You may have noticed the headlines from a new study recently released in JAMA Internal Medicine in the popular media recently.  It has appeared with titles such as:

• “Maybe that workout can wait till the weekend?” (CNN)
• “Weekend Warrior Workouts tied to longer life.”  (Reuters)

• “‘Weekend warrior’ workouts are as beneficial as just 20 minutes of exercise a day” (Newsweek)

When I see headlines like these I get a bit nervous. Whenever the media tend to get a hold of research they do their best to distill the results into as few words as possible. At best this misses a lot of the nuance of the research and at worse is downright misleading. Continue reading “Can You Exercise Less and Be Healthy?” →