Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

which aren't necessarily what I would think of as moderate or vigorous.

So for example, they say light activity is a casual stroll or maybe like you're standing, so just not sitting or maybe you're washing dishes.

And then the moderate activity is like brisk walking.

So you're walking more briskly or you're maybe doing a leisurely cycle or you're doing some yard work.

That's considered moderate intensity physical activity.

And then vigorous activity is running, swimming, more recreational sports or if you're like playing with your kids outside, sprinting around, playing with your puppy or your dog.

So those are sort of some of the –

guidelines, you know, in terms of how you define light, moderate or vigorous physical activity.

Right.

Yeah.

So typically, you know, especially in this podcast, I've talked a lot about vigorous intensity exercise and with regards to like heart rate measurements.

Right.

Like people are wearing these wearable devices and they're measuring their heart rate.

And usually it's like you're getting into the 80 percent max heart rate or above, you know, and it is.

Like you said, it's really not, that includes vigorous, yes, but especially when we get into this study that we're gonna talk about today and looking at the physical activity guidelines in general, vigorous is a little bit less than that.

So it does include more of that zone two type of training, but you are running, you are able to maybe say a few sentences while they may be breathy, you can still state them, that's actually considered vigorous.

if we're actually just talking about the physical activity guidelines.

Yeah.

Very important.

And then also just, you know, I think we sort of already stated this, but just to kind of reiterate, talking about the potential flaws of the physical activity guidelines is one potential, like looking at long-term like health outcomes, right?