1. an association has been noted between a regular daily 30 minute walk and the ability to climb stairs.75;Specifically
2. College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) to modify an earlier "position stand", reducing the recommended minimum intensity of the aerobic component of an exercise prescription to 50% of aerobic power, practiced for one hour three to five times per week.'01 The revised recommendation is now supported by the American Heart Association and by the US Surgeon General. In an average 75 kg middle aged man with an aerobic power of 35 ml/kg per min, the revised standard implies
3. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey of 1989 provides data showing the impact of various types of physical activity upon subjects who were attempting to decrease their body mass.'03 Unfortunately, data on participation in aerobics programmes were included only for women. The loss of weight from unstructured running was as great, and that from unstructured cycling was almost as great, as that for formal aerobics programmes. In contrast, unstructured walking and gardening only seemed to induce weight loss in the older (and presumably the less fit) members of the group
4. Exercise, fitness and health;Bouchard, C.; Shephard, R.J.; Stephens, T.; Sutton, J.; McPherson, B.,1990
5. Physical activityfitness and health;Bouchard, C.; Shephard, R.J.; Stephens, T.,1994