Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

Either way, they take the stairs to get to that third floor.

They don't just take the stairs.

They sprint up them.

They're really going fast.

Or they're taking time to play tag with their kids or their grandkids or, you know, sprint around with their new puppy.

Whatever it is, this is everyday situations.

They're, you know, they live in the city and they're not taking Uber.

You know, they're walking briskly to get to wherever they need to go, shopping or to work, right?

And so people actually live like this, believe it or not now.

It is something that people still do.

And researchers have studied these people by putting accelerometers on their wrist and studying how fast they are, these intentional types of movements that they're getting throughout the day.

And even vigorous housework, right?

To some degree, people are moving around if they're vacuuming really or mopping or something like that is, I would say more moderate intensity, but they can get their heart rate up and they're moving, right?

They're moving around.

And really, I think the data is clear and repeatable where individuals that are doing these short bursts of exercise, if they're doing three minutes of it, three minute bouts of it, three times a day, so a total of nine minutes a day, that's a 50% lower cardiovascular related mortality, 50% lower cardiovascular related mortality, 40% lower all cause mortality, 40% lower cancer related mortality.

And this is even in individuals that don't define themselves or identify as people that actually exercise because they're like, no, I don't go to the gym.

No,

don't exercise, but they do exercise.

They just don't realize that they're in these moments, right?

So you get props because you've been talking about this.