Why You CAN’T Skip Cardio! (SORRY)

How important is cardiovascular conditioning to your long term health? While it’s not necessary for losing weight and burning fat, it does make a huge impact on your overall health.

We simply have to look to the work of Peter Attia MD to see how important improving one’s VO2 max is. This is your body’s ability to utilize oxygen to fuel aerobic performance. The more oxygen you can consume and provide to your working muscles, the better predictor of long term health you can make. In fact, having a VO2 max in the top 2.5% worldwide would give you a 5X decrease in your all cause mortality. This is a greater impact positively than are the negative affects that smoking and diabetes cause on your body.

When it comes to improving your VO2 max, you want to engage in activity that maxes you out between 4 and 6 minutes, rest for an equal amount of time and then begin doing that activity once again at the same output for a total of 4 or 5 rounds.

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Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS served as both the head physical therapist and assistant strength coach for the New York Mets. Jeff earned his Masters of Physical Therapy and Bachelor’s of Physioneurobiology from the College of Health Sciences University of Connecticut Storrs. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).