High-quality exercise studies show that aerobic exercise training has the largest effect on reducing fatigue.
Like medications, exercise works best if you receive the correct dose (i.e. the right duration and intensity)!
‘Underdoing it’ can be ineffective, but ‘overdoing it’ can be harmful!
50%
of aerobic
exercise dose
NO
fatigue
reduction
100%
of aerobic
exercise dose
LARGE
fatigue
reduction
When people receive:
…only 50% of their prescribed exercise dose, they experience NO reduction in their fatigue.
…100% of their prescribed exercise dose, they experience LARGE reductions in their fatigue.