Exercise snacks: a novel strategy to improve cardiometabolic health

H Islam, MJ Gibala, JP Little - Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2022 - journals.lww.com
We define exercise snacks as isolated≤ 1-min bouts of vigorous exercise performed
periodically throughout the day. We hypothesize that exercise snacks are a feasible, well …

Extraordinary claims in the literature on high-intensity interval training (HIIT): III. Critical analysis of four foundational arguments from an interdisciplinary lens

P Ekkekakis, J Vallance, PM Wilson… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Kinesiology aspires to be an integrated, interdisciplinary field that studies human movement
from multiple perspectives. However, the main societal deliverables of the field, namely …

Vigorous physical activity, incident heart disease, and cancer: how little is enough?

MN Ahmadi, PJ Clare, PT Katzmarzyk… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Vigorous physical activity (VPA) is a time-efficient way to achieve recommended
physical activity levels. There is a very limited understanding of the minimal and optimal …

A perspective on high-intensity interval training for performance and health

AM Coates, MJ Joyner, JP Little, AM Jones, MJ Gibala - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Interval training is a simple concept that refers to repeated bouts of relatively hard work
interspersed with recovery periods of easier work or rest. The method has been used by …

Vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity and cancer incidence among nonexercising adults: The UK Biobank Accelerometry Study

E Stamatakis, MN Ahmadi, CM Friedenreich… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Vigorous physical activity (VPA) is a time-efficient way to achieve recommended
physical activity (PA) for cancer prevention, although structured longer bouts of VPA (via …

Brief bouts of device-measured intermittent lifestyle physical activity and its association with major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in people who do not …

MN Ahmadi, M Hamer, JMR Gill, M Murphy… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Guidelines emphasise the health benefits of bouts of physical activity of any
duration. However, the associations of intermittent lifestyle physical activity accumulated …

Physical activity volume, intensity, and incident cardiovascular disease

PC Dempsey, AV Rowlands, T Strain… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims The interplay between physical activity (PA) volume and intensity is poorly understood
in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study aimed to investigate the role of …

Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality

E Stamatakis, MN Ahmadi, JMR Gill… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Wearable devices can capture unexplored movement patterns such as brief bursts of
vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) that is embedded into everyday life …

Barriers and enablers of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) in physically inactive adults: a focus group study

C Thøgersen-Ntoumani, M Kritz, A Grunseit… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA) refers to brief
bouts of vigorous intensity physical activity performed as part of daily living. VILPA has been …

A methodological checklist for studies of pleasure and enjoyment responses to high-intensity interval training: Part II. Intensity, timing of assessments, data modeling …

P Ekkekakis, ME Hartman… - Journal of Sport and …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Recent studies have concluded that high-intensity interval training should be seen as a
“viable alternative” to, and may be more enjoyable than, moderate-intensity continuous …