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Hello, friends.

Today we're diving into a fascinating discussion about exercise intensity.

Most of us have long accepted the simple guideline that one minute of vigorous exercise equals two minutes of moderate exercise.

It's intuitive, neat, convenient, but what if it's fundamentally inaccurate?

That rule has shaped global physical activity guidelines for decades, yet it was largely based on calorie burn, not hard endpoints like mortality, cardiovascular events, diabetes, or cancer.

Joining me to explore this important topic is endurance athlete Brady Homer, who has a master's in human performance and has collaborated with me before on the Found My Fitness comprehensive training guide.

Today we're breaking down a groundbreaking new study published in Nature Communications that used objective, device-based data to challenge decades of conventional exercise wisdom and guidelines.

We break down the methods, the limitations, and what the data actually supports.