You can get fit in six mins a week/exercise makes more mitochondria

[Josh]

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/can-you-get-fit-in-six-minutes-a-week/

This article about high intensity training was interesting...you don't need to do endurance training to get endurance.

I found it interesting that it increased the number and size of mitochondra in cells - might explain why it seems to be helping me adapt to high fat/lo carb quicker.

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[goodsamaritan]

Ok, I go to market at least once a week and carry several kilos of stuff.

I wonder if having sex once a week counts. 

I think I need more exercise than 6 mins a week.

[SkinnyDevil]

The were studying endurance, but the author keeps saying "fit" as if the terms were synonymous.

The answer to the question, I suspect, is "no". You can increase your endurance, it seems, but I would guess that if one is looking to be "fit", one has to work out a bit more than that.

[Josh]

It is actually 18-27 minutes...30s completely all out then 4mins rest, repeated 4-6 times. I reckon that would give you serious sprint fitness anyway.

[PaleoPhil]

I learned from Lex Rooker that a raw Paleo diet can add mitochondria to your body's cells:

"Adaptation to fat and ketones requires the cells to add mitochondria as they are the power houses that allow the cells to burn fat. This will take about 3 months or maybe more.  In the mean time you may have periods that you feel low on energy." --Lex Rooker, Re: Am I fat adapted? « Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 06:35:33 AM »

I had known that dietary change could treat mitochondrial diseases, but didn't know it could increase the biogenesis of mitochondria.

Omega 3 fats and resveratrol, which are found in Paleo foods, have been identified in increasing the number of mitochondria:
> "Polyunsaturated fatty acids of marine origin [EPA and DHA] upregulate mitochondrial biogenesis and induce ?-oxidation in white fat."
http://www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=20053209661
> "Resveratrol induces mitochondrial biogenesis in endothelial cells"

The beneficial effects of a raw Paleo diet on mitochondria may partly account for its anti-aging effects (see "Mitochondria and Aging"), along with its positive effects regarding insulin and inflammation.

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[Josh]

Thanks Phil.