I heartily disagree. People have limited time. We need to figure out what form of excercise gives the most benefit for unit of time spent. There is serious disagreement about this (the two camps being cardio vs strength training, basically).
I have introduced tons of friends to the gym and my first piece of advice is always just show up and have fun, don’t worry about ideal routines or maximizing output. Just figure out how to make exercise part of your life.
This is what finally worked for me. I died of boredom jogging or lifting weights.
You have to find a sport that you enjoy. I have friends that were unfit and finally climbing did it for them. It was BJJ and MMA for me. I enjoyed tennis/squash, but it's sometimes hard to find an equal partner - same with other "group" sports.
FWIW this was me two years ago. Then I came to grips with the fact that running is the best training for mountain climbing.
The research being reported on here studied cardio: "cardiorespiratory fitness was inversely associated with all-cause mortality":
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
optimizing for the wrong variable.
there's always time which could be spent exercising. people are often too stressed or tired to do it, or don't have enough motivation.
flossing your teeth takes four minutes. but how many people do it?
Retrospective observational studies like the one in the original post aren't going to to that though.
Although I agree with you in principle, the differences between types of exercise are likely to be small compared to the benefit of doing anything at all. Most of the population aren't that concerned with what type of exercise gives the biggest delta in VO2 max.
Huh, strange to hear this. I do strength training (basically a lot of compound lifts like squats and deadlifts and so on) and I consider them to be a cardio. If I do a speedy 12 rep set, I am properly spent and breathing heavy and see my heart rate at 160 and above
heart muscle doesnt waste as easily, but moderate cardio, including moderate sprinting can be very useful for keeping a strong heart.
endurance cardio has no longevity/healthspan benefits beyond those wrought by virtue of stressing the heart and muscles in the initial moderate dose.
freqiency and consistency of above average myscle useage are key to preserving muscle function. also range of motion helps all muscle get used and keeps loads balanced to prevent injury.
my grandma is 96. never did a day of cardio running in her life.
That the simplest way to know it's not cardio - you can't sustain it for a long period.