<p>How Long Is Enough Movement?</p><p>I’ve been thinking a lot about a question that kind of annoys me.</p><p><em>How long do we need to work out for it to “count”?</em></p><p>There’s something about that framing that feels gross to me. Not because it’s a bad question. It’s a very practical one. Life is busy. Energy is finite. Time is weird in midlife.</p><p>But the idea that movement only matters if it crosses some invisible threshold feels off.</p><p>Still, I think about it a lot. Probably because I’m living it.</p><p>Most of my workouts right now are short. Ten to fifteen minutes. Dumbbells for arms. Resistance bands. Booty bands. The usual suspects if you’ve been following along for a while. I’ve also added some fascia work, though I learned quickly that thirty minutes of that was a little too ambitious for me. So now I’m doing about ten minutes there too.</p><p>And here’s the thing. I feel progress.</p><p>Not visually. Not in a mirror. But in what my Body can do. In how it feels during the day. In how it functions when I’m not “working out” at all.</p><p>That shift is kind of the entire point of this project. It’s not about how I look. It’s about what I can do.</p><p>But even with that mindset, this question keeps coming up. Especially in conversations with other midlife women.</p><p>How long do we need to move?How long do we want to move?And are those the same thing?</p><p>💡 Check out the Substack post that goes into this topic in more detail: <a target="_blank" href="https://mybodycan.substack.com">https://mybodycan.substack.com</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://mybodycan.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">mybodycan.substack.com</a>