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Exercise Guidelines
Good health is an exercise in common sense.
Surgeon General releases a new study in 2001, The Surgeon General’s Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight
and Obesity. It indicates that there is 61% of American adults are either overweight or obese. Noting also that overweight
increases the risk of health problems, such as heart disease, certain type of cancer, type 2 diabetes, etc. It states that
overweight needs to be regarded primarily as Health rather than as Appearance issues.
Surgeon General’s Healthy weight advice for consumers is:
1.
Aim for a healthy weight: Find your Body Mass Index (BMI) on the chart below.
2.
Be active: Keep physically active to balance the calories you consume.
3.
Eat well: Select sensible portion sizes.
BMI = (weight (pounds) / height (inches)
2
) x 703
Note: This chart is for adults (aged 20 years and older)
Heart rate is an important key to your exercise.
The Surgeon General also released a report on physical activity and health. This report definitively stated that exercise
and fitness are beneficial for a person’s health and redefined that exercise is a key component of disease prevention
and healthier living.
Medical research has shown us that there is an amount of exercise, which is enough to condition the cardio respiratory
system and the muscles of the body. This amount of exercise is between 60% and 85% of your maximum heart rate
measured during a training session. This range allows enough exercise to achieve fitness, but not an excessive amount
to cause injury. Your heart rate is an excellent indicator of the amount of stress placed on the cardiovascular system.
Taking full advantage of this information, the 600T is designed to include heart rate monitoring features.
