Wellness Boot Camp Seminar
Get Real. Get Healthy.®
How to Fit Exercise into Your Busy Life
A New Approach
Think Exercise Snacks
Think Outside the Gym
Exercise Basics• Cardio
• Resistance training
• Balance
• Flexibility
Minimum Recommendations
• Per Centers for Disease Control• 30 minutes of moderate exercise 5 times per week • Strength training for all muscle groups 2 times per week
We are Busy!
Modern Conveniences; Less Time
Technology 24/7
Then Now
Does This Look all Too Familiar?
We are Sedentary
Your Desk Could Kill You
• Sitting for more than 4 hours at a time is harmful to your health even if you exercise
Even the AMA is Concerned • Resolution to encourage efforts by employers, employees and
others to make available alternatives such as standing work stations and isometric balls,
• and to advocate educational efforts on ways to minimize this risk.
Mice Really Do Like to Run on Treadmills
Reality Check: Bodies are Made to Move
Change Your Thinking
It Starts in the Brain
Short Bursts of Exercise Work
• 30-minutes found to be more effective than 1-hour workout
• Just 15 minutes has health benefits
• 10 minutes yields hour-long effects
• Breaking exercise into 10-minute increments more beneficial
Think Movement, Not “Go to Gym”
Find Excuses to Move Your Body
Wacky Workplace Ideas
Realistic Workplace Ideas
In-Home Options
Ideas to Stay Motivated
Get Real. Get Healthy.®
Plan to Be Healthy