"Interval Training, VO2 Max, & All-Cause Mortality" feat. Exercise Physiologist Logan Morrison

In this week's episode of "The Discover Strength Podcast" I sat down with Exercise Physiologist and trainer Logan Morrison (Saint Louis Park) to discuss some exciting findings wrapped around short workouts.

Firstly,  we discuss some information in more detail from one of our previous episodes with Dr. Martin Gibala based on his book "The One-Minute Workout". A study that showed one bout of interval training per week was enough to greatly mitigate cardiovascular disease risk over the course of a 16-year study. More importantly, MORE exercise, didn't improve your decreases in risk, one workout was all that was needed. To brush up on our previous episode with Dr. Gibala click HERE.

In the second half of the episode Logan and I discuss the importance of VO2 max and decreases in all cause mortality. Essentially the higher your VO2 max, the less likely you are to die from all causes. This becomes especially important because research indicates that the main driver of improvements in VO2 max is intensity of exercise, not the length. So shorter, higher intensity efforts are correlated with marked improvements in VO2 max, and a higher VO2 max is correlated with lower incidence of death from all causes.

Just another reason to train harder, not longer. If you're interested in checking out this article in its entirety, please follow the link HERE to read more.

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