The One-Move Time-Saver: Why the Thruster Is Being Touted as the Best Strength Exercise When You’re Short on Time
Strength training has quietly moved from gym-room side act to public-health imperative — and a recent popular guide argues that when minutes are tight the thruster, a squat-to-overhead-press move done with a dumbbell or kettlebell, gives the most return for effort. The EatingWell feature highlights how thrusters engage multiple large muscle groups, raise heart rate and build stability in a single fluid motion, and recommends simple ways to fold the exercise into a busy day (EatingWell). For Thai readers juggling long commutes, family obligations and work, the thruster offers a compact, adaptable route to meeting international strength-training goals and protecting bone, metabolic and cardiovascular health (EatingWell).