Fitness: Adding more activity to your life
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Fitness: Adding more activity to your life
What is involved in getting more active?
Doing an exercise or some other physical activity once isn't so hard. The hard part is making changes in your daily life so that you startmoving more—and keepmoving more as part of your daily routine.
Jumping in too far too fast doesn't usually work, especially over the long haul.
Starting an exercise program—or any kind of change in the way you live your daily life—is like being on a path. The path leads to success. And there are three steps you have to take first:
- Have your own reasons for doing this.
- Set goals. Include long-term goals as well as short-term goals that you can measure easily.
- Think about what might get in your way, and prepare for slip-ups.
Test Your Knowledge
The hardest part about exercising is making it a permanent part of your life.
- This answer is Correct
Anybody can exercise once. The hard part is making regular activity a part of your daily life. By thinking about it ahead of time and planning how you will do it, you can be successful.
- This answer Incorrect
Changing your daily habits is harder than doing something once or twice. But by thinking about it ahead of time and planning how you will do it, you can be successful.
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Fitness: Adding more activity to your life
Last Updated:
December 27, 2007- Author:
- Cynthia Tank
- Medical Review:
- Catherine D. Serio, PhD - Behavioral Health
Heather Chambliss, PhD - Exercise Science/Weight Management
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