How Much Exercise is Enough? Current ACSM Guidelines:

Excellent Results are at Your Fingertips!

The frequency, duration, and type of exercise necessary to achieve optimal health depends upon several factors including the intensity of effort, as well as individual needs, goals, and limitations.  As of 2007, the American College of Sports Medicine and American Heart Association amended their Physical Activity Guidelines and now recommend the following: Guidelines for healthy adults under … [Read more...]

Diabetes Population and the Related Costs are Expected to Double; Exercise is Key!

According to the American Diabetes Association, the diabetes population and the related costs are expected to at least double in the next 25 years (news link).  These scary projections have a great deal to do with the ever-growing inactivity and nutritional disaster in our nation's young people.  Along with a significant change in the American diet away from its carbohydrate abuse, exercise, … [Read more...]