New Health Hack: Don't Exercise, Just Do Everything Faster!

 A new study found even if you don't work out, you can in fact get many of the same health benefits by just rushing through stuff you do every day and all the time.  Even five minutes a day of things like speed-vacuuming a rug or power walking to your car after work can make a big difference.

This sounds like the dumbest health hack ever, but a new study found it actually works.

They are saying if you don't want to exercise you can get some of the same benefits by just RUSHING THROUGH STUFF all the time.

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A study in the journal (Circulation / WaPo) found doing a few random tasks and chores FASTER might do wonders for your health.

The researchers tracked the movements of 24,000 adults for nearly a week, and none of them were people who got regular exercise.

The ones who did minor tasks "briskly" saw major health benefits years later.  For some, their heart attack and stroke risk were half what it was for people who just went through the motions of the tasks.

"Minor" stuff might include quick things like speed-vacuuming the rug or walking faster when you take out the trash or go to get your mail.

They found even five minutes of rushing per day made a difference.  The idea is to just get your heart pumping.  And you don't have to be pumping iron to do it.

The lead author of the study put it this way:  Quote, "It's a good idea to find ways to fit exertion into your daily life.  But that doesn't mean you have to actually exercise."