Research
Adherence
Providing overweight women with home exercise equipment (treadmills) combined with multiple short-bout exercise significantly improves long-term weight loss and exercise adherence compared to short-bout exercise without equipment.
If you struggle to stick to a workout routine, try breaking your exercise into 10-minute chunks throughout the day. If you have access to a treadmill at home, use it. This combination helps you stay consistent over the long haul, which is key to losing weight.
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Compared with the LB group, subjects in the SB group did not experience improved long-term weight loss, exercise participation, or cardiorespiratory fitness. Access to home exercise equipment facilitated the maintenance of SB, which may improve long-term weight loss.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with 18-month duration and 78% completion rate, though limited to overweight women.
Source
Effects of Intermittent Exercise and Use of Home Exercise Equipment on Adherence, Weight Loss, and Fitness in Overweight Women
John M. Jakicic et al. · JAMA · 1999
rct · n=148Cited 536×
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