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Making Opportunities Calories Burned During Common Exercises 3 History of 10,000 Steps Per Day No excuses! We all have reasons to stay inactive. But with a little thought and planning, you can overcome most obstacles to physical activity. e Rule of ree: Oſten times it’s difficult to find a steady 30 minutes in the day to crank out a workout. Instead, break your workout into three 10 minute sessions. Start your day off with a quick workout. Spend 10 minutes of your lunch sweating out the stress of the day, and finish your day off with a final 10 minute activity. e key to short workouts is to keep the intensity high. Biggest Bang For Your Buck: Did you know that minute for minute, jumping rope burns more calories than any other cardiovascular exercise? It is also high impact, which means you get tons of bone-building benefits too. Walk It Out: We all know walking is one the greatest forms of exercise. But what if you multi-tasked and started incorporating your walking with the “necessary” tasks such as phone calls, brainstorming or a meeting? Wake Up and Give Me 50: Try doing 50 crunches and 50 pushups first thing out of bed each morning. If you can’t manage to fit in a full workout that day, at least you did something! Exercise doesn’t have to be done at the gym, on a track, or even in workout clothes. Little bits of exercise throughout the day can add up- just get creative! Activity Calories Burned per Hour Walking, 3 mph 320 Bicycling, 12 mph 410 Tennis, singles 400 Swimming, 25 yds per minute 274 Hiking 408 Jumping Rope 750 Jogging, 5.5 mph 740 e development of the 10,000 steps per day recommendation didn’t come from scientific origins. Pedometers sold in Japan in the 1960’s were marketed under the name “manpo-kei” which is the Japanese symbol for 10,000. is symbol resembles a figure walking. In fact, the Center for Disease Control recommends walking about 7,000-8,000 steps a day. Go ahead and shoot for the 10,000 steps a day, more is always better! *For a healthy, 150 lb person. A lighter person burns fewer calories, and a heavier person burns more. Click HERE for a sample walking program COINCIDENCE OR CONSEQUENCE? Studies show, over time, as cars have increased, physical activity has decreased and heart disease has increased. “Some physical activity is better than none, more is better than a little.” Health and Human Services PA Guidelines for Americans Click HERE for Resources
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Making Opportunities
Calories Burned During Common Exercises 3
History of 10,000 Steps Per Day
No excuses! We all have reasons to stay inactive. But with a little thought and planning, you can overcome most obstacles to physical activity.
The Rule of Three: Often times it’s difficult to find a steady 30 minutes in the day to crank out a workout. Instead, break your workout into three 10 minute sessions. Start your day off with a quick workout. Spend 10 minutes of your lunch sweating out the stress of the day, and finish your day off with a final 10 minute activity. The key to short workouts is to keep the intensity high.
Biggest Bang For Your Buck: Did you know that minute for minute, jumping rope burns more calories than any other cardiovascular exercise? It is also high impact, which means you get tons of bone-building benefits too.
Walk It Out: We all know walking is one the greatest forms of exercise. But what if you multi-tasked and started incorporating your walking with the “necessary” tasks such as phone calls, brainstorming or a meeting?
Wake Up and Give Me 50: Try doing 50 crunches and 50 pushups first thing out of bed each morning. If you can’t manage to fit in a full workout that day, at least you did something!
Exercise doesn’t have to be done at the gym, on a track, or even in workout clothes.Little bits of exercise throughout the day can add up- just get creative!
Activity Calories Burned per HourWalking, 3 mph 320Bicycling, 12 mph 410Tennis, singles 400Swimming, 25 yds per minute 274Hiking 408Jumping Rope 750Jogging, 5.5 mph 740
The development of the 10,000 steps per day recommendation didn’t come from scientific origins. Pedometers sold in Japan in the 1960’s were marketed under the name “manpo-kei” which is the Japanese symbol for 10,000. This symbol resembles a figure walking.
In fact, the Center for Disease Control recommends walking about 7,000-8,000 steps a day. Go ahead and shoot for the 10,000 steps a day, more is always better!
*For a healthy, 150 lb person.A lighter person burns fewer calories, and a heavier person burns more.
Click HERE for a sample walking program
COINCIDENCEOR
CONSEQUENCE?
Studies show, over time, as cars have increased, physical activity has decreased and heart disease has increased.
“Some physical activity is better than none, more is better than a little.”
Health and Human Services PA Guidelines for Americans
Click HERE for Resources
