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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Anna Bartter

Move Over, Hour-Long Gym Sessions - Movement Snacks Are Trending as *The* Way To Get In Your Best Shape Ever

Movement snacks.

It's the eleventh week of January (yes, really), and the chances are that most of us have ditched our most extreme 2026 fitness resolutions already. Because, you know, science (studies show that one month into a new year, over 50% of us have quit our best laid plans) - so, if one of your goals for 2026 was to move more, and you're already finding it tough, we have great news.

Enter: movement snacks. That's right - interspersing your day with short, sharp, intentional workouts as opposed to spending an hour slogging it out in the gym after work is where fitness is at, right now (apologies if we threw you off with the snack terminology - but we wholeheartedly endorse snacking of the food-related kind, too, FYI.)

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