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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Joel Snape

The five-minute fix: how to improve your fitness, strength and posture at super-quick speed

Side planks can easily be slotted into your daily routine at home.
Side planks can easily be slotted into your daily routine at home. Photograph: Antonio_Diaz/Getty Images/iStockphoto/posed by model

One of the toughest aspects of building a new year fitness habit is finding the time. Even in our hybrid-working world, it can feel like carving out just 30 minutes a couple of times a week is an impossible ask. But everyone has five minutes: it’s about a third as long as people spend looking for something to watch on Netflix. And although five minutes might not seem like much, if you keep your efforts focused, you will start to see results – as well as building the foundations of a longer-term habit. So pick an area to work on and get the egg timer going.

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