Vigorous exercise, the sort that makes you sweat profusely and feel like you may keel over at any moment, has been found to increase your lifespan according to a longitudinal study published on Monday.
Going against the common knowledge that a moderate amount of exercise every day bestows long life, researchers from the University of Sydney and James Cook University found that vigorous exercise decreases your risk of death by as much as 13 percent, publishing their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study tracked 204,000 participants age 45 and up for six and a half years, comparing those who only ever did moderate activity (e.g., light swimming, tennis, or even chores around the house) to those who did vigorous activity (e.g., competition-grade jogging or tennis) either up to 30 percent of the time of their exercise, or more than 30 percent of the time of their exercise.
Participants that performed vigorous activity up to 30 percent of the time had a reduced mortality risk of 9 percent; participants that performed beyond 30 percent had a reduced mortality risk of 13 percent. Researchers controlled for variables such as diet, age, and alcohol use, and found that no matter who you are or what state you are in, vigorous activity will still reduce your risk of dying by those figures. …show more content…
Gebel noted that though official guidelines issued by the World Health Organization and many first world countries such as the US, UK, and Australia recommend about 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise, that rubric may need to be changed, saying that the study suggests vigorous exercise gives far more benefit than a 2 to 1
Going against the common knowledge that a moderate amount of exercise every day bestows long life, researchers from the University of Sydney and James Cook University found that vigorous exercise decreases your risk of death by as much as 13 percent, publishing their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study tracked 204,000 participants age 45 and up for six and a half years, comparing those who only ever did moderate activity (e.g., light swimming, tennis, or even chores around the house) to those who did vigorous activity (e.g., competition-grade jogging or tennis) either up to 30 percent of the time of their exercise, or more than 30 percent of the time of their exercise.
Participants that performed vigorous activity up to 30 percent of the time had a reduced mortality risk of 9 percent; participants that performed beyond 30 percent had a reduced mortality risk of 13 percent. Researchers controlled for variables such as diet, age, and alcohol use, and found that no matter who you are or what state you are in, vigorous activity will still reduce your risk of dying by those figures. …show more content…
Gebel noted that though official guidelines issued by the World Health Organization and many first world countries such as the US, UK, and Australia recommend about 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise, that rubric may need to be changed, saying that the study suggests vigorous exercise gives far more benefit than a 2 to 1