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> any other suggestions?

You should train hard at least for 1 hour, at least 3x/week. Find a sport that you like and that trains the whole body (swimming, kickboxing, weight lifting etc). I've done all 3 in different periods and currently do weight-lifting (might resume kickoxing too).

Walking and counting steps is not training, is kinda like crawling or barely surviving. You should talk about walking & steps only when you're 80 or something.

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x3 hours a week + travel time is infeasible given other commitments. I have approx 50 mins per day available.

Come on man, you can't have such a busy life. You have to cut somewhere for your own sanity.

What about weekend? Use Saturday & Sunday and Wednesday?

> I have approx 50 mins per day available.

Build a minimal home gym and train hard? It's important to train hard for 1 hour or more, not just do 10K steps.

kids, literally make your life that busy. Home gym would be ideal - unfortunately space is the issue there, I have about 1.5m2 available.

Lots of people don't realise just how much time kids take up, especially as single parents, and in the UK, how much space is at a premium. Cupboards are a luxury, let alone space for home gyms.

I have kids. I don’t eat lunch and use the lunch hour for exercise during the week. Even 20 minutes a day pays dividends if you run or lift weights.

You said yourself - it’s starting to impact your health. And it will get worse not better.

You have to make time for it.

You’d make time to get a cancer treated - make time to exercise to preserve your health while you can, or there’s no point in those other commitments.

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