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A recent study by Eli Puterman, PhD, a health psychologist at the University of California at San Francisco, shows that short bouts of exercise may offer a stress buffering effect. Spencer Larson, a fitness expert, personal trainer and co-creator of 20 Second Fitness, sees a lot of potential in interval training. His DVD program (20 Second Fitness) is a practical solution for us moms too, since it's not time consuming. Larson's workouts only take 4-12 minutes a day and are based on high-intensity interval training in increments of 20 seconds of exercise, 10 seconds of rest. "For stress-relieving exercises, I would recommend any kind of short burst of multi-joint or full body exercise", says Spencer. "Burpees, jumping jacks, squats with presses and high knees (running in place) are great exercises that can quickly - within as little as a minute - really get the heart pumping and help get rid of stress.  Everyone has heard the old adage ‘count to 10’ when stressed, but what you should really do is 45-60 seconds of exercise." Here are a few of Spencer's recommendations for 20-second intervals. They will get the blood – and cortisol  – flowing and reduce stress:

• Jumping Jacks - 20 Seconds
• Burpees -20 Seconds
• Squats or squats with presses - 20 Seconds  -  "if you don't have weights around for the squats with presses just reach your hands to the ceiling as you come out of your squat."

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