Week 8: Physical Activity: Step It Up!
This week you should revisit the importance of having physical activity in your life. Staying healthy and active is important to maintaining your weight, and reducing the risks associated with heart disease and diabetes.
Use These Resources to Complete Your Action Items
Go to Week 8 - Challenge Tracker to track your progress.
Your Action Items This Week
- Think of ways you could do more physical activity by doing the Different Ways to Exercise worksheet.
- Measure your resting heart rate to see whether it has decreased slightly from Week 3.
- Increase your cardio physical activity by doing more minutes per day or more days per week.
- Increase your strength training activity to at least 8 strength training exercises 2 days during the week. If you were already doing 8 exercises, add one more day of strength training to do 3 days per week.
Quick Tips
1. Mark it on the Calendar
2. Change Your Routine
3. Seal Your Success in an Envelope
4. Keep Going!!
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