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Lucy Gornall

I did a 5-minute wall sit every day for a week — here’s what happened to my legs

a photo of a woman holding a wall sit

If you think a five-minute wall sit would be a piece of cake, then you’re mistaken. Doing a five-minute wall sit every day for a week is not a fitness challenge for the faint-hearted — and to find out more, I opted to add them to my morning routine for seven days. Read on to find out what happened. 

I figured this challenge would be an easy one. As a runner and a personal trainer, I have pretty strong legs, and I envisioned I would be able to hop out of bed and sit against the wall as I checked my phone for anything I missed overnight. I was wrong — and on day one I realized I certainly would not be able to play around on my iPhone as my legs endured five minutes of torture.  

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