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'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
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'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant

    Dr Panteleimon Ekkekakis says HIIT is not sustainable for majority of people
    He is an expert in how our bodies and brains respond to exercise
    Advocates of HIIT argue it helps busy people squeeze in a decent workout
    But professor says we only stick to exercise if it's an enjoyable part of our lives

By Claudia Tanner For Mailonline

Published: 09:56 EDT, 4 October 2017 | Updated: 21:34 EDT, 4 October 2017

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4948270/High-intensity-workouts-WON-T-work-people.html#ixzz4uj6WUSuY
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2017, 06:00:07 pm »
Well, I can vouch for that.  I tried high impact aerobics and it dang near killed me.  These days, the most intense exercise I do is walking at 2 mph. 
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2017, 06:29:02 pm »
When younger I exercised for looks. Now I do it to stay healthy. It has nothing to do with enjoyability.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2017, 06:38:15 pm »
I absolutely hate 'formal' exercise, be it high intensity or just normal gym type workouts. It is just boring. I would rather work my ass off outside in the garden or go for a 10 mile nature walk than sit on an exercise bike.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2017, 06:57:11 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on October 06, 2017, 06:00:07 pm
Well, I can vouch for that.  I tried high impact aerobics and it dang near killed me.  These days, the most intense exercise I do is walking at 2 mph. 

Yup,  I try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day.   Not run - I know too many folks my age for whom years of running have led to hip and knee replacements.   I'm one of those who subscribe to the notion of everything in moderation (kinda like my politics  :seeya:  )   
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2017, 07:19:29 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on October 06, 2017, 06:38:15 pm
I absolutely hate 'formal' exercise, be it high intensity or just normal gym type workouts. It is just boring. I would rather work my ass off outside in the garden or go for a 10 mile nature walk than sit on an exercise bike.

Exactly!  I'll run my rear-end off for a couple of hours on a tennis court, but otherwise the only time I'm running is if something is chasing me.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2017, 07:52:28 pm »
I’ve run most my life. But with the years, I’ve accumulated lower extremity injuries, last year it was my foot and ankle. I haven’t walked without pain since. Because of that I’ve had to re-learn to walk, focusing on balance and coordination. I started doing exercises that I designed—I’m semi-retired chiropractor, so I’m very much attuned to my own body.

My routine combines yoga with playground equipment. The multitude of angled cross bars and posts allow for total body stretching and strengthening. I concentrate on joint flexibility and range of motion, also extension movements using the bars for support and assist.

Without lifting weights or paying for gym membership, I’ve managed to tone and sculpt my shoulders, chest and arms, hips, buttocks and legs. At 66, I look pretty good. I still have this nagging plantar fasciitis pain that’s slow to resolve, but my shoulders, hips, knees, neck and back have never been stronger (even with my 40-year history of LBP).

I was thinking of hiring a video crew and putting a program together. City parks can be a great resource and I’d like to see more seniors using the playgrounds. There’s got to be a market for such a video among the forever-young baby-boomer crowd.
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« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2017, 08:34:17 pm »
I’d probably be picked up by the police if I tried doing yoga on the monkey bars in my neighborhood.

I too ran for decades and now have no cartilage in L1 &  L5. Wish I’da know’d.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2017, 08:47:39 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on October 06, 2017, 07:52:28 pm
I still have this nagging plantar fasciitis pain that’s slow to resolve [...]

Ugh.  If you figure out a miracle cure for that one, please do let me know.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2017, 08:53:37 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on October 06, 2017, 08:47:39 pm
Ugh.  If you figure out a miracle cure for that one, please do let me know.

http://www.grastontechnique.com/patients
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Quote from: RoosGirl on October 06, 2017, 08:53:37 pm
http://www.grastontechnique.com/patients

Interesting.  And it theoretically works on tennis elbow, too, so that's a bonus!
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
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Quote from: Polly Ticks on October 06, 2017, 09:08:38 pm
Interesting.  And it theoretically works on tennis elbow, too, so that's a bonus!

