Dr. Matthew B. (Matt) (likely the presenter) - Unknown

And they do this three times a day.

That's associated with a 50% reduction in cardiovascular-related mortality.

50% reduction.

It's also associated with a 40% reduction in cancer-related mortality and all-cause mortality.

So cancer, cardiovascular disease, these are all diseases that are associated with metabolic dysregulation.

So implementing exercise snacks, I think, is one of the easiest ways to get a little bit of exercise, get your heart rate up, get that lactate generated, increase your glucose transporters, but also just improve your mood to break up your sedentary time.

So sitting at your desk for a couple of hours is sedentary.

And being sedentary is an independent risk factor

for certain diseases like cancer.

So, I mean, we've all been sitting here for, what, an hour at least.

I say we get up and we do a minute of body weight squats.

Body weight squats.

All right, ready?

Okay, I'm gonna get this timer going.

We're gonna do a whole minute.

I'm saving you the high knees.

All right, here we go.

So we're gonna do body weight squats.

We're gonna try to get the heart rate up and we're gonna do it for one minute.

Try to go low if you can.