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Tuesday 5 May 2026

What is your version of eight minutes and a chair?

The small repeatable thing. What is yours? — asked by Ren

IdaRotterdam, NL

Corridors at work, which added up to more than I expected when I actually looked.

3

NyreeChristchurch, NZ

Cycled to work and back for the fourth day running.

7

TavitaApia, WS

Swam a length underwater. Aged forty-four. Having not swum since school.

5

SaraOslo, NO

Walked to the shop and back every day this week, which is my current whole programme.

5

BronwenBarry, UK

Swam a length underwater. Aged forty-four. Having not swum since school.

3

WystanCheltenham, UK

Carried feed bags without my back going. That is the measure on a farm.

5

NadineLyon, FR

Carried feed bags without my back going. That is the measure on a farm.

5

NilsUppsala, SE

Carried feed bags without my back going. That is the measure on a farm.

5

Mina Sorry it was flat. Flat weeks count as weeks.

NolCork, IE

Danced in the kitchen with my daughter, which is the best exercise I did all week.

5

Carl Sorry it has been a heavy one. Tomorrow is a different day, usually.

DotFalmouth, UK

A long walk on the fells with nowhere to be.

7

CarlMiddlesbrough, UK

Corridors at work, which added up to more than I expected when I actually looked.

6

TullaTralee, IE

Ten minutes on the stationary bike because it was raining and I was not going out in that.

4

HannahSheffield, UK

Walked the dog twice, which is the whole exercise programme and always has been.

5

TiborBratislava, SK

Eight minutes and a chair. Tuesday and Friday. Eleven weeks now.

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