Brady Holmer
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I mean, it's the only exercise that they're doing.
It's a couple of times per week.
And even if it's 85% max heart rate, it's a fairly low absolute intensity because they're not that in shape.
So people can do it and then...
I think it's important, you know, older adults can do it and they need to do it.
Going back to what Ben Levine was talking about.
I mean, at a certain age, past a certain age, if you don't engage in the vigorous exercise, you're just not going to adapt, especially with regard to the cardiac, the cardiac adaptations, the cardiovascular system.
The heart just needs that extra stimulus.
And without it, the heart's just going to continue to stiffen fibrosis as you age.
I know we already sort of mentioned that, but so yeah, not only is it...
feasible, but it's probably necessary for older adults to engage in this high-intensity interval training.
I just think that there's this skewed idea when you talk about doing HIIT that people think they're training like Olympic athletes, and it's really not.
Just read some of the clinical studies, and it's pretty apparent.
I guess it's hard for them, but like.
It might be 50 to 100 watts or something if they're on a bike, which is a fairly low low.
It's like spin class, something like that.
I shouldn't do hit all the time either.
Men shouldn't do hit all the time.