Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

So let's talk about some of these sort of short bursts of physical activity, starting with the Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Activity Studies.

These are the VILPA studies.

We've talked about these before on the podcast.

Marty Kabala came on.

He's been a co-author on some of these papers.

Talking about this concept where, you know, researchers are using these accelerometers.

They are measuring people's everyday movement in these short bursts that they don't necessarily consider if you sit down and ask them about their movements.

physical activity for the past week, right?

So these short bursts of, you know, carrying groceries up three flights of stairs, or I raced to catch my, you know, subway because I didn't want to miss it.

Or, yeah, I was playing with my new four-month-old puppy like I do twice a day or whatever.

Like, these are short bursts of,

your physical activity where you're getting your heart rate up in everyday situations.

It's not necessarily a structured exercise snack, which also is another way of doing that.

But it's, again, it's the stuff that people are just sort of everyday doing as part of their lives.

And there's just, I think, mounting evidence now

there's beneficial outcomes with these types of short bursts of physical activity that we just can't ignore.

We just can't ignore it anymore.

And I've probably cited this one nature study like a million times.

So forgive me for the people that have heard me say this a million times.

Yeah, it's pretty popular.