When someone says snacking, we immediately think Hot-Cheetos, Oreos, or if we’re feeling healthy, apples dipped in peanut butter. One thing that doesn’t spring to mind is fitness. However, the new fitness trend – somewhat confusingly – named snacking essentially encourages short bursts of exercises throughout the day. During the current climate, this actually makes total sense. Now that we’re staying at home, our daily steps have plummeted, and this achievable workout will get your booty moving, without you having to leave the vicinity of your home. Here’s everything you need to know about this cheeky new workout trend…
What is Snacking?
Snacking, just like a traditional bite-sized snack in between more substantial meals, means doing short bursts (think 5 mins) of exercise throughout the day. It can involve anything from burpees, squats, jump rope, or even climbing the stairs – as long as it elevates your heart rate. Personally, our go-to is turning up some Cardi B and having a dance party in our kitchen for one or two songs!
Is Snacking an Effective Form of Exercise?
Snacking is backed by a recent study that showed those who fit exercise snacks into their day (by climbing 60 stairs as fast as possible, taking about 20 seconds), improved their aerobic fitness by around 5%. In short: it’s the perfect new lockdown habit as it’ll elevate your heart rate, improve cognitive function, and help release serotonin (the happy hormone) to boost your mood.
Snacking Workouts Ideas
If you want to try “snacking” at home,
- Beginner level: keep it simple with walking up and down the stairs plus a bodyweight squat at each level.
- Intermediate level: Climb the stairs and alternate between bodyweight squats and high knees jumps at each level.
- Advanced level: Run up and down the stairs with five burpees at each level.
The Ultimate Snack Attack
- Run up and down three flights of stairs. Repeat. (Or 2 minutes of mountain climbers)
- 20 burpees
- 20 push-ups
- 15 high knee jumps (if you have knee problems, do a high knees run instead)
If this is too easy, carry a weighted backpack!
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