We all have those lazy morning where we don’t want to go to the gym or spend more than an hour each day to get fit. Well, good news for everyone a 30min workout does a lot of work for us to get fit. We will share some expert insights for this amazing tip in getting healthier each day.

20 Minutes of Exercise a Day Is Enough to Get You Fit

It seems like one of the major reasons people don’t like to work out is the amount of time it takes to do so. However, a new study in the Journal of Physiology suggests you might be able to get all the exercise you need in just 20 minutes if you’re willing to work at it.

We’ve talked briefly about interval training before, but this is one of the first studies to dig into if it actually works as a replacement for the usual recommendation of 30 minutes of continuous exercise. The idea is simple. You work out for one minute with strenuous activity and push your heart rate to about 90 percent of its maximum rate. You can get a rough estimate of your maximum heart rate by subtracting your age from 220. After the minute is up, you slow down and recover for one minute. You then repeat this 10 times for a total of 20 minutes (or 10 minutes of actual exercise). You can use this for running cycling, swimming, or any number of cardiovascular workouts. (Note that this isn’t exactly the same as traditional high-intensity interval training, in which you push to 100 percent of your maximum heart rate.)

If you’re crunched for time and can’t get that full 30 minutes in, this is a great way to shorten the duration and still get in shape.