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how do you arrive at 2hrs a day? AFAICT 1hr a day gives you 90-95% benefit of 2hrs.

To put it another way, comparing to 2hrs

    15mins = 50% benefit
    30mins = 75% benefit
    60mins = 90-95% benefit
    120mins = 100%
Everyone has their own thresholds but paying double for 5-10% more doesn't seem worth it to me personally.


Real-life experience (over several decades). For me, one hour of even intense exercise is good but not enough to get me to, and keep me at, a point near my personal peak athletic performance. YMMV.


The secret is to have a very low peak. More of an athletic knoll really.


Is this based on personal experience, or do you have a source?

My own science-based impression was that it's more important to break up sedentary time with activity, and reach higher than mild physical exertion at least a bit, than it is to target any specific amount of time.




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