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Study: recommendations for moderate exercise may be 3-4x too low for heart benefits
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:34 am
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:34 am
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You baws better set aside 10hrs per week for your aerobics
It's mostly click bait though:
quote:
560-610 minutes of exercise a week needed for substantial heart benefits
Adults should aim to do between 560 and 610 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity to achieve a substantial reduction in the risk of heart attacks and stroke, suggest the findings of an observational study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
This is between 3-4 times higher than the current public health recommendation that adults do at least 150 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical exercise such as brisk walking, running or cycling.
People who are less fit need to do slightly more exercise than those who are very fit to get the same cardiovascular benefits, the study suggests.
You baws better set aside 10hrs per week for your aerobics
It's mostly click bait though:
quote:
Those adults who met the 150 minute a week guideline on exercise experienced a modest 8-9% reduction in cardiovascular risk, the study found. This was consistent across all levels of fitness.
In order to achieve substantial protection, classed as a greater than 30% risk reduction, between 560 and 610 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise a week was needed. However, this level of exercise was only achieved by 12% of people in the study.
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:36 am to Ingeniero
Oh, well. My heart will go on (for as long as it can).
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:37 am to Ingeniero
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:47 am to Ingeniero
My mother died at 85 after a prolonged illness. My dad is 90 and in poor health. From my perspective, an extended longevity is not a desirable outcome.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:49 am to Ingeniero
frick!
Gotta golf MORE! shite, this is awful news. Just terrible.
Gotta golf MORE! shite, this is awful news. Just terrible.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:50 am to Ingeniero
If you can... swimming 30 mins at least 3 times a week. As in you can do some laps, but just move around in water.. because its resistant. If you got in 560-610 mins of shite exercise its not as effective as less minutes of quality exercise.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 11:57 am to Ingeniero
610 is close to five miles per day, that's more than most folks are willing to do.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:01 pm to The Torch
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610 is close to five miles per day, that's more than most folks are willing to do.
I'd be willing. My back won't be though. Also my foot, considering it loves a good stress fracture.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:02 pm to Ingeniero
Light work
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:05 pm to Ingeniero
Seems like this guy will only gain more followers with recommendations like these.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:06 pm to The Torch
It’s a bogus story.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:08 pm to TDsngumbo
quote:especially since there aren’t any decent public courses in Baton Rouge
Gotta golf MORE! shite, this is awful news. Just terrible.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:21 pm to The Torch
That's more than like 90% are willing to do, including me, and also more than what most people's bodies would allow.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:30 pm to Ingeniero
So 60 minutes per day, 10 days per week. I'm in.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:33 pm to Ingeniero
There are other studies that show cortisol spikes if you overdo, particularly, cardio.
I always take this as cardio only. Exercise. Moderate to vigorous. Activity(walking and such) is lagniappe. Strength is lagniappe.
150 is my cardio target for the week.
I always take this as cardio only. Exercise. Moderate to vigorous. Activity(walking and such) is lagniappe. Strength is lagniappe.
150 is my cardio target for the week.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:35 pm to Ingeniero
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Those adults who met the 150 minute a week guideline on exercise experienced a modest 8-9% reduction in cardiovascular risk, the study found. This was consistent across all levels of fitness.
I question this finding. Are you telling me the person who is doing a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate exercise and is eating right, have an active social life; has almost the exact same results as the person that barely hits the 150 mark and eats like shite while doing as little as possible outside of those 150 minutes?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:37 pm to Ingeniero
I do 60 minutes on the elliptical 4-5 days a week, so between 240 to 300 minutes. I’ll take whatever time that buys me.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:38 pm to jasonbr1975
quote:Bro, if you don’t want to do it or physically can’t, fine. Nobody’s saying everyone has the time, body, schedule, or circumstances for it.
That's more than like 90% are willing to do, including me, and also more than what most people's bodies would allow.
But we’re talking about under two hours a day of 'brisk' walking, not BUD/S training. It's depressing that basic human movement now gets treated like some elite athletic demand.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:41 pm to northshorebamaman
I think most people would be shocked at how good they feel and how quickly they’d start to make progress on basically any fitness goal if they just walked more often
Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:55 pm to Ingeniero
Coming from someone who runs every day, this is an absurd amount of exercise in a week for the average human. Hell, more than average human.
Just a stupid "study".
Just a stupid "study".
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