Winter Nightsīody-weight training has been a staple of exercise since almost time immemorial, of course. But many of us started practicing some version of a body-weight routine, using calisthenics and other simple strength-training exercises that rely on our body weight to provide resistance. Some of us purchased stationary bicycles and started intense spin classes or turned to online personal trainers and yoga classes. In 2020, when the pandemic curtailed traditional gym hours and left many people hesitant to exercise outside on crowded sidewalks or paths, quite a few of us moved our workouts indoors, into our livingrooms, altering how we exercise. They provide scientific assurance that these simple workouts will work, physiologically, and our burpees will not be in vain. The study’s findings are predictable but reassuring, at a time when many of us are relying on short exercise sessions in our homes to gain or retain our fitness.

Five minutes of burpees, jump squats and other calisthenics significantly improves aerobic endurance, according to one of the first randomised, controlled trials to test the effects of brief body-weight workouts.

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