The simplest way to reduce those stress levels and improve your health is to just get moving. In the world of exercise, it’s called physical activity. The American College of Sports Medicine defines this as any bodily movement produced by the contraction of skeletal muscles that results in a substantial increase in caloric requirements over resting energy expenditure.
What does physical activity look like? Anything that gets you moving. It is completing activities of daily living, like cleaning the house, mowing the lawn or taking a leisurely walk with the family.
Exercise may be a scary word for many people. This does not mean you have to get into the gym with the people throwing down heavy weights or grunting and sweating profusely. It doesn’t have involve running a race or having to spend a lot of money.
Again, according to the American College of Sports Medicine, exercise is a type of physical activity consisting of planned, structured and repetitive movement done to impro ...
