For Women, Moderate Exercise Might Be Best

Women need to exercise for longer periods at a lower intensity in order to optimize fitness

Lisa Mosconi, PhD
Elemental
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4 min readMar 10, 2020

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TThe typical clichés around exercise are that his idea of getting in shape is pumping iron, while she’d rather pull out the yoga mat. These are indeed stereotypes and there are plenty of women who rave about their latest triathlon and many…

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Lisa Mosconi, PhD
Elemental

Neuroscientist; Director, Weill Cornell Women’s Brain Initiative; author of THE XX BRAIN and BRAIN FOOD