Be it box sets, booze or bagels, bingeing on one thing is rarely a recipe for success. That holds true for exercise, too.

Going all-in on a mammoth workout session is a waste of energy if you don't exercise again for two weeks. A more sensible approach, according to yoga and Pilates teacher Tina Traina, would be to adopt the principle of exercise snacking .

“My advice for anyone new to exercise would be to not think that you need to do one big thing once a week, like a HIIT class or a long 90-minute session,” says Traina, head of Mind & Body studios at David Lloyd Clubs . You may like

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