Don’t Park It! Start Your Engine! Take Yourself Where You Want to Go

1. Don’t Park It!Start Your Engine!Take Yourself Where You Want to Go

2. Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity & Health:Adolescents and Young Adults Nearly half of American youths (ages 12-21) are notvigorously active on a regular basis. 14% of young people report no physical activity. (Inactivity is more common among females, especially black females) Participation in physical activity declines with age. Only 19% of high school students are active for 20 minutes or more, 5 days a week. Daily enrollment in PE classesdropped from 42% to 25% between 1991 and 1995.

3. Physical Activity among Adults: United States 2000(DHHS, May2003) • Only 19% of American adults engage in a high level of physical activity (work and leisure time).(> 80% are not vigorously active on a regular basis) • 25% of American adults engage in little or no regular physical activity.

4. Physical Activity Guidelines: • National Academy of Sciences’ Report Dietary Reference Intakes (2002) • The American Heart Association (2000) • Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity (1996) • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (1995)

5. National Academy of Sciences’ Report Dietary Reference Intakes (2002): • 60 minutes of daily moderate physical activity • Resistance training • Activities for cardiovascular fitness • Flexibility

6. The American Heart Association (2000): • Dynamic exercise of large muscles for 30-60 minutes, 3-6 times weekly (can be in 5-10 minutes increments) • Resistance training using 8-10 different exercise sets with 10-15 repetitions, at moderate to high intensity at least 2 days

7. Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity (1996): • Moderate amount of cardiovascular physical activity on most days of the week • Resistance training with 1-2 exercise sets, 8-12 repetitions, 2 days per week

8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (1995): • Accumulate at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week • Resistance training, a minimum of 1 set, 8-12 repetitions, 2-3 days a week

9. Physical Activity Guidelines for Adolescents:(President’s Council of Physical Fitness and Sports) • All adolescents should be physically active daily, or nearly every day, as part of play, games, sports, work, transportation, recreation, physical education, or planned exercise, in the context of family, school, and community activities. • Adolescents should engage in > 3 sessions/week of activities that last > 20 minutes at a time and require moderate to vigorous levels of exertion.

10. Take the Keys – Take Action! • Knowledge is power, but not without action! Now is the time to take action! • Set goals and create a realistic action plan using SMART goals. • Changing is a challenge. Make the effort. Get on the road to wellness!

11. “Learning is defined as a change in behavior.You haven’t learned a thing until you take action and use it.” From “Everyone’s a Coach” by Don Shula and Ken Blanchard

12. “You’re more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.” Jerome Bruner, Harvard Psychologist