Scientists Identify the Minimum Weekly Exercise Needed to Reap the Benefits
Five takeaways:
- Research shows that every single system in the body benefits when you are more active. From sleep quality to daily energy levels to mood stability to memory strength, and so much more. Life is better lived actively.
- Exercise goals are important, but like all goals, they must be specific and practical.
- Remember that a brisk walk, at a pace of at least a 20-minute mile, provides health benefits similar to running, and probably more social benefits. Plus, your risk of injury is much lower.
- Expand your view of exercise: You don’t need to go to the gym to get moving! Go on walks with friends instead of meeting them for coffee. Park farther from the store or movie theater. Get your steps in however you can.
- Remember that setbacks happen: it is never easy to undertake a new challenge and the line to fitness is never going to be straight.
From Libby Richards at Inverse
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