Need a pick-me-up? Skip the coffee and try a movement bite.

Jessica Schatz is a celebrity trainer and biomechanics and ProACTIVE Aging expert. She's trained professional athletes, Broadway stars and Hollywood actors for decades.

Those athletes and performers need to maintain energy to perform.

Jessica says the key to maintaining energy and aging well isn't destroying yourself in a two-hour gym workout. It's a lot easier than that. It's incorporating five-minute exercise breaks frequently into your day.

Even 30 seconds of jumping jacks, pushups or squats can go a long way.

Jessica calls them movement bites.

"They increase your blood flow. They increase your heart rate. And they start to release these proteins, these Myokines, and they also release a protein called BDNF, Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor. It's like fertilizer for your brain," Schatz said.

It's good news for anyone not crazy about chasing the elusive runner's high. Creating a positive neurfeedback loop doesn't have to leave you exhausted. It just needs to be consistent.

"You're literally teaching yourself to foster a relationship with movement that's positive," Schatz said.

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