Dr. Rhonda Patrick

But most of the time, people walking their dogs are not doing brisk walks. Yeah, they're stopping. Yeah, yeah. So probably I would say that, I wonder if scientists actually ask them, do you walk your dog? I don't know. That might be considered sedentary. I would call it sedentary. Right.

Right. And I do think, I think that 10,000 steps should be replaced with like the 10 minute of like vigorous exercise, like more like a day. What do you need a day? 10 minutes of vigorous exercise. That's what I think.

Right. And I do think, I think that 10,000 steps should be replaced with like the 10 minute of like vigorous exercise, like more like a day. What do you need a day? 10 minutes of vigorous exercise. That's what I think.

No, not 10,000 steps.

No, not 10,000 steps.

Really?

Really?

Yes, because it comes down to like, you can walk slow, right? And it also takes, you know how long it takes?

Yes, because it comes down to like, you can walk slow, right? And it also takes, you know how long it takes?

It takes a long time. It takes like hours.

It takes a long time. It takes like hours.

Yeah, like an hour and a half or something. Like it's not, you know, and I just told you that, you know, 10 bodyweight squats every 45 minutes for an eight-hour, you know, work week is better at glucose regulation than 30-minute walk, right? So I do think that the 10,000 steps a day should be replaced with 10 minutes of vigorous exercise. I personally feel that way.

Yeah, like an hour and a half or something. Like it's not, you know, and I just told you that, you know, 10 bodyweight squats every 45 minutes for an eight-hour, you know, work week is better at glucose regulation than 30-minute walk, right? So I do think that the 10,000 steps a day should be replaced with 10 minutes of vigorous exercise. I personally feel that way.

But like the sedentary aspect, you know, we're talking about being sedentary. There was a classic study that was Dr. Ben Levine. He was on my podcast. He's really the leader in how the heart adapts to stress, whether it's exercise or space or whatever. He's like a juggernaut in the exercise physiology world.

But like the sedentary aspect, you know, we're talking about being sedentary. There was a classic study that was Dr. Ben Levine. He was on my podcast. He's really the leader in how the heart adapts to stress, whether it's exercise or space or whatever. He's like a juggernaut in the exercise physiology world.

His mentors had done a study when he was a young boy where they took these like 10 guys and measured their cardiorespiratory fitness and a variety of cardiovascular endpoints. And then they put them under bed rest for three weeks. So you're talking about what's being sedentary. At the extreme level of being sedentary, we're talking these guys were in bed for three weeks.

His mentors had done a study when he was a young boy where they took these like 10 guys and measured their cardiorespiratory fitness and a variety of cardiovascular endpoints. And then they put them under bed rest for three weeks. So you're talking about what's being sedentary. At the extreme level of being sedentary, we're talking these guys were in bed for three weeks.

They used a catheter to go to the bathroom. No way. That would drive me nuts. No, it totally would. But there are people that volunteered to do this.

They used a catheter to go to the bathroom. No way. That would drive me nuts. No, it totally would. But there are people that volunteered to do this.

I don't know. I agree with you.