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