Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

Right.

I think that's a really good point because I think people that are more focused on weight loss aren't necessarily the people that are looking at the physical activity guidelines, right?

Those are the people that are counting calories and they're, you know, it's a very different, they're trying to figure out how much exercise they need to do to trim down body recomposition.

Whereas people that are actually looking at the physical activity health guidelines generally in their mind have this concept of,

how much exercise do I need to age better?

That's generally what people are thinking when they're looking at these guidelines.

How much exercise do I need to do to really age better?

And so it's kind of unfair because these guidelines, if they aren't necessarily

indicating how much exercise we need to do or what type of exercise we need to do to really age better, then it's time to change these guidelines.

And I think we're going to talk a lot about that.

But I also wanted to mention, you know, you're talking about these metabolic equivalents with respect to light, moderate or vigorous, you know, intensity, physical activity.

There's some examples for the guidelines that are given.

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.