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Something has definitely gone wrong in either the study, the journalism, or with the person who wrote the headline. From the reporting here, there is nothing wh
by wbhart 10y ago
Something has definitely gone wrong in either the study, the journalism, or with the person who wrote the headline. From the reporting here, there is nothing whatsoever that makes me believe the one minute of strenuous exertion had anything to do with the result.
Why on earth didn't they have a control group that did 10 minutes of slow cycling instead of a bunch of couch potatoes that did nothing? For all we know, the people who actually turned up for the study regularly to do the actual rides walked far further to get to and from the study than the people who did nothing. And for all we know, 10 minutes of slow cycling has the same measurable effect as 45 minutes of cycling.
What on earth is wrong with medical science/science journalism, that this is the end result of however many dollars of public money? Are they worried that if they actually do a really large, robust study that all future funding will have dried up?
Surely there is a massive public interest in such research. Why doesn't someone just do the sodding research and find out once and for all?
- CWuestefeld 10y agoWhy on earth didn't they have a control group that did 10 minutes of slow cycling instead of a bunch of couch potatoes that did nothing? It's the journalism that failed you. If you go to a quality site like mensfitness rather than NYT, you'll find: "To prove it, the researchers put 27 sedentary men to the test. For 12 weeks, nine of the men were asked to perform three weekly sessions of intense sprint interval training on stationary bikes, 10 were assigned to moderate-intensity continuous training (also on bikes), and six served as the control group, completing no exercise. ... "After three months, all the athletes exhibited similar results and health benefits—even though the moderate-intensity continuous training involved five times as much exercise and a five-fold greater time commitment." http://www.mensfitness.com/training/workout-routines/10-minute-cycling-workout-thats-just-effective-50-minute-routine http://www.mensfitness.com/training/workout-routines/10-minu...
- cpeterso 10y agoI believe wbhart is saying the control group should be 10 minutes of low-intensity cycling, not 45 minutes or 0 minutes. Or the control group could even just come to the lab to sit on the bike without pedaling! This study has too many variables.