Are You Getting The Recommended Amount Of Exercise?

no one is suggesting that regular exercise not only improves overall health and fitness levels, it also reduces the risk for many life changes, chronic diseases. Now it seems a new study has found that American women are not as likely as their male counterparts to be getting 30 minutes of exercise daily recommended amount.

So what is a moderately vigorous exercise? This is the kind of training where you work hard enough to get your heart rate up and start sweating. You can talk but not sing the song aloud. Examples of moderately intense aerobic activities include brisk walking, aerobics, bicycling on level ground, playing doubles tennis and mowing the lawn with a push mower.

high intensity activity that is breathing hard and fast, and your heart rate quite a lot. You will not be able to say more than a few words without stopping the breath. Examples of activities at this level of intensity include jogging / running, swimming laps, fast bicycling, or the mountains, playing tennis or playing basketball alone.

recent study conducted at Oregon State University enrolled more than 1,000 men and women from a nationally representative sample. Examining the data, the researchers saw that the women received only about 18 minutes of exercise a day, while men received for 30 minutes. Respondents were slightly more than one in three women were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, and one of five reporting symptoms of depression.

What sets this study apart from others is that the objective measurement of activity. Subjects wore a device known as an accelerometer that is able to measure how much activity they were doing every day. And although women in the study population had better health behaviors, not getting the full 30 minutes (or more) places them at a disadvantage Healthwise.

Those who have at least the recommended amount of exercise had a lower probability of reporting being depressed were less likely to experience problems such as high cholesterol, and therefore less likely to be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. It was observed during the study to be depressed ups which will carry the risk of abdominal fat, and perhaps have insulin resistance, conditions that are risk factors for potentially dangerous metabolic syndrome.

As to why women are not getting that all important 30 minutes of daily exercise are varied explanations ...

Some experts suggest that around the age of 5-6 years to begin training patterns, and because parents are often more concerned about the safety of girls, they limit their activity more than that of boys. Another suggestion is that women with caregivers simply can not find more than 18 minutes a day of time for yourself. Many can not even find it.

Exercise will not only help keep your body healthy and your weight under control, it will also reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome. This is the name for a group of indicators (high cholesterol and blood pressure, extra weight) to start your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even debilitating stroke.

take home message work - women should make an effort to get the recommended amount of exercise (30 minutes or more) days. It should be either moderately or intensely intense, and should not include the time you spend for heating or cooling. Even ten minutes at a time is nice ... If this is all you can fit in for now. Just make sure you finish the day after he reached the all important 30-minute mark.