Susanna Reid, 55, swapped runs and the gym for walks and 10-minute workouts – here’s her low-effort routine

With a 3:45am wake-up call, it’s a wonder Susanna Reid has any time or energy left to work out, particularly after hours of grilling politicians live on Good Morning Britain. Nevertheless, movement has remained a priority for Susanna – even if that movement looks slightly different to what it did previously.

‘I used to go to the gym and run a lot. I would do marathons, 10ks and parkruns, but I don’t do that any more, so I have to keep my body moving,’ she revealed to Fabulous Magazine earlier this month. While Susanna said she’s ‘quite disciplined’ about incorporating that movement into her day, she’s not doing ‘three gym sessions a week’.

So, how does she maximise the movement in her day?

She takes her steps seriously

First off, Susanna is serious about her steps, with a post-work walk being non-negotiable. ‘I always have a walk after work, because you get sluggish if you don’t move your body,’ she told Fabulous. ‘I walk for two miles every day.’

Susanna added that the best thing about her new work building ‘is that it gives me 2,500 extra steps every day, because there is a longer walk between different parts of the building’.

Indeed, while you might dismiss walking as active exercise, the benefits of extra steps shouldn’t be underestimated. A recent study found that as few as 4,000 daily steps had clinically meaningful benefits, and that compared with 2,000 daily steps, around 7,000 steps a day was associated with significantly lower risks of premature death, cardiovascular disease, depression and type 2 diabetes.

And another recent study found that a 10-minute walk straight after eating helps suppress blood sugar spikes, eliciting similar effects to those seen after a 30-minute walk.

She does a 10-minute YouTube workout every day

Talking of 10 minutes of movement, Susanna also revealed that she does a 10-minute workout every day. ‘I just go on YouTube and I do it in my room before I get in the shower,’ she said. ‘It’s one of those things with exercise – if you are not that way inclined, like me, you need to reduce the obstacles.’

Again, the science shows that short, consistent bouts of exercise can be as effective as longer, continuous workouts. In fact, one study found that accumulating as little as 15-20 minutes of vigorous physical activity across the week is associated with a significantly lower risk of heart disease, cancer and early death.