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From Exercise Dose to Exercise Architecture: Lifestyle-Congruent Exercise Models for Contemporary Adults
Mario Muñoz-López1, Edgar Simón Sancho-Haro2, Aitor Zabaleta-Korta1
1Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Fit Generation Research Institute, AD500 Andorra la Vella, Andorra.
Sports (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 27, 2026
Summary
New exercise models integrate physical activity into daily life, addressing barriers like busy schedules and sedentary work. These "lifestyle-congruent" approaches offer flexible options beyond traditional workouts.
Area of Science:
- Exercise Science
- Behavioral Medicine
- Digital Health
Background:
- Modern lifestyles present challenges to sustained, session-based exercise due to fragmented schedules and sedentary work.
- Innovative approaches like exercise snacks and vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) are emerging to fit real-world demands.
Purpose of the Study:
- To create a framework for lifestyle-congruent exercise models.
- These models aim to reduce friction by modifying exercise dose, timing, setting, delivery, autonomy, or routine integration.
- The goal is to maintain a beneficial physiological or behavioral stimulus.
Main Methods:
- An evidence-based narrative review identified relevant sources through targeted searches and citation tracking.
- Sources were selected for conceptual relevance and contribution to framework development.
- Data were charted by model family, population, context, exercise architecture, delivery, outcomes, and implementation.
Main Results:
- Five distinct design logics for exercise models were identified: dose compression, temporal distribution, routine embedding, sedentary substitution, and delivery mediation.
- Brief or time-efficient exercise models are not interchangeable and vary in intentionality, context, and behavioral demands.
- Each logic addresses specific lifestyle-related friction points.
Conclusions:
- Lifestyle-congruent exercise models complement, rather than replace, structured exercise routines.
- These models align exercise architecture with lifestyle friction to support progression toward guideline-recommended activity levels.
- Future research should focus on the safety, equity, scalability, and long-term maintenance of these models across diverse populations.
Keywords:
VILPAexercise architectureexercise frictionexercise snackslifestyle-congruent exercisemovement breaksphysical activity adherencesedentary behaviorMore Related Videos
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