The results of the study at hand clearly suggest: There is no single ideal type of exercise; plus: What’s optimal may change when your health / physique changes”You got to exercise!” When the average overweight patient hears these words coming out of the mouth of his doctor, the type of exercise he usually will be thinking about is “classic” steady state cardio training on a treadmill, elliptical, stairmaster, or ergometer. It’s the textbook approach and still the predominant form of exercise in most of the pertinent studies on nutrition + exercise interventions that are designed to help overweight / obese individuals shed weight and improve their health.Among the (usually) non-obese and rarely insulin resistant members of the health and fitness community this type of “cardio training” (LISS) has however gotten quite a bad rep as of late. More and more trainers suggest that it may bet better to lift weights and do the occasional HIIT sessions for everyone – irrespective of your body weight, health and training status. If we put some faith into the results of a recently published study from the University of Massachusetts this could eventually turn out to be another unwarranted over-generalization that disregards the very specific needs of lean vs. obese and insulin sensitive vs.

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