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What is vigorous activity?

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What is vigorous activity?

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However, vigorous activity was defined fairly loosely, at least by the standards which would be set by most of PP’s readers. For the Harvard researchers, vigorous exercise was anything which was greater in intensity than about six ‘METS’ (e.g., greater than six times resting metabolic rate). Most PP subscribers could exceed six METS simply by jogging at faster than 11-minute per mile pace. This means that the Harvard study tells us only that really slow exertions don’t seem to lower mortality risk by much (if at all). We still don’t know whether seven-minute per mile running is better than 10-minute pace, or – to put it another way – whether higher exercise heart rates are superior to more moderate ones. [MAM] In a separate study which began in England in 1976, the exercise patterns of 9,376 male civil servants, aged 45 to 64, were observed over a nine-year period, during which 474 individuals had a heart attack (272 of which were fatal). The civil servants’ exercise was classified as

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Vigorous activity refers to a level of effort that results in a significant increase in heart and breathing rate. For example jogging, high-impact aerobic, or cycling uphill. Note: it is important to be aware that the same activity can be performed at different levels of intensity. For example, cycling slowly is a moderate activity, whereas cycling over 20 kmph or uphill is considered vigorous. Click here for more information on different activities and their intensity levels.

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