Too busy for daily workouts? New research shows that cramming your exercise into weekends might still save your life.
Study: Association of Accelerometer‐Derived Physical Activity Pattern With the Risks of All‐Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Death. Image Credit: Song_about_summer / Shutterstock
A recent study in the Journal of the American Heart Association investigated the effects of concentrated and evenly distributed physical activity (PA) in supporting human health and well-being. They used long-term (~8.1-year follow-up) data from the UK Biobank for their investigation, wherein they compared the ‘weekend warrior’ pattern of the recommended 150 minutes of weekly moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) condensed into one or two days and the evenly distributed PA pattern…