Weekly Health Minute: Making Time to Exercise

It's time right now for the HealthCare Minute on WGTS ninety one point nine. We're talking about exercise. You know where Summer finds her time to exercise? We're Jerry and Summer, by the way.

She does planks and wall sits, like, between breaks. You'll frequently find her doing that during songs, which I applaud you for. That's very, very good. I don't know if I can exercise in front of you, but I applaud that you do it.

I mean, it's and it's been a minute. I've gotta get back into it. I mean, it's easy, I think, to fall out of the habit of exercising. It's much harder to find and make the time. And so, so we have Jason Herron. He is exercise physiologist with Adventist HealthCare Sports Performance Institute.

And you stop by to help us figure out if thirty minutes of exercise is really enough Thirty minutes.

Exercise.

How about three? I know. What about thirty seconds in between breaks? Okay. So, Jason, there are so many myths out there about exercise. Exercise. What are the more common ones that you end up hearing?

Oh, yeah. There are a lot of common myths out there. Some of the ones I hear are if you don't sweat, it doesn't count. This is not true.

There are all types of exercise you can get in, strength training and various forms of exercises that you may not work up a huge sweat but you're still doing a lot of effective things. Another one I've heard is if you're not sore, it doesn't count. And soreness isn't the main indicator of a great workout. You can still make positive adaptations and really get really great results even without that soreness.

So brass tacks, is thirty minutes of exercise enough to improve my health?

Yes. Thirty minutes of exercise is enough to improve your health. The American Heart Association recommends adults complete at least a hundred and fifty minutes of exercise, and can split it up as you have time throughout the week. For many people, that's thirty minutes five days a week. Other peoples like to split it up into shorter bursts throughout the day, which is another perfectly acceptable way to exercise.

So for those of us who don't have a lot of time, what types of workouts are most effective in a short time frame?

There are a bunch of different exercises you can try. I like to make some form of cardio and strength training. So, like, if you're doing some type of HIIT circuit with body weight or getting push ups or planks in all at the same time, I think that's a great way to exercise and you're working your cardiovascular system, but also building muscle.

Thank you so so much. Yeah. Look. If you wanna hear the full conversation, you can jump online, wgts91.9.com.

And as always, a huge thank you to Adventist HealthCare for sponsoring today's Health Minute.