Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

it wasn't twice as better than moderate intensity, right?

We're talking anywhere between four times better to almost 10 times better than moderate intensity exercise, which is pretty big.

So first of all, when it comes to all-cause mortality,

it seems as though one minute of vigorous intensity physical activity was equivalent to about four minutes of moderate intensity activity.

So basically, in terms of reducing all-cause mortality, right?

So this is the death from all non-accidental causes, right?

And if you think about that, vigorous intensity physical activity is four times as potent

in terms of, you know, you can get the bigger bang for your buck, four times as potent at reducing the risk of all-cause mortality than moderate-intensity physical activity.

That's pretty big.

But it actually gets even bigger when we look at cardiovascular-related mortality.

And this is a really, really important point because, you know, cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, in many developed nations, including many European nations.

So

It's something that's really, really important.

And what I'm about to say will blow people's minds.

I know it blew mine.

And that is that vigorous intensity physical activity, for every one minute of vigorous intensity physical activity, you had to perform 7.8 minutes, almost eight minutes of moderate intensity physical activity to get the same risk reduction in cardiovascular related mortality.

I mean, that is insane.

You know, so it kind of like, you know, if you're thinking about I'm spending 75 minutes doing, sorry, doing intense, like more vigorous types of exercise, you're running or cycling or whatever, and you're thinking about that and go, how much time will I have to spend doing moderate intensity physical activity to get that same benefit, health benefit on reducing my cardiovascular disease mortality risk?

You'd have to multiply it by essentially eight.

And that's huge, right?