Taking short breaks throughout the day is a fantastic way to relax, refocus, refresh, and improve productivity.
It can also provide opportunities to gain strength or develop better movement skills, mobilise, and stretch, or even do a short HIIT workout. I take breaks approximately every hour or so and do a set of push-ups, chin-ups or pistol squats, or a little stretching or a short yoga sequence, and in doing so can accumulate a lot of additional movement over a day than I would otherwise have. This can also be a wonderful way to stay on track when ‘life gets in the way’ and you know you will be too busy to get into the gym.
Assess which area of fitness you need to prioritise. Is it flexibility, strength, or cardio? Perform an action that will help to improve that area throughout the day. For example, every 30-60min do a set of an exercise that helps an area of fitness that you’re currently weak in.
Perform intermittent activities throughout the day
From Carb-Appropriate 101 by Cliff Harvey PhD
Carb-Appropriate 101 gives you 101 daily tips to help you achieve the energy, health & performance you deserve. It includes daily tips for nutrition, movement, exercise, meditation, mindfulness, sleep, stress-reduction, and more! These tips are some of the themes that Cliff has written and spoken about over his decades in practice, in ‘bite-sized’ mini-articles.
Read the book from cover-to-cover, applying a tip a day, or simply open the book to any page to find a valuable health and performance tip to help you feel and perform at your very best.
