Health experts have issues new fitness guidelines

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Aug 3rd 2007 8:34AM

Categories: Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness, Celebs & Entertainment

The American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine have issued some new exercise guidelines and have clarified some of the old ones recently. Here's a quick summation of what they've mandated:

Whereas the old guidelines recommended 30-minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week, they've clarified that we should be getting 30-minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity at least 5 days a week or 20-minutes of vigorous-intensity activity three times a week.
This must be in addition to your day-to-day activities, so housework doesn't count. But it doesn't mean you need to fork out a bunch of money for a gym -- there are lots of ways to get in your daily activity.
The new guidelines emphasize the important of weight-training too, particularly for seniors.

If you want to find out more, visit the American College of Sports Medicine's website. And make sure you're getting enough activity -- your life is at stake.

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FitClubScott 8-03-2007 @ 11:20AM

Finally, a realization that strength training is not just for bodybuilders!

The recommendation for the amount of exercise needed in a week to maintain health has always been low, in my opinion, for people who also have a desire to lose weight.

The National Weight Control Registry is a long term study of people who have lost an average of ~60 pounds and kept it off for at least 5 years. The data shows that those kinds of results require considerably more exercise.

http://thefitclub.blogspot.com/2007/07/national-weight-control-registry.html