Let's Get Moving
Believe it or not fitness can be fun! It's all about finding what works best for you. According to Fit & Well by Fahey, Insel, and Roth, there are four elements of health-related phsyical fitness: cardiorespiratory endurance,muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. It's important to keep every one of these elements in mind when developing a fitness program, and this can rarely be done by performing just one activity or following one fad. On this page I will provide workouts and information on varieties of exercise from reliable sources for readers at a variety of physical fitness levels, workouts that seperately or in certain combinations will target every one of these elements. Remember, pick a workout that you enjoy because that is the one you will stick with!
Get Up
The American College of Sports Medicine is a very reputable source for information on physical activity and exercise; many college professors rely on it when teaching exercise science students. The first step to developing an exercise program is to realize why you need to. This article written by the ACSM explains how a sedentary lifestyle, which many of us lead, can be detrimental to your health. It also provides some easy ways to increase your daily activity that don't involve a major exercise program. You don't have to be an olympic athlete to be fit, start by getting up out of your chair and moving those feet. You never know where they might take you!