India, Sept. 21 -- Often, there's a recommended range of daily step count you should aim for to be active, with the ballpark being around 7,000 to 10,000 steps. But occasionally you may fall short of this number because of a deadline or a very busy week. So, how do we bridge this gap created by not walking enough? You have been inactive for a long time at work anyway, during the day, so compensating for it on some other day may not be a healthy option. So ideally, one should not postpone this 'step deficit', hoping to make it up some other day.

Here are the exercises he shared, along with the benefits:

Even if you cannot hit the set step goal every day, take a few minutes out to do these exercises instead. They don't require any fancy e...