All right, we're back here in the Barbell Medicine podcast. Great debates in fitness and in health.

Episode number six. Question number six.

This one is about the physical activity guidelines.

All right?

Now the first set of physical activity guidelines

were published in 1978 by the American College of Sports Medicine,

that's the ACSM,

where they recommended only cardio.

They were updated in 1990

to include resistance training,

and the current guidelines recommend a minimum

of twice weekly resistance training

for all major muscle groups,

and about two and a half hours per week

of total moderate to vigorous intensity conditioning.

Now a recent study showed that those

with a higher genetic risk for obesity

needed more exercise to counter their genetics.

Additionally, we know that individuals respond differently to exercise.

For example, those who have a reduced strength and muscle gain in response to exercise, these are termed

non-responders in some studies, well they seem to benefit from additional training volume,

which this leads us to the debate proposition that the current exercise guidelines are adequate for health.

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