Men May Needโ Twiceโ the Exerciseโค of Women to Achieve Same Heart Health Benefits,new Study Finds
LONDON – A groundbreaking โคnew study published โin Nature challenges long-held exercise recommendations,suggesting menโข mayโ need to engageโ in significantly more physical โขactivity than women to achieve comparable cardiovascular โbenefits. Researchers found that menโ require approximately โค530 minutes of moderate toโ vigorous exercise weekly to reduceโฃ heart risk to the same โlevel women attain withโข roughly 265 minutes.
For decades,โข health organizations have universally advised 150โข minutes ofโฃ moderateโค orโข 75 minutes โof vigorous exercise per week for both sexes, โalongside twice-weekly strength training. This research, however, indicates a basic differenceโ in how men and women respond to exercise, prompting calls for sex-specific guidelines inโฃ cardiovascular prevention. The findingsโ have important implications โฃforโ public health, possibly impacting millions and necessitating a reevaluation of currentโ clinical practices.
The study provides “further evidenceโ that there is no single solution โfor all womenโ and it challenges us to move fromโ theory to practice,” according toโฃ researchers. The โฃAmerican Heart Association, the Europeanโค Society of Cardiology, and the World Health Organization currently recommend the same exercise โvolumes for bothโ genders. This new data questions that uniformity and โunderscores the need to personalize exercise prescriptions.
researchers propose a โคshift towardsโข customized routines based on gender โขand individual physicalโ condition. The study suggests that while 265 minutes of moderate to intense activity โmay sufficientlyโข lower cardiovascular risk for women, men mayโ need โคto โคdouble that commitment to achieve a similar outcome.
Experts emphasize the importanceโ ofโฃ incorporating “women-specific strategies” โinto โcardiovascular โprevention, โคand believe โit’s โข”time to incorporate specific strategies for women” into clinical โguidelines and develop personalized interventions to optimize their cardiovascularโค health. The โresearch highlights the need to move beyond generalized recommendations and embrace a moreโฃ nuanced approachโ to exerciseโ prescription.
