Dr. Rubin's Healthcast #2: Exercise is Essential
In this week's podcast about the importance of exercise, Dr. Rubin answers the following questions:
- What are the benefits of exercise?
- Should you see a doctor before starting a program of vigorous exercise?
- How much exercise should you do?
- Which type of exercise should you do to meet your goals?
- How vigorous should your exercise be?
- How many calories will you burn?
- Should you do resistance training and why?
- What strategies can you use to stick to your program?
- Do you need to stretch before you exercise?
Dr. Rubin recommends a program of walking at least 10,000 steps per day, and tells you how to accomplish this by measuring your progress using a pedometer.
He also discusses the President's Challenge website, and the American Discovery Trail website- two sites that can make your exercise program more fun and interesting.
Length: 23 minutes
Please note:
The advice in these Healthcasts is no subsititue for the advice of your own physician. You should make no changes in your medical care based on this advice before checking with your physician.
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Special thanks to Monika Herzig for graciously allowing Dr. Rubin to use her music in his podcast.
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