Strength vs Endurance (Strong Enough vs Long Enough)

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On this episode we revisit a popular debate, but with a few new angles. This is not a typical strength vs cardio conversation, since everyone should obviously do both. Instead we focus on the "optimization" challenge of finding an appropriate balance between the two.

Baseline health guidance (both for Americans and globally) calls for 150 minutes of "moderate to vigorous physical activity" weekly, plus two days of muscle strengthening activity. That provides a starting point for minimum activity levels, but what about performance goals?

We chat about strength and endurance standards from a few different sources, as well as research on dose response to strength training vs cardio.

For the Ranger Regiment data mentioned, the more recent version is no longer available since their human performance page has been deactivated, but here's a link to the older data we discuss.

BYU/University of Minnesota study on dose-response association with mortality

Harvard/Iowa State optimum dose study

Rand study on ACFT associations with injury risk