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weekend warrior
An adult who exercises on weekends, >= 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity exercise or >= 75 minutes/week of vigorous exercise from 1 or 2 sessions.
Clinical significance:
- individuals who engage in active patterns of physical activity, whether "weekend warrior" or regularly active, experience lower all-cause & cause-specific mortality rates than inactive individuals [2]
- "weekend warriors" have reduced risk in all-cause mortality (~30%), cardiovascular mortality (~40%) & cancer mortality (14-21%) (slighly less risk reduction than with regular exercise) [1]
- weekend warriors" concentrating exercise into 1-2 days/week may improve cardiovascular risk profiles [3]
- "weekend warrior" activity pattern is associated with lower risks of dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease, depression & anxiety vs a regularly active pattern [4]
References
- O'Donovan G, Lee IM, Hamer M et al
Association of "Weekend Warrior" and Other Leisure Time Physical
Activity Patterns With Risks for All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease,
and Cancer Mortality.
JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 9, 2017.
PMID: 28097313
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2596007
- Arem H, DiPietro L
Physical Activity on the WeekendCan It Wait Until Then?
JAMA Intern Med. Published online January 9, 2017
PMID: 28097293
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2596003
- Dos Santos M, Ferrari G, Lee DH et al.
Association of the "Weekend Warrior" and other leisure-time physical activity
patterns with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A nationwide cohort study.
JAMA Intern Med 2022 Jul 5;
PMID: 35788615 PMCID: PMC9257680 (available on 2023-07-05)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2794038
- Khurshid S, Al-Alusi MA, Churchill TW, Guseh JS, Ellinor PT.
Accelerometer-Derived "Weekend Warrior" Physical Activity and Incident
Cardiovascular Disease.
JAMA. 2023 Jul 18;330(3):247-252.
PMID: 37462704 PMCID: PMC10354673 (available on 2024-01-18)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2807286
- Min J, Cao Z, Duan T, Wang Y, Xu C
Accelerometer-derived 'weekend warrior' physical activity pattern and
brain health.
Nat Aging. 2024 Aug 21.
PMID: 39169268
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00688-y