Meta-Analysishigh evidence

Optimising Exercise Prescription: A Meta-Analysis Examining the Dose Response of Exercise Duration on Cardiorespiratory Fitness Following HIIT and MICT.

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)·September 12, 2026·PMID 42730846

Why it matters

Optimizing exercise prescription is central to performance and longevity practice. This analysis quantifies the time-efficiency advantage of HIIT for cardiorespiratory fitness, providing evidence-based guidance on minimal effective session durations.

Infographic summary of Optimising Exercise Prescription: A Meta-Analysis Examining the Dose Response of Exercise Duration on Cardiorespiratory Fitness Following HIIT and MICT.
Visual abstract · MedLit

The papers that matter, first.

MedLit ranks the medical literature into a specialty feed with concise summaries, evidence-aware triage, and visual takeaways.

§

MedLit · Evidence, Distilled