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Increasing Exercise Time

Increasing Exercise Time. Personal Improvement Project. Problem Statement. Pre-project exercise was 2-3x/week, for about 30 min. each time, totaling 60-90 min./week, which maintains but does not decrease weight. Can’t always find time to exercise

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Increasing Exercise Time

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  1. Increasing Exercise Time Personal Improvement Project

  2. Problem Statement • Pre-project exercise was 2-3x/week, for about 30 min. each time, totaling 60-90 min./week, which maintains but does not decrease weight. • Can’t always find time to exercise • Overweight by about 20 lbs. per Body Composition Analysis (10/9/00) • Intensive exercise a few times per week leads to injuries and periods of less exercise overall. • Skipping exercise exacerbates stress.

  3. What contributes to exercising?

  4. Routine Weekday Schedule

  5. Target 5:30 am and 8pm time slots Share cooking or get take-out food Share dog exercising Schedule exercise in advance Leave work on-time Vary exercise activity (decrease strain) Vary time of day (add variety) Run errands at lunch time instead of evening Identify Areas of Intervention

  6. Project Plan: • Co-Process Owners : Housemate, Coworker • Timeline • 10 weeks (9/17/00-11/26/00) • Goals: • to increase and sustain average daily exercise time • to increase frequency of exercise beyond 2-3x/week • to develop a more permanent exercise routine • to lose weight

  7. Data Collection • Date • Type(s) of Exercise • Time of Day (M,A,E) • Duration in minutes • Weight change from outset (T,Th.,Sat.) • Presence of class or friend

  8. Results: Moving Average Control Chart • Weekly averages of daily exercise time fall within upper and lower control limits

  9. Further Analysis:Time Between Exercise Chart

  10. More Results:

  11. Adding walking made the greatest difference. Proportion of afternoon time was a surprise (high). Insights

  12. Outcomes • Average daily exercise increased from 3x/week to 5x/week, primarily through addition of walking regimen. • Average minutes per day of exercise increased from 13 min./day to 23 min./day. • Weight decreased by about 10 lbs. In 10 weeks.

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