It can pretty much be used on any soft tissue injury, from what I understand.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2017, 10:36:44 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on October 06, 2017, 07:52:28 pm
I’ve run most my life. But with the years, I’ve accumulated lower extremity injuries, last year it was my foot and ankle. I haven’t walked without pain since. Because of that I’ve had to re-learn to walk, focusing on balance and coordination. I started doing exercises that I designed—I’m semi-retired chiropractor, so I’m very much attuned to my own body.

My routine combines yoga with playground equipment. The multitude of angled cross bars and posts allow for total body stretching and strengthening. I concentrate on joint flexibility and range of motion, also extension movements using the bars for support and assist.

Without lifting weights or paying for gym membership, I’ve managed to tone and sculpt my shoulders, chest and arms, hips, buttocks and legs. At 66, I look pretty good. I still have this nagging plantar fasciitis pain that’s slow to resolve, but my shoulders, hips, knees, neck and back have never been stronger (even with my 40-year history of LBP).

I was thinking of hiring a video crew and putting a program together. City parks can be a great resource and I’d like to see more seniors using the playgrounds. There’s got to be a market for such a video among the forever-young baby-boomer crowd.

That’s a really good idea!  I mean it.  If you’ve got a good routine you should definitely look into creating a program.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2017, 10:56:16 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on October 06, 2017, 07:52:28 pm
I’ve run most my life. But with the years, I’ve accumulated lower extremity injuries, last year it was my foot and ankle. I haven’t walked without pain since. Because of that I’ve had to re-learn to walk, focusing on balance and coordination. I started doing exercises that I designed—I’m semi-retired chiropractor, so I’m very much attuned to my own body.

My routine combines yoga with playground equipment. The multitude of angled cross bars and posts allow for total body stretching and strengthening. I concentrate on joint flexibility and range of motion, also extension movements using the bars for support and assist.

Without lifting weights or paying for gym membership, I’ve managed to tone and sculpt my shoulders, chest and arms, hips, buttocks and legs. At 66, I look pretty good. I still have this nagging plantar fasciitis pain that’s slow to resolve, but my shoulders, hips, knees, neck and back have never been stronger (even with my 40-year history of LBP).

I was thinking of hiring a video crew and putting a program together. City parks can be a great resource and I’d like to see more seniors using the playgrounds. There’s got to be a market for such a video among the forever-young baby-boomer crowd.

Have you heard of k laser treatments? I'm impressed with what that little machine did for my stress fracture.
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Re: 'If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay': High-intensity workouts are not sustainable, says professor – because they're unpleasant
« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2017, 10:56:55 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on October 06, 2017, 06:38:15 pm
I absolutely hate 'formal' exercise, be it high intensity or just normal gym type workouts. It is just boring. I would rather work my ass off outside in the garden or go for a 10 mile nature walk than sit on an exercise bike.
888high58888 I agree!

I was asked in college to go work out with a couple guys from the dorm who were athletes. They were amazed that I really had no idea how to work the weight machines. I got the muscles I had from throwing hay bales, working in tobacco fields, and working heavy construction, but had never lifted weights. (I found that boring as hell.)
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« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2017, 11:07:30 pm »

No Pain, No Gain. Leaving the house now for a 4 mile walk (as I do almost every day). Off day will be trip to gym for exercise cycle. 

I ran 8+ miles, cycled, swam and lifted weights every day for nearly 25 years, then dialed back to biking and walking.

No medicines whatsoever. No drugs or alcohol. No special diet. Soon turn 70 yrs. of age. 
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« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2017, 12:30:33 am »
Quote from: truth_seeker on October 06, 2017, 11:07:30 pm
No Pain, No Gain. Leaving the house now for a 4 mile walk (as I do almost every day). Off day will be trip to gym for exercise cycle. 

I ran 8+ miles, cycled, swam and lifted weights every day for nearly 25 years, then dialed back to biking and walking.

No medicines whatsoever. No drugs or alcohol. No special diet. Soon turn 70 yrs. of age.
I generally get my exercise doing things, and don't do selected exercises or gym stuff. I'm  a little younger, but no medicines, drugs, or alcohol, no special diet, either. I eat what I crave, and generally that has some sort of peppers in it (jalapeno for flavor, cayenne and habanero for heat), and red meat. So far, so good.
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