ENERGY OUT: WORK OUT +
Yes! The doctor said exercise more.
Another audit? Yes!
What exactly is your daily routine?
Make an audit of your activity throughout the day. If you have no period during the day of some vigorous physical work / exercise, you have a shortfall.
People who have physically active jobs, moving on their feet for much of the day, are unlikely to have a problem.
People who like active engagement in sport, rather than looking at others engaging in sport, are also less likely to have a shortfall.
The big problem area is that very large group from young to old who are sedentary for much of the day.
For your good health you should be physically active, no matter what age you are.
The specification of the minimum physical activity is very flexible: it can be as little as half-an-hour vigorous walk – not a stroll at 1 m/s – per day.
It is cumulative: it can be broken into shorter sessions.
It can be diverse – simple exercises, dancing, housework, gardening, stairs climbing in small doses.
For those who are not enamoured of gyms or any form of organised activity, this flexibility is a gift.
But it also means there is no excuse.
Act / Move:
American Heart Association Get Moving!
British Heart Foundation Staying active
Harvard School of Public Health Staying Active
For more on Energy Out:
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SI preliminaries: force: the newton work: the joule
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Application: Climbing the Stairs
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Energy source
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SOME CONCLUSIONS
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Asleep: Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
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Movement
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The sedentary life
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Management Focus
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