re: I quit doing cardio

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In general, I believe resistance training is really the key to healthy longevity (obviously, on top of diet). Peter Attia has gone the other way - recommending like 20 hours of cardio per week. I think that's unrealistic and nuts.

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yea him and some others like john rusin, who i used to respect the frick out of, have gone off the deep end and act like people have time to do nothing but workout and have no other obligations and they are completely out of touch with reality for the normal working parent

there is evidence though that vo2 matters for longevity but much stronger evidence that muscle mass matters more so it comes down to training economy

most married working parents really only have an hour to 90 min 4 times a week to get in true focused exercise, maybe 10-15 min the other days. not talking being outside playing pick up basketball, throwing the baseball/football around or even riding bikes with the kids...aka just being a parent

im talking focused training


so have to look at training economy and kind of rank things after diet

1) heavy resistance training
2) sprints or some kind of weighted/heavy metabolic conditioning like strong man or sleds etc

3) jump/plyometric/throwing training to remain explosive
4) walking
5) vo2 max training

is how i would rank them for longevity and overall health