People who get all their weekly recommended exercise in one or two days are about as healthy as those who spread their workouts more evenly throughout the week, researchers reported

The study concluded that when the weekend warriors and those who regularly exercise were compared, no health conditions differed significantly. Fitting in at least 150 minutes moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week was key when reducing the risk for disease, regardless of how the workouts are spread across the week.

Both groups had a similarly lower risk of developing more than 200 possible diseases across 16 categories, ranging from heart and digestive conditions to mental health and brain illnesses, researchers found.

For the study, nearly 90,000 UK residents wore wrist accelerometers to track their physical activity and time spent at different exercise intensities over one week.

Weekend warriors – people who pack most of their physical activity into one or two days – may gain the same health-protective benefits as people who exercise throughout the week, as long as they get the recommended amount,

New research published in Circulation suggests that people who squeeze their sweat sessions into one or two days of the week or weekend—often referred to as “weekend warriors”—might still reap the same health benefits as those who spread their exercise throughout the entire week.