Week 9 Challenge: 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.
Go to Week 9 - 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 since week 4.
- Increase your cardio activity by doing more minutes per day 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 equal 3 days per week.
- Try using the Physical Activity Log so you can see what you do for exercise from week 4.
Quick Tips
1. When creating your I Can! Challenge goals, keep them S.M.A.R.T.
2. Stay motivated!
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