30 Jul 2023

Mandy Hagstrom: Gender in the gym

From Sunday Morning, 10:30 am on 30 July 2023
Muscle mass, conceptual illustration. (Photo by ART4STOCK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / AUM / Science Photo Library via AFP)

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How much do we have to exercise, really, to be healthy?

It's a simple enough question, usually answered by the figure of 150 minutes per week of brisk activity.

But is that correct any more? And does a lot of the research done in gyms pertain to men, not women?

We're joined by our go-to exercise expert, New Zealander Dr Mandy Hagstrom, senior lecturer at UNSW, School of Human Nutrition.