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10-Minute Daily Strength Workout: Build Muscle During Brief Work Breaks

Office workers can use daily work breaks for strength training to break up long periods of sitting and still increase muscle mass and strength.
10-Minute Daily Strength Workout: Build Muscle During Brief Work Breaks
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Amber Yang
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Does building muscle require carving out a full hour at the gym every day? Not at all.

A study published in Frontiers in Public Health found that even taking work breaks to do just 10 minutes of resistance training per day for three months can effectively increase muscle mass and strength. For busy, sedentary people who lack time to exercise, this is an incredibly practical solution.
Amber Yang
Amber Yang
Amber Yang is a certified personal trainer. She met all the requirements of the American Council on Exercise to develop and implement personalized exercise programs. She worked as a marketing manager for natural skin care products for years and as a health and beauty reporter and editor for ten years. She is also the host and producer of the YouTube programs "Amber Running Green" and "Amber Health Interview."