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Grace Walsh

Forget HIIT - this easier alternative can help you live longer and healthier with just 10 minutes a day

Women cycling with friends in park, woman walking along pavement, woman swimming in wetsuit, doing moderate intensity exercise.

While we might have spent the last 10 years battling our way through HIIT workouts with the promise of better fitness, the exercise world has turned on these intense training sessions in favour of something more chilled.

Moderate intensity exercise is the new golden child. In these sessions, you go for longer but much slower. A swimming workout, bike ride, or slow and steady run all count, as do some home Pilates workouts and even some types of yoga.

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