's called a burpee. Ben, talk to me. Is exercise a good use of Randy's time?

Great question, stever. Is it really worth it to take precious time out of your day to exercise?

Well, to determine if a daily exercise bout is truly a waste of time,

let's delve into the nitty-gritty research on whether or not exercise actually makes you more productive.

So first, a study by the American College of Sports Medicine found that workers who exercised

at least 30 minutes at some point during the workday reported an average performance and

productivity boost of about 15%. Of those employees, 60% reported that when they exercise,

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