Protein, weights and the best way to keep fit: your exercise questions answered

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4.2 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In the second episode of our listener questions special, Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what he has uncovered about who the exercise guidelines were created for and whether they apply to all of us, which exercises are best for keeping us strong, whether we should be eating particular foods when we exercise, and how much protein we need to consume if we’re packing in the hours at the gym. With contributions from Jason Gill, professor of cardiometabolic health at the University of Glasgow; Benjamin Wall, professor of nutritional physiology at the University of Exeter; Clyde Williams, emeritus professor of sports science at Loughborough University; Victoria Taylor, head of clinical support at the British Heart Foundation and I-Min Lee, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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1:17.8	We've received loads of brilliant questions from you about how to get moving and how to stick to it in 2025.
1:26.9	And last episode, we heard how to look after our immune system,
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1:42.5	from what's the best kind of exercise for somebody with limited time,
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