Warning! Lack Of Exercise Could Be Harmful To Your Heath

Warning! Lack Of Exercise Could Be Harmful To Your Heath

You know its bad when the Surgeon General issues a warning that lack of exercise is hazardous to your health. And that was back in 96. Since then, the stats havent improved much, either: 25% of the American population is still sedentary and 60% do not exercise regularly (Reference: http://www.cdc.gov).

For fitness minded folks, we could do worse than to follow the hour-a-day prescription outlined by the Surgeon Generals Healthy People Report. Its just a guideline, of course and, as you already know, any amount of activity packed into your busy schedule is going to earn you healthy rewards. But there are plenty of other reasons to exercise.

If people exercised only moderately, says Janet Kneiss, Physical Therapist, there would be far less incidence of injury. The 15 or so people I see daily, who come in with back and neck problems, usually dont want to exercise, they want a quick fix.

The solution as she sees it?

I think, if people could just reframe the idea of it [exercise] being so much work and focus more on the enjoyment of doing it, they would find the experience more...