Add Just Five Minutes to Your Workout to Dramatically Improve It
When it comes to health, the little things can make the biggest difference. For example, ask to get dressed a little, or remove sugar from coffee, or extend your workout by just five minutes.
Max Shank says we have to consider the return on investment (physical improvement) of our investment (time) and how simply an extra five minutes can make a big difference:
Keep in mind that the average person spends about 2 hours a week on exercise.
If you add just 5 minutes of movement in the morning, we can add: 5 minutes 7 times a week = 35 minutes a week.
This is 30% more. It goes from D to A or C to A +++
If you ask anyone with a background in finance if they want a guaranteed 30% return on their investment, they will probably laugh at you because it just isn’t possible. But with your physical health and well-being, it is.
Five extra minutes may not sound like a lot, but it may be the most efficient use of your workout time – even better than exercising another hour on another day, because you are pushing your body more distance or at a faster pace. than you have done before (for example, by running):
Not only do you benefit directly from the increased output, but the benefit is not linear. When you add this extra movement every day, you trigger [the SAID principle ] (specific adaptation to imposed demand) more efficiently. The SAID principle changes your brain and body based on the demands placed on it – one of the main factors is frequency. So doing that extra 140 minutes every week (or 35 minutes if you’re just starting out with an extra 5 hours) is actually more efficient than just adding a fourth training day and doing another hour, so every minute done every day is more efficient. And more effective than putting it all together in one extra day.
There is a point where you will see diminishing returns after implementing the extra “every little bit” effort , but if you haven’t reached that point yet, consider moving another 5 minutes to get a 30% return on investment (ROI). Even if those 5 extra minutes are just one simple exercise when you get up or take a break from work.
Change your life in 5 minutes | Max shank