'My weekly swim feels like an achievement.'
So is there something easier we can aim for? What is the least amount of exercise that will start to improve our health?
"That's a picture that we see time and time again in lots of people living in modern society," says Dr Saynor. High-intensity interval training , involving short but very explosive bouts of activity, gets a lot of attention. "If you have no time to suddenly do 10,000 steps a day, can we get you to do 5,000 steps faster? We will see an improvement in your health," Dr Saynor says.
"The people that are displaying this intermittent activity can reduce their risk of major diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, by up to 50%," Mark Hamer, professor of sport and exercise medicine at University College London, tells me.
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