The hardest part of any effort is the starting.

We can all spare 5 minutes.

Combining the 2 thoughts, you can take any spare 5 minutes and use it toward lengthening your healthspan, the period of time that you are, before your inevitable demise, fit and active. You don’t even need special kit.

Not counting the cardiovascular elements (walking, running, cycling, swimming, pushing), mobility and resistance work (stretching and lifting against gravity) can be easily fitted into 5 minutes.

The best mobility routines are the ones taught to your morphology by a professional, but anything that puts the tissues under gentle tension and explores a joint’s range of motion is beneficial. Anything that moves your body against gravity also counts as resistance . Air squats, lunges, standing press (a pushup against a wall), water bottle swings, and bag shoulder presses. Use your imagination.

If you get stuck starting, take the date and do that number of exercises, for 3 exercises. 14th? do 14 lunges, 14 wall press, 14 bag press, 3 times, then finish off the 5 minutes with some stretching. 27th? 3 sets of 27 air squats, 27 wall presses, 27 water bottle swings. You get the idea.

No exuses, move to save your life.