For Older Adults, Effort Matters More Than How Long Each Workout Lasts
This study suggests effort relative to your own fitness may matter more than workout length.
Fitness advice often obsesses over 10-minute blocks of activity. In adults aged 75 to 85 followed for four years, what mattered was how hard they worked relative to their own capacity, not how long each bout lasted. Those doing more activity that felt hard for them kept more of their walking ability. Measuring effort by standard intensity cut-offs showed no link at all.
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