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BootinUp

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Sat Nov 8, 2025, 12:24 PM Nov 8

Science shows that 4 minutes is the perfect dose to heal the heart. [View all]

Last edited Sat Nov 8, 2025, 02:06 PM - Edit history (1)

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A patient walks into a cardiac rehab center in Norway, scared to take a flight of stairs. Twelve weeks later, the same patient is exercising harder than many healthy people half his age.
What happened in between wasn’t a miracle drug or a surgery. It was a stopwatch, a treadmill, and a pattern that looks almost too simple: four minutes hard, three minutes easy, repeated four times.
That rhythm became known as the Norwegian 4×4, and it has quietly rewritten the rules of how we heal the heart, reverse metabolic disease, and slow the biology of aging.

https://open.substack.com/pub/drlauriemarbas/p/the-science-shows-four-minutes-is?r=1uz6fn&utm_medium=ios

Note: DU'er Native posted a link to a worksheet based on the Norwegian protocol, see post number 8 below.

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Those cold, long, dark winters are certainly conducive to this research... Kudos, Norway hlthe2b Nov 8 #1
True, made me chuckle. Nt BootinUp Nov 8 #2
Wonder how they keep their birthrate in line.... erronis Nov 8 #14
Thanks for this, important to know. ❤ appalachiablue Nov 8 #3
Sure. BootinUp Nov 8 #4
Sounds like the Japanese walk. Baitball Blogger Nov 8 #5
pretty similar I'm sure. BootinUp Nov 8 #6
Similar but vastly different in that it's the 4 minute mark that rebuilds the heart (according to the research)..... Native Nov 8 #11
Thanks for this rickford66 Nov 8 #7
Has anyone upgraded to access the worksheet? Native Nov 8 #8
No. But I would suggest the worksheet is not really needed. What is needed, is BootinUp Nov 8 #9
I edited my post. Check out the guide I found. It seems very comprehensive, and it outlines how to work up to using the Native Nov 8 #10
Bingo. I had been doing the Japanese style walk but today I will switch to Norweigan. Thanks. c-rational Nov 8 #17
KR&B ms liberty Nov 8 #12
Kick orangecrush Nov 8 #13
Generation 100 + 4 x 4... ultralite001 Nov 8 #15
We need something like this for the mass anger and delusion in the USA. progressoid Nov 8 #16
Ever heard of a dammit doll? 🤓😉 littlemissmartypants Nov 8 #19
Thanks xuplate Nov 8 #18
💪❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 8 #20
It seems like a more rigid version of HITT. BobTheSubgenius Nov 9 #21
I would say it's more specific for treating BootinUp Nov 9 #22
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