Question 16 of 433
How much exercise does Attia recommend, and is that realistic?
The short answer
A great deal: about three hours a week of easy cardio, one very hard session, several strength sessions, and stability work. Critics estimate it at close to ten hours a week. You can get most of the benefit with half that.
His framework has four parts: stability (so you do not get hurt), strength, Zone 2 endurance, and VO2 max intervals. The structure is excellent, and I have adopted it in Part 6. The dose is an athlete’s dose. For a working parent, I would rather see four or five hours done for thirty years than ten hours done for six months.
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ROBUST for general adult exercise benefits; LIMITED for superiority of this specific weekly dose.Evidence grade (draft mapping)ARobust human trialsBLimited or small human studiesPart 2, Q16 · Part sources
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