- Small bouts of intense exercise can help offset some of the harmful effects that extended periods of sitting can have on your body.
- New research found that 4-second sprints conducted five times per hour helped to improve fat metabolism and lower triglyceride levels in the bloodstream.
- Sitting down for hours at a time can also make it harder to burn fat, a condition experts refer to as “exercise resistance.”
- Exercise normally improves metabolism, but individuals who are overly sedentary will derive less benefit in terms of fat burning when they exercise at first, compared with more active individuals.
