Cozy Cardio Could Actually Change Your Perspective on Exercise

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's answer to exercise, it's taking off on TikTok as part of a larger trend that prioritizes slow living and self-care. Think a leisurely pedal on a stationary bike rather than an intense Peloton class, strolling on a treadmill instead of sprinting, or one of TikTok's other favorite trends, a “Cozy cardio is meant to take the toxic pressure that todays diet culture puts on exercise,” , the 25-year-old TikToker who started the trend, tells Glamour. “Although cozy cardio can be an amazing tool for weight loss, that’s not why I started it.

I started cozy cardio to help heal my relationship with exercise. Cozy cardio is meant to bring joy back to movement again.”Zuckerbrow, who lives in Texas, has amassed nearly a million followers with her videos that preach “” exercise and .

Her favorite way to get in her cozy cardio is to stroll on her walking pad while watching television and drinking coffee, sometimes still in her This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Zuckerbrow tells Glamour that she first started this routine because her boyfriend used to leave at 5:00 am for work, and she often found herself unable to fall back asleep.“One morning, after he had left and I had made my coffee and turned my show on, I randomly decided to hop on my walking pad to make the most of my time awake,” she says. “Just like that, cozy cardio was born.”Last summer, she started about her routine, and they blew up.

Pretty soon, other women were following her lead, buying their own walking pads, firing up their favorite shows or movies, and—crucially—not changing out of their big, comfy sweatpants.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.They are even adding their own spins, like a virtual fireplace, for max cozy.This content.