May is Health Fitness Month
5/10/2016 3:00:00 PM
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Nimkee Clinic
It is recommended that you should get in at least 150 min/week of cardio exercise or continuous
exercise of moderate intensity. You can walk, jog, or bicycle for cardio exercise for 30
min/day on 5 days per week. If you want to really reap the benefits of cardio exercise, you
should try doing cardio exercise for at least 60 minutes or more 5 x's/week! It is also recommended
that you should do resistance or strength training exercises 2-3 x's/week that target
the big muscles in the body. It is recommended that you should also do flexibility exercises 2-
3 x's/week to improve range of motion.
What are the benefits of exercise?
1. You will feel better because your body releases "feel good" endorphins in your body!
2. Exercise can help you lose weight or maintain your current weight!
3. You will have more energy!
4. Exercise can ward off depression!
5. Exercise promotes better sleep at night.
6. Exercise helps manage disease and chronic conditions!
7. If you get in atleast 40 minutes of cardio 3-4 times/week, it can lower your cholesterol and
blood pressure!
8. Exercise helps to control
Diabetes and Heart Disease
9.Exercise is Medicine!!!
10.Schedule an apt with a
Fitness Trainer at Nimkee Fitness
Center & start working
out!
For more info on physical activity
guidelines, go to
It is recommended that you should get in at least 150 min/week of cardio exercise or continuous
exercise of moderate intensity. You can walk, jog, or bicycle for cardio exercise for 30
min/day on 5 days per week. If you want to really reap the benefits of cardio exercise, you
should try doing cardio exercise for at least 60 minutes or more 5 x's/week! It is also recommended
that you should do resistance or strength training exercises 2-3 x's/week that target
the big muscles in the body. It is recommended that you should also do flexibility exercises 2-
3 x's/week to improve range of motion.
What are the benefits of exercise?
1. You will feel better because your body releases "feel good" endorphins in your body!
2. Exercise can help you lose weight or maintain your current weight!
3. You will have more energy!
4. Exercise can ward off depression!
5. Exercise promotes better sleep at night.
6. Exercise helps manage disease and chronic conditions!
7. If you get in atleast 40 minutes of cardio 3-4 times/week, it can lower your cholesterol and
blood pressure!
8. Exercise helps to control
Diabetes and Heart Disease
9.Exercise is Medicine!!!
10.Schedule an apt with a
Fitness Trainer at Nimkee Fitness
Center & start working
out!
For more info on physical activity
guidelines, go to
www.acsm.org***