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📣 catuscubitus

Casual Exercise in Pop Culture


In The Playlist (2022), Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon engages in an enthusiastic office push-up competition. In Terminator 2 (1991), Sarah Connor does chin-ups on her bedframe propped up sideways. In Creed III (2023), Damian "Dame" Anderson casually does chin-ups on his staircase while watching TV.

Do any of you train like that? Casual consistency over scheduled routine?

  👤 roryirvine Accepted Answer ✓
The concept of 'exercise snacking' has become reasonably popular. AIUI, research on effectiveness is limited but there's evidence that it has better compliance rates than other exercise programmes.

The British Heart Foundation has a reasonable summary: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-maga...