Rhonda Patrick· PhD
A new study found that performing 10 bodyweight squats every 45 minutes during an 8.5-hour period of sitting improves blood sugar regulation better than a single 30-minute walk.
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A new study found that performing 10 bodyweight squats every 45 minutes during an 8.5-hour period of sitting improves blood sugar regulation better than a single 30-minute walk.
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there have been studies shown that even just doing, you know, air squats throughout your workday can improve glucose regulation better than like a 30-minute walk.
Take a break every hour and do one minutes of air squats. If you do that just three times, right? Three. Well, it's two. The study was actually like two minutes. So, you have to do that for two minutes or just do one minute. Do six times a day, right? It's huge. is having a huge effect.
So, for example, doing like, you know, 30 air squats every 45 minutes for a eight hour work day was able to improve glucose regulation better than a 30-minute walk.