Stanford University
The purpose of this study is to assess a novel, widely-accessible intervention to both promote active breaks from work and improve cognitive and psychological performances at work in motivationally-accessible bouts. This will be done by interrupting prolonged sitting with 1-4 short (1-4 minutes), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) bouts with no equipment, and simple video-based instructions. The short bouts will be referred to as "exercise snacks." In this proposed exercise snacks intervention, investigators explicitly target a population with sedentary jobs due to the generalizability.
Participants will answer a short 5-10-minute survey to determine eligibility. Eligible candidates will be invited to attend a 30-minute self-directed orientation session to provide a description of the consent form, study objectives and time commitments, the purpose of randomization, and the importance of completing follow-up assessments regardless of outcome. After the orientation sessions, interested and eligible individuals will be sent the e-consent form. After participants consent to the study, they will be invited to take the baseline survey, and get assistance with study account set-up…
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must be 30 years of age or older. * English speaking * Sedentary job with 90% of the work day sitting * Not currently taking regular activity breaks at work Exclusion Criteria: * Yes to any Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire questions or any condition where increased activity is contraindicated * Currently doing another worksite physical activity intervention
Participants will be encouraged to break up prolonged sitting at work with brief, high-intensity exercise snacks of varying length / total number depending on condition assignment.
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