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How Little Exercise Can You Get Away With?
The Case for 20 Minutes: Why a Single 20-Minute Workout a Week Can Deliver Big Results If you’re making a fitness resolution for 2026 and already feeling overwhelmed, the New York Times has some surprisingly good news: you don’t need hours at the gym — or daily...
Why Building Strength Matters When You’re Taking GLP-1 Drugs
By Casey Breslin, P.T.If you’re one of the many people taking GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro for weight loss, you already know these drugs can be powerful tools for helping to curb appetite and shed pounds. But there’s one side effect that too...
Why Your Back Hurts—And How 20 Minutes to Fitness Can Help
By Casey Breslin, P.T.Low back pain is one of the most common reasons adults seek medical care. In fact, about 80 to 90% of us will deal with it at some point in our lives. It’s frustrating, limiting and often hard to pin down. But here’s something that surprises many...
Which would you rather be: the oldest one at the gym, or the youngest at the nursing home?
Muscle strength is one of the strongest predictors of how long you’ll live, according to researchers.Strong, healthy muscles do more than increase lifespan. They also make life easier. Yet, about 30% of adults over 70 struggle to climb stairs or even get out of a...
Turning Over a New Leaf at 20 Minutes to Fitness
by Russell Jay As a life-long amateur gardener, I treasured my time in the dirt. Planting, trimming, feeding, mulching flowers and shrubs brought me hours of joy. After more than a dozen orthopedic and neurological surgeries, I traded in my gardening tools for...
The importance of rest in strength training
When people are first learning about 20 Minutes to Fitness’ once-a-week 20-minute workout, they typically have two questions: How is it possible to build strength in just 20 minutes a week? Why is it so important to rest your muscles afterwards? The answer to the...
Strength Starts Here: How protein fuels muscle growth
Just the other day, a client told me that her young grandson was getting too heavy for her to carry. Looking ahead, she is concerned about her ability to keep up with him as he continues to grow. She is like most people I train at 20 Minutes to Fitness. Most are here...
What’s your reason to get fit this year?
People exercise for all sorts of reasons. Everyone who trains at 20 Minutes to Fitness is here for a reason. Of course, everyone wants to improve their physical fitness. They love that 20 Minutes to Fitness makes it possible to build strength and endurance with just...
Resolve to stop exercising in 2024
You read that headline right. I’m here to tell you that 2023 can be the year you resolve, once and for all, to stop exercising. That’s because “exercise” – or at least what most people think of when they hear the word “exercise” is a chore. Let me explain. Exercise is...
LEARN WHAT DICK SMOTHERS ONCE SAID ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO FITNESS’ 20-MINUTE, ONCE-A-WEEK WORKOUT
A TRIBUTE TO OUR FUNNIEST CLIENT EVER! When we heard the sad news about the recent passing of Tommy Smothers, we at 20 Minutes to Fitness took our own trip down memory lane. Tommy was one-half of a famous comedy duo, the Smothers Brothers. The other half of...
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