Accumulating brief bouts of strenuous activity like stair-climbing and brisk walking to total four to five minutes per day
For people who normally do no exercise at all, simply engaging in three brief bouts of strenuous activity lasting one to two minutes each per day reduces their overall risk of death by roughly 40% compared to those who do none at all. Their risk of cardiovascular death also drops by nearly half. Such strenuous activities include stair-climbing, brisk walking, and similar efforts.
There is no cost involved, nor is any extra workout time r…
A study conducted by the UK Biobank involved 25,200 participants who did not regularly exercise. After an aver…
There is no cost involved, nor is any extra workout time required. The difficulty lies in remembering to climb stairs and walk briskly instead of taking shortcuts.
A study conducted by the UK Biobank involved 25,200 participants who did not regularly exercise. After an average follow-up period of 6.9 years, 852 participants passed away. Those who performed three short bursts of intense activity daily, each lasting 1–2 minutes, saw their overall mortality risk and cancer-related death risk drop by 38%–40% relative to those who did no such activity. Their risk of cardiovascular death decreased by 48%–49%. Even individuals who accumulated just 4.4 minutes of such activity daily experienced a 26%–30% reduction in mortality and cancer death risks, as well as a 32%–34% drop in cardiovascular death risk.
Stamatakis E, Ahmadi MN, Gill JMR, et al. (2022). Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality. Nature Medicine, 28, 2521-2529. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02100-x
Open source linkThis finding is somewhat controversial. While this study utilized wearable devices to accurately measure activity levels, making it more reliable than self-reported questionnaire data, it still relied solely on observational tracking rather than controlled randomized trials, and the follow-up period was only 6.9 years. Moreover, these results apply only to individuals who currently do not engage in regular exercise; they are not applicable to those already following a consistent exercise routine.