Change In a Health Behavior Posted: 02-26-06 23:25pm
Hi everyone! I'm new at this site. I
have a problem. I am a college student
and in my health class we have been asked
to find something that we can change that
is health related. I have decided to
start exercising. I don't exercise that
much. I need to find out what kinds of
exercises I should do. Will someone help
me?
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scrdat20
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 90
Posted: 03-03-06 18:31pm
Hey navi:
i will try to help you the best that I
can. I have always been an athlete,
played a collegiate sport and am now a
personal trainer and I teach work out
classes at my local gym. Just need a
couple answers to some questions that will
make it easier. Are you male or female?
Some exercise programs work better if
they are designed for a girl or a guy.
How old are you? I don't really need to
know exactly but if you can give me a
range that would work too. Thirdly, do
you have any type of physical activity
that you like to do already? (something
outside, walking, anything that involves
activity) does your college offer a
student recreation center of some type: a
student gym, workout area, swimming pool,
etc? I'm sure I can give you some hints
to get started. Just let me know what
you think about the above.
Nice choice on starting exercise more!!
It really is the best thing you could ever
do for your body. Talk to you later.
~mk
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navi
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 2
Change In Health Posted: 03-03-06 21:38pm
Mk-
thanks for taking the time to help me out.
I'm a 18 year old female. The university
that I attend does have a fitness center
and a gym. The access to these facilities
are free for the students. The physical
activities that I like to do are aerobics,
dance, and volleyball for fun.
-navi
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scrdat20
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 90
Posted: 03-06-06 12:18pm
Hey navi:
great! You have all the resources in the
world for getting started on an exercise
program. If you like doing aerobic/
dance type of stuff, this would be the
route that I would go. If your
university is like mine, then they should
have group fitness classes like aerobics.
There are so many out there right now...
Pilates would be a great one too, or yoga,
spinning, and definitely aerobic type
classes. I just recommend these because
they are fun, effective, and good for
beginners because they teach you the right
way to work out. I am not quite sure if
they are free. But you might want to
check into it. Let me know what you
think about this and we can go from there.
Hope you have a good day!! Talk to you
later!!
~mandi
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 03-06-06 15:47pm
Walking steadily is about the best
aerobics are good but be careful to not
jump around too much as it is hard on your
back, swimming is good for all ages.
Pilates is good also but if you have
medical problems be careful, they even
tell you that on the tapes. I was always
told to do but not over-do. If you are
going to get into some heavy exercising go
gradual, I do not know why but some of
these female body builders look sad to me
and once they quit it is really bad. I
love the gym, it is soo relaxing but now
with my medical situations, I am unable to
do as much as I used to! Good luck to
you!
