Dr. Andy Galpin

I'm saying other people did.

No, no, no. Okay. Okay. All right. Timeout here. Timeout here. Timeout. Okay. Exercise science 101 here. First and foremost, almost all forms of exercise are great, right? So I don't care what it is in terms of short and long-term health. Okay. In fact, if you look at any amount of data on longevity, lifespan, healthspan, strengthspan, wellnessspan, pick your terms here, you will routinely see

No, no, no. Okay. Okay. All right. Timeout here. Timeout here. Timeout. Okay. Exercise science 101 here. First and foremost, almost all forms of exercise are great, right? So I don't care what it is in terms of short and long-term health. Okay. In fact, if you look at any amount of data on longevity, lifespan, healthspan, strengthspan, wellnessspan, pick your terms here, you will routinely see

No, no, no. Okay. Okay. All right. Timeout here. Timeout here. Timeout. Okay. Exercise science 101 here. First and foremost, almost all forms of exercise are great, right? So I don't care what it is in terms of short and long-term health. Okay. In fact, if you look at any amount of data on longevity, lifespan, healthspan, strengthspan, wellnessspan, pick your terms here, you will routinely see

The best combination of all exercise over a long span is going to be the blend of something in the world of strength training and something in the world of cardiovascular training. That is unequivocal at this point. It is inarguable at this point. Now, can you hedge towards one over the other a little bit more? Sure.

The best combination of all exercise over a long span is going to be the blend of something in the world of strength training and something in the world of cardiovascular training. That is unequivocal at this point. It is inarguable at this point. Now, can you hedge towards one over the other a little bit more? Sure.

The best combination of all exercise over a long span is going to be the blend of something in the world of strength training and something in the world of cardiovascular training. That is unequivocal at this point. It is inarguable at this point. Now, can you hedge towards one over the other a little bit more? Sure.

Of course, if you like to do more endurance and conditioning and if you want to call it cardio work, great. But don't leave strength training off the table. If you're only cycling, only running, I would guarantee you, and as a scientist, I don't like saying things like that, but I would pretty much guarantee you, you're leaving some health and productivity on the table.

Of course, if you like to do more endurance and conditioning and if you want to call it cardio work, great. But don't leave strength training off the table. If you're only cycling, only running, I would guarantee you, and as a scientist, I don't like saying things like that, but I would pretty much guarantee you, you're leaving some health and productivity on the table.

Of course, if you like to do more endurance and conditioning and if you want to call it cardio work, great. But don't leave strength training off the table. If you're only cycling, only running, I would guarantee you, and as a scientist, I don't like saying things like that, but I would pretty much guarantee you, you're leaving some health and productivity on the table.

And I'd say the same thing about strength training. If you're only lifting weights and you're not doing anything else, I definitely would be comfortable in saying you are leaving health and performance in the short and long-term on the table. Like you're leaving gains there. So how do I blend these two? Well, there is a reality.

And I'd say the same thing about strength training. If you're only lifting weights and you're not doing anything else, I definitely would be comfortable in saying you are leaving health and performance in the short and long-term on the table. Like you're leaving gains there. So how do I blend these two? Well, there is a reality.

And I'd say the same thing about strength training. If you're only lifting weights and you're not doing anything else, I definitely would be comfortable in saying you are leaving health and performance in the short and long-term on the table. Like you're leaving gains there. So how do I blend these two? Well, there is a reality.

If you are trying to maximize any adaptation, you wanna get your legs stronger, you wanna get bigger shoulders, you wanna get more flexible, you wanna run your first marathon, I don't care.

If you are trying to maximize any adaptation, you wanna get your legs stronger, you wanna get bigger shoulders, you wanna get more flexible, you wanna run your first marathon, I don't care.

If you are trying to maximize any adaptation, you wanna get your legs stronger, you wanna get bigger shoulders, you wanna get more flexible, you wanna run your first marathon, I don't care.

I'm starting off on one side. Okay. Just making sure. If you want to maximize one adaptation, the more you focus on that and nothing else, the faster you'll get to that goal. So if you're like, wow, I want to run a marathon. great, I want to do a half marathon. Then I would say we are going to focus almost exclusively on running moderate to long distances.

I'm starting off on one side. Okay. Just making sure. If you want to maximize one adaptation, the more you focus on that and nothing else, the faster you'll get to that goal. So if you're like, wow, I want to run a marathon. great, I want to do a half marathon. Then I would say we are going to focus almost exclusively on running moderate to long distances.

I'm starting off on one side. Okay. Just making sure. If you want to maximize one adaptation, the more you focus on that and nothing else, the faster you'll get to that goal. So if you're like, wow, I want to run a marathon. great, I want to do a half marathon. Then I would say we are going to focus almost exclusively on running moderate to long distances.

Not entirely, but almost exclusively, right? I'm not going to be like, I'll run once a week and let's lift some weights. It'd be a terrible training program. Same thing if you said, I want to squat double body weight for the first time ever. All right, great. We're going to be squatting. This is not rocket science, right? That said...