The Truth About Exercise

2012 · 59 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 111 VOTES · DIR. Toby Macdonald

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Overview

Like many, Michael Mosley wants to get fitter and healthier but can't face hours on the treadmill or trips to the gym. Help may be at hand. He uncovers the surprising new research which suggests many of us could benefit from just three minutes of high intensity exercise a week. He discovers the hidden power of simple activities like walking and fidgeting, and finds out why some of us don't respond to exercise at all. Using himself as a guinea pig, Michael uncovers the surprising new research about exercise that has the power to make us all live longer and healthier lives

Dialogue Timeline — 978 lines

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00:00:02 'Exercise. I know I should, but I don't particularly enjoy it
00:02:46 Er, such as when you have lactic acid in your legs
00:05:08 So Will's probably got about 4% to 5% body fat.
00:07:38 - Yeah, well, the actual answer is 55 minutes. - Right.
00:10:21 to the amount people eat during the course of the day.
00:12:36 seems to do a lot more harm than fat held on the surface of your skin.
00:15:02 Now, that walk should have triggered in my body
00:17:10 and I can imagine doing it occasionally
00:19:30 from the exercise, but they'll not get everything they expect.
00:22:04 That was really interesting.
00:24:19 'Insulin removes sugar from the blood
00:26:35 Is this another piece of training or is this the real thing?
00:28:37 Sprinting, sprinting. That's looking really good.
00:30:40 I understand how it could
00:32:44 and I'm going to come back and find out, and if it really does work
00:35:11 we could see everything you're doing
00:37:31 in a few weeks when we have the results.
00:40:30 is "move, stop, move, stop,"
00:42:56 I was walking up and down stairs.
00:45:08 When you get fatigued, most people think
00:47:46 'Although I think I'm pushing as hard as I can, my subconscious brain
00:50:16 Your brain is a bit like a cautious parent
00:53:09 - This has only been a four-week intervention, so it's quite short. - I'm amazed to see anything.
00:55:38 I'm right down there at the bloody bottom!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed978
Dialogue density16.6 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line00:55:38

Production Record

DirectorToby Macdonald
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes111