The single best thing we can do for our health...

Hey, I can do that.

Nice one. h.

That was so cute! Thanks for sharing!

47Jacqueline wrote: »

I haven't listened to the whole thing, but I already know he's going to say activity. And I hate too burst everyone's balloon, but a half hour a day ain't gonna do it if the rest of your day is spent sitting in front of a TV or lounging on the couch.

The latest research refutes this minimum: http://consumer.healthday.com/fitness-information-14/misc-health-news-265/lots-of-exercise-needed-to-prevent-heart-failure-703836.html

That study applies to heart failure, a specific condition. Heart failure (aka congestive heart failure) affects 1-2% of the population at any given time (according to Google) and as much as 10% over the age of 65. Heart disease can lead to heart failure but is a broader term. The other benefits mentioned in the video haven't been shown to be untrue as far as I am aware.

AWESOME!!!

I have been walkin like a mo fo for over 9 months now, and it does work...

47Jacqueline wrote: »

I haven't listened to the whole thing, but I already know he's going to say activity. And I hate too burst everyone's balloon, but a half hour a day ain't gonna do it if the rest of your day is spent sitting in front of a TV or lounging on the couch.

The latest research refutes this minimum: http://consumer.healthday.com/fitness-information-14/misc-health-news-265/lots-of-exercise-needed-to-prevent-heart-failure-703836.html

Yet it sounds so much like you don't hate it.

No matter. I doubt that most people are spending 23.5 hours on the couch.

Everyone has to start somewhere and if someone has never done any exercise, even a ten minute walk is better than nothing. They can build on that.

I've said this before, but if someone had told me, when it began my journey toward health, that I would be required to do all the things I now do, I would never have begun. I'd have thought I couldn't and, more, wouldn't want to. If they'd said, "Go walk 8 miles," I'd have said, "Go to..." well, somewhere.

As exercise goes, just a little more than whatever you're doing now is a great way to begin. And even if they didn't build on it (which for most is unlikely as some begs for more), it's still better to do that much more than whatever they were doing.

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Kalikel wrote: »

47Jacqueline wrote: »

I haven't listened to the whole thing, but I already know he's going to say activity. And I hate too burst everyone's balloon, but a half hour a day ain't gonna do it if the rest of your day is spent sitting in front of a TV or lounging on the couch.

The latest research refutes this minimum: http://consumer.healthday.com/fitness-information-14/misc-health-news-265/lots-of-exercise-needed-to-prevent-heart-failure-703836.html

Yet it sounds so much like you don't hate it.

No matter. I doubt that most people are spending 23.5 hours on the couch.

Everyone has to start somewhere and if someone has never done any exercise, even a ten minute walk is better than nothing. They can build on that.

I've said this before, but if someone had told me, when it began my journey toward health, that I would be required to do all the things I now do, I would never have begun. I'd have thought I couldn't and, more, wouldn't want to. If they'd said, "Go walk 8 miles," I'd have said, "Go to..." well, somewhere.

As exercise goes, just a little more than whatever you're doing now is a great way to begin. And even if they didn't build on it (which for most is unlikely as some begs for more), it's still better to do that much more than whatever they were doing.

True! Also, exercise can beget exercise. It's harder for me to stay in my chair since I started exercising regularly. Which can sometimes be annoying but doubtless gets me out of it and moving more often.

I won't lie and say that I don't watch a lot of TV (basically DVR'd shows I like), however my minimum exercise time a day is 1 hour for weights plus cardio. And when I'm at work, I'm not only hoisting weights for a couple of hours at time with clients in the mornings and evenings, I'm moving all the time with no sitting time. So lots of movement is really beneficial even if you do watch a lot of TV.
If you're sedentary, you INVEST time to physical activity. Because the reality is that if your health is bad, all the time one spends making money will be spent paying for it later with that money.

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Taking a 4-5 mile walk is the absolute minimum i will do daily for the sake of my health. It's habitual now, like showering and oral hygiene. Thanks for the video