Facts in Keywords

• More than 60% of US adults do not engage in the recommended amount of activity.
• Approximately 25% of US adults are not active at all.
• A 1993 study concerning causes of death in the US: #1 Tobacco, #2 Lack of exercise/poor diet, #3 Alcohol.
• Chronic disease costs the US $655 Billion in healthcare costs.
• In this year, 1.5 million people will have a heart attack in the US and 500,000 will die.

So...

• Control your health status through a medical checkup before beginning a program.
• Progress slowly in the exercise program.
• Choose primarily activities which engage as large a muscle mass as possible, ie: jogging, cycling, swimming, cross-country skiing, etc.
• Remember, it is not necessary to be exhausted to achieve improvement in physical fitness.
• The training should be accomplished continuously and intermittently.
• The improvement in physical fitness will depend on your initial fitness level.
• It is never too late to start exercising regularly.