Guidelines recommend that or people with chronic conditions, including arthritis, achieve 150 minutes/week of moderate or vigorous activity each week, which can be achieved by 30 minutes/day on five days of the week.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Extra Pounds??
Did you know that 1 pound of weight puts an additional 4 pounds of pressure on knees? Time to exercise and shed those pounds!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
9 Good Reasons Why You Should Get in the Pool
Many believe that swimming and pools are strictly child's play or summer fun and that swimming is not an effective form of weight loss. This is not true! Even the US Masters Swimming says that swimming is a 'rigorous, effective fitness workout--and fun in the process."
Everyone can benefit from the water. Here are 9 good reasons to start splashing:
1. Heart Helper--Get cardiovascular conditioning
2. Balance Your Build--Swimming builds longer, leaner muscles and boosts metabolism
3. Cross-training--Avoid injury with a balanced workout routine
4. Increased Flexibility--Heated pools relax muscles, increase flexibility, and enable important stretching in addition to flushing out toxins preventing muscle tightness and soreness the following day
5. Strengthen Your Core--Develop core body strength
6. Endurance--Train for longer periods of time and burn more calories
7. Adventure--Explore the relaxing joys of clean, indoor and outdoor pools
8. Social Outlet-- Meet people with mutual interests, find peer motivation and professional coaching to increase your performance results
Finally....
9. Weight Loss--It's easy to push yourself and get in the water. Putting on your swimsuit may actually motivate you to shed a few pounds too.
Swimming and water exercise can add to your quality of life. Start splashing!!
(Adapted from Active.com article)
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