Whether it’s in 10 minute, 20 minute, or longer chunks, any exercise you do is a building block leading to a fitter, healthier you. Yes, 20 minutes of exercise is better than nothing. Any and every bout of physical activity/exercise contributes to a fitter, healthier – and, very likely, happier – you!

For example, some people in his Tabata study burned up to 360 calories during the 20-minute workout, or 18 calories per minute.

How to build muscle. Spending your whole day in the gym isn’t necessary to build muscle. Weight training for 20 to 30 minutes, 2 to 3 times a week is enough to see results. You should try to target all your major muscle groups at least twice throughout your weekly workouts.

4 workouts you can do in 20 minutes or less

• 50 air squats.
• 20 jump squats.
• 50 alternating lunges.
• 20 alternating jump lunges.
• 50 cossack squats.
• 20 tuck jumps.

“Yes 20 minutes is great and the more you train the better. “To lose weight you have to be energy deficient, and because a lot of people aren’t sure how much food — even healthy food — they are meant to be eating, they are often in surplus and so end up breaking even, even after they have trained.

Just 15 minutes of exercise a day can boost life expectancy by three years and cut death risk by 14%, research from Taiwan suggests. Experts in The Lancet say this is the least amount of activity an adult can do to gain any health benefit.

A brisk 20-minute walk each day could be enough to cut your risk of early death – even if you are obese, according to new research published Jan. The study of more than 334,000 European men and women found that twice as many deaths may be attributable to lack of physical activity as to obesity.

The Best 20-Minute Bodyweight Workout for Weight Loss Forward Lunge-to-Instep. Why it works: If I could pick just one move to stretch your entire body and prime it for athletic, three-dimensional movement, this would be the one. One-Arm, One-Leg Plank. Why it works: This move challenges you to keep your back flat and stabilized. Pullup. Three-Way Pushup. Squat Jump.

Relax your shoulders and circle your hips clockwise five times and counterclockwise five times, making the biggest circles you can. Keep your feet together and lift your arms into a T position at shoulder height. With your palms facing down, circle your arms 20 times, making circles the size of a basketball.

Twenty minutes of cardio can be effective for losing weight as long as you are burning more calories than you consume on a daily basis. Moderate to high-intensity exercise should be performed during those 20 minutes to maximize the number of calories burned.

Yes, 20 minutes of exercise is better than nothing. Any and every bout of physical activity/exercise contributes to a fitter, healthier – and, very likely, happier – you!