Recent research shows that just 54 mins of vigorous exercise per week provides the most bang for your buck. This lowers the risk of early death from any cause by 36% and your chances of getting heart disease by 35 %.
While more time spent exercising leads to better health , the protective effects of exercise start to plateau after a certain point.
Vigorous exercise helps your body adapt better than moderate exercise , leading to more notable benefits, says study author Matthew Ahmad’s , PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney.
The CDC recommends muscle strengthening exercises, like lifting weights 2 days a week.
But only 54 % of Americans actually manage to get their 150 minutes of aerobic activity in each week. Therefore suggesting 8 minutes a day instead of 30 mins could persuade busy people to get the exercise they need.
If you wear a smartwatch that tracks your heart rate, you ‘ll be above the threshold if your heart is pumping or more of your max heart rate.
If you don’t have a smartwatch the easiest way for a person to infer if they are doing vigorous activity is if they are breathing hard enough that its difficult to have a conversation or speak in a full sentence. In other words you are huffing and puffing .
