When It Comes To Exercise, "All Movement Counts"

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🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Feeling blocked with it comes to starting an exercise habit? You can actually get the health benefits of exercise with just 22 minutes of exercise a day — and you might be surprised what "counts" as exercise. Kiss your excuses goodbye!

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0:00.0	I used to really hate exercise.
0:02.4	I would get winded just going up the stairs.
0:04.9	I had bad insomnia and I was always too tired to work out.
0:08.5	I have two small kids in no time.
0:10.7	Basically, I had a lot of good excuses.
0:13.0	Just like everyone else.
0:15.4	I think my biggest hurdle for getting to the gym is staying motivated.
0:19.7	Lack of energy and money.
0:21.1	I sit all day.
0:22.3	Feel self-conscious about the way I look.
0:24.3	Oh, I gotta put on clothes. I gotta drive there.
0:26.8	Exercising can be kind of boring.
0:28.7	I gotta move when all I want to do is just sleep.
0:33.0	But I've actually turned it around.
0:34.8	I love exercise now.
0:37.1	And the method I used to do it, there's science to back it up.
0:43.2	This is your NPR life kit for exercise.
0:46.1	In this episode, how to learn to love exercise.
0:49.6	Or at least like it enough to actually do it.
0:52.6	We've got four tactics to help you bust through those barriers that are keeping you from
0:56.5	starting or restarting an exercise habit.
0:59.3	The good news?
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