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ACSM Issues New Recommendations on Quantity and Quality of Exercise
Position stand addresses aerobic, resistance, flexibility and neuromotor exercise
INDIANAPOLIS – The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has just released
new recommendations on the quantity and quality of exercise for adults, definitively answering the age-old question of how much exercise is actually enough.
The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) provides recommendations on quantity and types of physical activity.
Recommendations for different types of physical activity are summarized by the UK Government Department of Health.
Physical activity is activity at any intensity where your body moves and burn calories.
Our ancestors were hunters/gatherers who moved naturally most of the day. With technological advancement, humans are spending increasingly more time sitting; hence physical activity needs to be explicitly incorporated.
Exercise (moderate to vigorous activity conducted for at least 10 minutes at a time) is only one part of physical activity. Most who meet the exercise recommendations, only exercise for a fraction of their waking time.
Other physical activity (lower intensity and/or duration than exercise) is important to include throughout the waking time independently of exercise. For some people who do manual work or are otherwise very active, this occurs naturally. Others need to explicitly incorporate activity frequently to interrupt their sedentary time as per the recommendations.
The links for exercise and other physical activity recommendations.
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