Fit and Well Idaho: Benefits of exercising

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — As the kids are heading back to school, it might be a great time to start working out again.

That is the topic of this week’s Fit and Well Idaho Report.

The physical activity guidelines state that everyone should get two and a half hours of cardio per week and two days of strength training for the major muscles.

Monique Middlekauff with St. Luke’s Lifestyle Medicine says most Americans tend to do pretty well with the cardio, but it’s the strength training where people struggle.

She says to try to find an exercise that you enjoy, because you are more likely to stick with it.

“Really laying out what do these next 20 years look like, it really is a mix, it’s a chance for allowing people to live downtown, more housing, finding ways to provide retail services that work to support them, and really a live work environment, with office space and those types of things, it’s a broad mix, it’s a vision, it will be flexible, but again it has the potential to generate 120 million dollars over the next 20 years,” said Monique Middlekauff, with St. Luke’s Lifestyle Medicine.

She says to start small, and find something you enjoy and you will be more likely to stick with it.

There are also ways to create a positive connection with exercise by listening to your favorite songs or podcast while exercising.

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