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Q&A 450: Cannabis & Testosterone, The Foods That Fill You Up Fastest, "Non-Responders" To Exercise, Tom Brady's Workout & Much More!

Ben Greenfield Life

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Are You a Non Responder to Exercise?

There's this whole idea called a an exercise non responder, meaning certain people who adhere to the general recommendations these days for exercise. A study that I looked at basically found that if you increase the exercise intensity, it totally abolishes any of those non responders in people who are engaging in this type of exercise. The hypothesis is that there are certain people that need what are called peripheral adaptations and skeletal muscle, more mitochondrial mass, increased vascular structure, and increased VO2 max to be able to respond to exercise.

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