Do it for ten minutes every day and you will get a surprise

Studies have found that people only need to take 10 minutes of exercise a day to promote cardiovascular health, and the effect will be better as the amount of exercise increases.

The purpose of this study is to explore how much exercise people need to improve their physical condition and how increasing the amount of exercise affects the results.

The researchers conducted an experiment on 464 postmenopausal women, all of whom had the following common characteristics: they were overweight or obese; they all had a certain degree of high blood pressure; and they had no habit of fitness exercise before the experiment. They were divided into four groups: the first group still did not exercise and sat for a long time;

The second group only performed light exercise for an average of 72 minutes per week; the third group performed moderate exercise for an average of 136 minutes per week; and the fourth group performed intensive exercise for an average of nearly 192 minutes per week. The trial lasted for 6 months. The women in the study exercised at a low intensity, roughly equivalent to walking at a speed of 2 to 3 miles per hour.

The researchers measured their peak oxygen consumption (one of the measures of cardiovascular health) before and after the experiment and found that the value increased by 4.2% in the second group, 6% in the third group, and 8.2% in the fourth group, which is good for their cardiovascular health. This result confirms two conclusions: A. An average of 10 minutes of small exercises per day can have an effect on cardiovascular health. B. The more appropriate the exercise, the more obvious the effect will be.

"We didn't expect that just 10 to 15 minutes of exercise a day could improve cardiovascular health," said the professor in charge of the project. "People who sit for a long time can feel the benefits as long as they can get out of their seats. This experiment tells everyone that if you can't guarantee 150 minutes of fitness exercise a week, you should understand that doing only half of it will also benefit you a lot. Therefore, more or less, spending time exercising is always good."

10 minutes is just the time to drink a cup of milk tea or take a break. If you make good use of it, you can make your cardiovascular healthier. Why not do it? Climbing stairs, walking long distances, radio gymnastics, skipping rope, push-ups, jogging, etc. are all good choices that are simple and easy to do.