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Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by lm28469 »

blitzar wrote: post #16
tayo42 wrote: post #2

49 minutes of walking a day is higher then I woukd have guessed for the lowest quartile. Office/desk work is brutal for getting movement in.

Office/desk work is better than WFH for getting movement in. A basic stuck at desk all day sort of day would be no less than 4k steps for me - WFH ~0 steps.

The number of steps is only a small part of the equation, sustaining walking elevates your heart rate in a way that going to grab a snickers in the office kitchen doesn't.

WFH is 10x better because all the commute time can be transformed in walking around the block or exercising at home instead of being in a car or public transport.

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Post by add-sub-mul-div »

lm28469 wrote: post #21
blitzar wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Office/desk work is better than WFH for getting movement in. A basic stuck at desk all day sort of day would be no less than 4k steps for me - WFH ~0 steps.

The number of steps is only a small part of the equation, sustaining walking elevates your heart rate in a way that going to grab a snickers in the office kitchen doesn't. WFH is 10x better because all the commute time can be transformed in walking around the block or exercising at home instead of being in a car or public transport.

WFH is different for everyone. I used to walk to the subway, stand/pace around the platform waiting, walk from the subway to work, walk to lunch, walk to errands on the way home. Now I drive constantly around the suburbs.

People will naturally do that 5 days a week working in a city, there's no "well just go take a walk" handwaving.

Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by deprecative »

lm28469 wrote: post #20
duskwuff wrote: post #5

> Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity ... per week . (Or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous exercise.)

Everytime I read these stats I can't stop but feel like we as a specie completely fucked up, modern life is actively working against us Most people don't get 75 min of vigorous exercise per week? 10min per day? The average American spend 2x more time watching TV per day than exercising in a week? The closest thing to an health magic pill we have is exercise and it's virtually free

It's financially free at the time of action but most folks don't have the resources to do that. Time and space are both required and the people who need exercise are the ones least likely to have these criteria met.

Most people sit or stand at work for about 8-9 hours and have a little 30-45 minutes of commuting in each direction.

Our entire society is built upon car centric, work centric life and lifestyles. It's easy to blame the individual when you don't suffer the systemic issues that cause these things. A lot of us are fortunate to have flexibility in our hours or finances but this is a bubble.

In my case: If I want to go for a walk or a jog I have to do so on the road. There are no sidewalks within dozens of miles of my location. That leaves me to buy a gym membership and commute back and forth by car. I can't afford that financially at present so I don't.

If I had a safe way of moving more I would be more inclined. I go for walks as regularly as weather, climate, and time allow but they're often cut off by needing to keep my head on a swivel and risking being accosted by folks if I step into their lawns to get out of the way of a car that probably has a distracted driver.

Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by deprecative »

galleywest200 wrote: post #13
nicbou wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It depends on where you live. In a European or Asian city it’s just a normal commute. In North America it can be more difficult outside of cities.

Not really. I pace around my house all the time when I work from home. I go up and down the stairs a dozen or so times a day. I walk the dog twice a day most days. Put some headphones on and walk. If you live outside of the city you have even more nature to walk in.

When you walk do you do so on sidewalks?

Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by DontchaKnowit »

deprecative wrote: post #23
lm28469 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everytime I read these stats I can't stop but feel like we as a specie completely fucked up, modern life is actively working against us Most people don't get 75 min of vigorous exercise per week? 10min per day? The average American spend 2x more time watching TV per day than exercising in a week? The closest thing to an health magic pill we have is exercise and it's virtually free

It's financially free at the time of action but most folks don't have the resources to do that. Time and space are both required and the people who need exercise are the ones least likely to have these criteria met. Most people sit or stand at work for about 8-9 hours and have a little 30-45 minutes of commuting in each direction. Our entire society is built upon car centric, work centric life and lifestyles. It's ea…

You can always do burpees. That requires no space and little time, cause they wear you out real quick

Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by RecycledEle »

Part of what the article says is "Adults need at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per week, according to the World Health Organization."

It bugs me when people leave out the units. The title says we need 150-300 minutes of activity on our adult lifetime, which is woefully inadequate.

Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by leereeves »

DontchaKnowit wrote: post #26
deprecative wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's financially free at the time of action but most folks don't have the resources to do that. Time and space are both required and the people who need exercise are the ones least likely to have these criteria met. Most people sit or stand at work for about 8-9 hours and have a little 30-45 minutes of commuting in each direction. Our entire society is built upon car centric, work centric life and lifestyles. It's ea…

You can always do burpees. That requires no space and little time, cause they wear you out real quick

You'd have to be in very good shape already to do 75 minutes of burpees per week.

Of course any exercise is better than none, but I suspect the duration of exercise is important to get all the benefits.

Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by deadfoxygrandpa »

deprecative wrote: post #23
lm28469 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everytime I read these stats I can't stop but feel like we as a specie completely fucked up, modern life is actively working against us Most people don't get 75 min of vigorous exercise per week? 10min per day? The average American spend 2x more time watching TV per day than exercising in a week? The closest thing to an health magic pill we have is exercise and it's virtually free

It's financially free at the time of action but most folks don't have the resources to do that. Time and space are both required and the people who need exercise are the ones least likely to have these criteria met. Most people sit or stand at work for about 8-9 hours and have a little 30-45 minutes of commuting in each direction. Our entire society is built upon car centric, work centric life and lifestyles. It's ea…

no its just people dont want to do it. people can do tons of exercise even in a literal jail cell theres basically no reason any given person can't figure something out

Re: Live longer -Adults need at min. 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity

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Post by zonkerdonker »

fakedang wrote: post #12
naveen99 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Overweight people (bmi 25-30) live longer. I bet they will eventually change bmi classifications to make that range normal. Underweight and obese people live less. But even there obese are probably better off than underweight. Being overweight is in itself exercise for the heart and your calves and every other muscle probably.

Is the study controller for income levels and status? Slightly overweight people might be benefiting from better healthcare and QoL. Afaik, there was only one Danish study which reached that conclusion. Also muscular and fit people tend to fall within the overweight range of the BMI chart.

Tall people also tend to have a higher BMI as well (square cube law and all that), and Denmark is in the top 5 for tallest average population. I would have to imagine that would skew the results as well.

BMI seems like a useful tool for rough estimates of weight, but for any rigourous correlations it seems almost impossible to disentangle from other variables.

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