{"id":39021,"date":"2015-04-08T12:15:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=39021"},"modified":"2021-05-13T07:27:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T11:27:17","slug":"vigorous-exercise-news-040815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/vigorous-exercise-news-040815\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigorous Exercise: Why It Might Be Worth the Extra Sweat?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Even if you hate HIIT<\/a>, love the elliptical and consider cleaning cardio, we\u2019ve got news that might convince you to take your workouts to the next level. New research<\/a> published in the Journal of Internal Medicine<\/em> shows that people who participate in vigorous exercise have a lower risk of mortality compared to moderate exercisers \u2014 regardless of their total time spent active.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> HIIT: What It Is and Why It Works<\/a><\/p>\n

In other words, even if you don\u2019t do much of it, vigorous workouts pay off in the long run. \u201cIt is very important for health to do moderate physical activity\u2026[however] a small, but significant additional benefit is associated with engaging in some vigorous activity,\u201d says study author Dr. Klaus Gebel, of James Cook University’s Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention in Cairns, Australia.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why kicking your workouts up a notch could add time to your life.<\/p>\n

Vigorous Exercise: Why Your Extra Effort Will Pay Off<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s no secret that high-intensity exercise<\/a> has serious health benefits. Numerous studies have shown that hard workouts are better for people\u2019s blood pressure and physical function, while also having anti-inflammatory<\/a> effects, according to Dr. Gebel.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, we hypothesized that, among those reporting any moderate-to-vigorous activity, higher proportions of vigorous activity would be associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality,\u201d Dr. Gebel says. In other words: More burpees, more birthdays?<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> The Medicine Ball HIIT Workout<\/a><\/p>\n

Between 2006 and 2014, researchers studied 204,542 adults, ages 45 through 75, to determine how exercise levels impacted mortality. The participants were split into three groups: Those who did only moderate activity, those who did some vigorous activity, and those who worked out intensely more than 30 percent of the time. The results spoke for themselves: Participants who reported some vigorous activity had a nine percent decreased risk of mortality, compared to moderate exercisers. Furthermore, folks who did the most vigorous activity had a 13 percent lower risk, compared to those who did none. Talk about long-lasting effects.<\/p>\n

How to Step Up Your Workouts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

No clue if you\u2019re working out hard enough? Researchers defined vigorous activity as something that made you \u201cbreathe harder or puff and pant.\u201d Think: Running<\/a>, aerobics, cycling<\/a> or competitive tennis.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> Hate Running? 25 Ways to Learn to Love It<\/a><\/p>\n

Currently, the World Health Organization’s<\/a> physical activity guidelines specify that adults should strive for either 150 minutes of moderate physical activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity, each week. The recommendations note that: \u201cTwo minutes of moderate-intensity activity counts the same as one minute of vigorous intensity activity.\u201d However, the results of this study suggest this isn\u2019t quite true.<\/p>\n

\u201cIdeally people should strive to achieve at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week and to spend at least 20-30 minutes of that in vigorous activity,\u201d Dr. Gebel says. Not realistic for you? Any amount of regular, vigorous intensity activity is better than none, according to researchers. Get started with these 3 Quick HIIT Workouts for Beginners<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get ready to HIIT it. A new study shows that vigorous exercise trumps moderate-intensity workouts when it comes to increasing longevity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":39025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,24,6],"tags":[289,60,251,347,366],"class_list":["post-39021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardio","category-exercise","category-fitness","tag-exercise","tag-high-intensity-interval-training","tag-news","tag-tax1family","tag-tax2family-fitness"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}