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“Commercial Treadmills” are great machines used for walking, jogging and running while providing the user with a truly safe and effective aerobic fitness workout. When considering cardiovascular exercise equipment for your health club, corporate fitness center, government institution, school, college, university, hotel, factory or a fitness room for your business... a commercial treadmill should be your #1 choice. Many other fitness machines like the elliptical trainers, indoor exercise bikes, rowing machines, multistation gyms, stairclimbers and strength training equipment can also fit well into your facility. The commercial treadmill will be the most popular machine in your gym.

Adolescents and Young Adults.... Key Messages from the Surgeon General's Report

Adolescents and young adults, both male and female, benefit from physical activity.
Physical activity need not be strenuous to be beneficial.

Moderate amounts of daily physical activity are recommended for people of all ages. This amount can be obtained in longer sessions of moderately intense activities, such as brisk walking for 30 minutes, or in shorter sessions of more intense activities, such as jogging or playing basketball for 15-20 minutes.

Greater amounts of physical activity are even more beneficial, up to a point. Excessive amounts of physical activity can lead to injuries, menstrual abnormalities, and bone weakening.

Facts:

• Nearly half of American youths aged 12-21 years are not vigorously active on a regular basis.
• About 14 percent of young people report no recent physical activity.
• Inactivity is more common among females. (14%) than males. (7%) and among black females (21%) then white females (12%).
• Participation in all types of physical activity declines strikingly as age or grade in school increases.
• Only 19 percent of all high school students are physically active for 20 minutes or more, five days a week, in physical education class.
• Daily enrollment in physical education classes dropped from 42 percent to 25 percent among high school students between 1991 and 1995.
• Well designed school-based interventions directed at increasing physical activity in physical education classed have been shown to be effective.
• Social support from family and friends has been consistently and positively related to regular physical activity.

Benefits of Physical Activity:

• Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
• Help control weight, build lean muscle, and reduce fat.
• Prevents or delays the development of high blood pressure and helps reduce blood pressure in some adolescents with hypertension.

What Communities Can Do:

• Provide quality, preferably daily, K-12 physical education classes and hire physical education specialist to teach them.
• Create opportunities for physical activities that are enjoyable, that promote adolescents' and young adults confidence in their ability to be physically active, and that involve friends, peers, and parents.
• Provide appropriate physically active role models for youths.
• Provide access to school buildings and community facilities that enable safe participation in physical activity.
• Provide a range of extracurricular programs in schools and community recreation centers to meet the needs and interest of specific adolescent and young adult populations, such as racial and ethnic minority groups, females persons with low-income groups.
• Encourage health care providers to talk routinely to adolescents and young adults about the importance of incorporating physical activity into their lives.

Older Adults.... Key Messages from the Surgeon General's Report

Older adults, both male and female, can benefit from regular physical activity.
Physical activity need not be strenuous to achieve health benefits.

Older adults can obtain significant health benefits with a moderate amount of physical activity, preferably daily. A moderate amount of acidity can be obtained in longer sessions of moderately intense activities (such as walking) or in shorter sessions of more vigorous activities (such as fast walking or stair walking)

Additional health benefits can be gained through greater amounts of physical activity, either by increasing the duration, intensity, or frequency. Because risk of injury increases at high levels of physical activity, care should be taken not to engage in excessive amounts of activity.

Previously sedentary older adults who begin physical activity programs should start with short intervals of moderate physical activity. (5-10 minutes) and gradually build up to the desired amount.

Older adults should consult with a physician before beginning a new physical program.

In addition to cardiorespiratory endurance (aerobic) activity, older adults can benefit from muscle-strengthening activities. Stronger muscles help reduce the risk of falling and improved the ability to perform the routine tasks of daily life.

Facts:

• The loss of strength and stamina attributed to aging is in part caused by reduced physical activity.
• Inactivity increases with age. By age 75, about one in three men and one in two women engage in no physical activity.
• Among adults aged 65 years and older, walking and gardening or yard work are, by far, the most popular physical activities.
• Social support from family and friends has been consistently and positively related to regular physical activity.

Benefits of Physical Activity:

• Helps maintain the ability to live independently and reduces the risk of falling and fracturing bones.
• Reduces the risk of dying from coronary heart disease and developing high blood pressure, colon cancer, and diabetes.
• Can help reduce blood pressure in some people with hypertension.
• Helps people with chronic, disabling conditions improve their stamina and muscle strength.
• Reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression and foster improvements in mood and feelings of well-being.
• Helps maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
• Helps control joint swelling and pain associated arthritis.

What Communities Can Do:

• Provide community-based physical activity programs that offer aerobic, strengthening, and flexibility components specifically designed for older adults.
• Encourage malls and other indoor or protected locations to provide safe places for walking in any weather.
• Ensure that facilities for physical activity accommodate and encourage participation by older adults.
• Provide transportation for older adults to parks or facilities that provide physical activity programs.
• Encourage health care providers to talk routinely to their older adult patients about incorporating physical activity into their lives.
• Plan community activities that include opportunities for older adults to be physically active.

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