{"id":688483,"date":"2026-05-23T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/688483\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T11:57:09","slug":"10-minute-exercises-you-can-do-without-leaving-your-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/688483\/","title":{"rendered":"10-minute exercises you can do without leaving your bedroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent study <\/a>published in PLOS One examined what happened when people did a 10-minute coordination-focused workout while lying down once a day for two weeks. The researchers were looking at posture and balance, so they tested four specific exercises: abdominal contractions, glute bridges, heel pushes, and playing rock paper scissors with their feet. Yes, really. And it worked. The point wasn’t just that the exercises did something\u2014it was that consistent, short workouts actually change your body’s foundation in measurable ways.<\/p>\n

One study <\/a>showed that just a 5-minute home-based eccentric exercise program, done daily for four weeks, improved physical fitness, body composition, and mental health in sedentary individuals. The workout involved chair squats, chair reclines, wall push-ups, and heel drops. Nothing fancy. Just consistent movement using exercises you can do in your bedroom without equipment.<\/p>\n

The consistency is what matters, not the duration. A research project <\/a>in Kenya tracked sedentary adults aged over 50 and split them into two groups: one did three daily bouts of 5\u201310 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, the other did 30\u201360 minute bouts a few times weekly. After 24 weeks, the short-duration group saw comparable body composition improvements to the long-duration group. Same results, less friction, more adherence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recent study published in PLOS One examined what happened when people did a 10-minute coordination-focused workout while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[251962,251970,251967,49,48,251965,251963,251971,407,84,251964,251968,251966,251969],"class_list":["post-688483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-10-minute-workout-at-home","tag-apartment-friendly-workouts","tag-bedroom-exercises-for-weight-loss","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-easy-home-workouts-for-beginners","tag-exercises-you-can-do-in-your-bedroom","tag-fast-calorie-burning-exercises-at-home","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-quick-exercises-without-equipment","tag-simple-exercises-to-stay-fit-at-home","tag-workout-without-gym-equipment","tag-workouts-for-small-spaces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}