Be a weekend warrior

If you’re struggling to fit a workout into your week, a new study has found cramming all your exercise into a couple of days at the end of the week is just as effective as staggering workout sessions throughout the week. Researchers from Jiangnan University in China analysed the data of over 350,000 people in the USA. They divided those who met the recommended exercise guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week into two groups. The first group – the ‘weekend warriors’ – hit those weekly targets in just one or two sessions. The second – termed ‘regularly active’ – reached them in three or more workouts. When researchers compared the two groups, they found the death rates for both weekend warriors…

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Spirit & Destiny (Digital) - 1 Issue, Feburary 2023

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