The best exercise to improve your health
Episode description
Professor Andy Galpin brings you evidence-based exercise regimes to make a fitter future achievable for everyone.
Most people need to do more exercise. Despite us being aware of its obvious benefits to our health, we can still struggle to get active. So, what’s holding us back? A persistent injury, lack of free time, or simply not knowing how to get started? Dr. Andy Galpin believes it’s always possible to incorporate exercise.
In today’s episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Jonathan and Andy ask: How can you improve your fitness to live a long, healthy life?
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction
1:03 - Quickfire round
4:16 - Definition of kinesiology, fitness, strength training, and cardio
11:57 - How do you measure fitness?
13:37 - Fitness and its impact on longevity
18:41 - Strength and its impact on longevity
23:06 - Strength training and its link to brain health
31:22 - Lowering blood pressure with strength training
40:15 - How to start strength training
45:07 - Summary and outro
Mentioned in today’s episode:
- Demand Coupling Drives Neurodegeneration: A Model of Age-Related Cognitive Decline and Dementia. (2022) from Cells
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