By Gretchen Reynolds | The New York Times
Here is the full 11-minute workout used in (a new study published by the International Journal of Exercise Science), with video links of each exercise by Linda Archila, a researcher who led the experiment while a student at McMaster University.
- 1 minute of easy jumping jacks, to warm up
- 1 minute of modified burpees (without push-ups)
- 1 minute of walking in place
- 1 minute of high-knee running in place
- 1 minute of walking in place
- 1 minute of split squat jumps (starting and ending in the lunge position, while alternating which leg lands forward)
- 1 minute of walking in place
- 1 minute of high-knee running in place
- 1 minute of walking in place
- 1 minute of squat jumps
- 1 minute of walking in place, to cool down
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