Forget the cynical comments and warning of pulled muscles directed at weekend warriors, those of us who exercise only once or twice a week. A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds significant mortality benefits for all manner of weekend warriors. The Washington Post reports on the study, which found that people who worked out once or twice a week had a 30 percent lower mortality rate than people who didn’t exercise at all. It also found that even though exercise was less frequent, it usually met the 150 minutes a week recommended by experts. The study, which looked at more than 63,000 British and Scottish adults with an average age of 58, found that even those who exercised for only 60 minutes a week had a 31 percent lower mortality rate vs. the non-exercisers. Unsurprisingly, the big winners were those who exercised three or more times a week, or about 450 minutes. They had a 35 percent lower mortality rate.
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