Fitness Activities

Surgeon General Recommends Exercise Most Days of the Week
    
The Office of the Surgeon General, in a 1996 report, recommended strength training at least twice a week and cardio exercise most days of the week. According to this report, regular physical activity reduces the risk of developing or dying from heart disease, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, and colon cancer; reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression; helps develop and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints; and helps control weight. Physical activity also helps older adults maintain the ability to live independently and helps prevent falling and fractures.

Specifically, the SG recommended strength training twice a week and a half-hour of moderate intensity cardio activity every day. Years of subsequent research have confirmed these findings, including the fact that, while moderate activity has considerable health benefits, the amount of health benefit is directly related to the amount of physical activity.

VS&F has many ways to meet your needs for physical activity. Review the links at the top of this page and our fitness offerings below and talk with our staff about the combination of activities that will be right for you. Take note, too, of our orientation program for new members and out programs to take every member to a higher level of health and fitness.

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