Is your progress lagging even though you sweat your ass off at the gym on daily basis? Have you ever critically evaluated the daily activity during those 23 hours you're not working out at the gym?
The general health recommendations suggest that people should do some physical activity that can be assimilated to light exercising for at least 2,5 hours a week to stay healthy and maintain their basic condition. In addition to that it is recommendable to do exercises that develop muscular strength and coordination at least twice a week.
Reasearches prove that the daily amount of physical activity doesn't need to be performed at one go but in several sections. Physical activity could, for instance, be the 15 minute walk to work and back or taking the stairs instead of elevator. The combined time spent doing something physical is more important than the duration of one workout session.
Another influential factor is the regularity of physical activity. Going to the gym is a positive decision per se, but going all out in one three-hour-long workout session and recovering for the rest of the week is not the smartest thing to do.
The importance of everyday exercising concerns everyone regardless the fitness level and previous workout habits.
For an inexperienced mover the light exercise from everyday activities most likely leads to improved health and physical condition as such but also an experienced gym rat could benefit from the stress of the small everyday activities.
A person, who trains several times a week usually have some sort of ambition and goals. The amount of exercise per week mentioned earlier is the minimum amount for people to stay healthy - not the amount for a person to improve strength and condition. If you do five hour-long training sessions a week but the rest of the time you sit at work, use car for transportation, and watch Netflix, the total amount of physical activity does not cumulate as big as it should in order to achieve major results.
The “invisible” mini-exercises performed throughout the day could make a difference in one’s performance. They speed up the recovery, enhance blood flow and accelerate metabolism, keep the small supporting muscles active, and simply diversifies the variety of physical activities.
These activities might sound minor if they are looked individually but that 15-minute bike ride to work and back could change your world if done regularly. An average person cycles 4-5 kilometers in 15 minutes. Do this twice a day, five days a week, 52 weeks a year and you have cycled 2080 kilometers unawares. It doesn’t take a member of Mensa to realize how major impact this would have on one’s health and fitness. Think about it.
