This is Steva Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Listen to 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,

they specifically noticed their time management skills, mental performance, and ability to meet

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