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How many minutes a day should you exercise?
What types of exercises are best for you?
How can you stick with an exercise plan?
ACSM can help you answer these questions and more with the resources
below. The most important thing to remember, above all: start
exercising, regardless of how many minutes you can do at first.
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The U.S. government
recently released the first-ever federal physical activity guidelines.
Read more about ACSM's support here. To learn more about the federal guidelines
from the Department of Health and Human Services, click here. ACSM
is also heavily involved with the soon-to-be-released National Physical Activity
Plan.
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ACSM recommends
meeting the federal guidelines through 30 minutes of exercise, five days
per week, consistent with 2007 guidelines produced by ACSM and the
American Heart Association. Read more about these guidelines and how to
meet them here.
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Take pre-exercise health and
barriers to exercise assessments and get tools for success here.
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