Exercise to excel
Exercise helps you maintain or improve
your health, reduce stress, and feel better every day. Other benefits
of regular physical activity include:
- lower stress
and anxiety
- reduced
muscular tension
- improved
work performance and attitudes
- enhanced
self-concept and self-esteem
- better
control of weight
- higher
resistance against disease, such as the common cold
- decrease in
blood sugar levels
- increased
production of endorphins, which are brain chemicals that can enhance
your mood
Getting started
Total fitness means keeping your body
in top working order. You should exercise at moderate intensity for
at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week. If you are short on
time, you can also break this down into three 10-minute sessions each
day.
Where to workout
There are many university-wide and
community resources to help you get fit.
On campus
There are many ways to get fit on
campus. Check out the Recreation
Center, the Wall
Aquatic Center or join a sports
club or intramural
team.
In the community
Flagstaff and its surroundings offer a
variety of other sports
and outdoor
activities. Don't know where to start? Check out Outdoor Adventures.