Best Exercises For Overall Health & Longevity

Welcome back to our podcast, in this episode we discuss how you should be exercising and we feel this very appropriate coming up to the New Year’s resolutions. We give our insight on what is working for us currently and debunk a lot of myths that people may be presented with when starting their exercise journey. There is a lot to discuss and we are aware that we cannot cover everything in this episode, also, please see our references below for any further reading. If you would like to go to a particular section, please click on the time stamp below: 00:03 - Introduction 00:38 - What did Jess used to do for exercise? 02:26 - Did HIIT training work for Jess? 03:00- What did Lee used to do for exercise? 05:08 - What training is working for Jess at the moment? 07:45 - Are current training regimens over complicated? 09:20 - Hyrox, get involved or get rid? 10:28- Should you focus on your weaknesses in exercise? 11:45 - 1% improvements will result in the greatest successes 12:47 - consistency is key 13:30 - Why do we exercise and why should you exercise? 16:30 - How should you start exercising? 19:04 - What is the evidence for exercise being of benefit? 20:32 - Find your purpose for exercising 21:58 - What are we going to implement in your training going forward? 25:40 - Final thoughts 28:52 - What is our next episode? Here is our podcast link: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kJoyk0uY8u1H8CmgNDWzo?si=JF4_mY8oSES520KcOaHwhA Sign up to our newsletter and stay up to date with how we personally apply the science to enhance our lifestyle: https://mailchi.mp/c15c44eee6a0/thechemistcouplepodcast You can also watch this podcast episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAf1zFQF4_dyVG4z8DD0_3Q  As always, this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used in substitute to seeing a healthcare professional. Any questions, please reach out to us and thanks for listening! Here is a list of the sources that we used to make this podcast: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/falls - falls stats from WHO 2021 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/641d9957ba5ac9000cb1a838/CMOs-physical-activity-guidelines-appendices-march-2023.pdf - CMO UK’s activity guidelines https://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343(14)00138-7/fulltext - muscle mass with longevity Guyton & Hall Medical Physiology 14th edition- general physiology overview Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 10th edition - general pharmacological overview