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Dialing up the intensity in your exercise routine can look like a lot of things: adding a mile to your morning run, tackingone more circuit onto your HIIT session, opting for an extra chaturanga (a yoga push-up) or two in your on-demand yoga class. No matter how you choose to up the ante on your sweat routine, a new study indicates that its well worth doing. Not just because high-intensity workouts are good for your heart health (we know that already!), but because they may just increase your longevity.

The brand-new study out of the U.K. looked at nearly 100,000 Biobank participants with a mean of 62-years-old and age56 percents of whom were female. The scientists divided the subjects into different profiles based on their workout intensities, then they followed the participants health via their smartwatches over time (a mean of 3.1 years). The results? Those with a physical activity energy expenditure (or PAEE, which dictates the workoutsintensity) that was moderate or intense tended to have reduced mortality rates in comparison to those in the other profiles. In other words, researchers found that higher-intensity workouts resulted in living a longer, more healthy life.

Our results show that doing more activity of any intensity is beneficial, but that expending those calories in more intense activity is better still, Tessa Strain, PhD, study lead told the United Kingdoms Medical Research Council. By gradually building up the intensity of physical activity we do each day we can improve our future health. The results also indicate that activity volumes also have a cumulative effect, and thus even lighter activitieslike yoga, barre, or floor Pilatesthat are sustained over time could lower your risk of mortality.

If youre in the market for ways to up your intensity, you have so many options. Trainer Charlee Atkins previously told Well+Good that you can divvy up your week so that you have three days of strength training, two days of cardio, one day of yoga, and one rest dayand that blueprints just the one you need to look at when youre starting the project of adding a little more oomph to your at-home workouts. Below, youll find a video that intensifieseachtype of workout.

Dont go too far too fast, but do consider swapping in one of these workouts this week to raise your heart rate, sweat a little more, or work your muscles just abitmore than usual.

Barrys trainer Sashah Handal pulls out all stops with this workout that will send you heart racing in a 25-minute period thats shorter than most of your Zoom meetings. Just grab your mat and get ready to sweat. Look forward to plank shoulder taps, jumping lunges, and (so many) squats.

Val Verdier, headteacher of Modo Yoga in New York City has a knack for classes that feel at once restorative and vigorousand this flow is no exception. Youll test your core throughout this tough series of asanas (thats Sanskrit for poses) and roll up your mat feeling stronger and a lot sweatier.

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Exactly How To Dial Up Your Exercise IntensityBecause a New Study Says Thats What Longevity-Boosting Workouts Are Made Of - Well+Good

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