EQUIPMENT/SOFTWAREPROJECT: STAYING HEALTHY

AND ACTIVE OUTSIDE THE GYMFrank CorteseMonday 1:45

Goals/Purpose

Healthier lifestyle Improved Fitness Decrease Illness/Disease Elevate Self-Esteem Live Longer

Heart Rate Monitor

Polar USA FT80 The Polar Fitness test

measures your aerobic fitness at rest and tells you your progress

Purpose: Creates a training program based on your personal goals and sets new weekly training targets

Price: $219.95

Elliptical

PreCor EFX 2.5 Cross trainer A indoor elliptical made for

the comfort in your home. Purpose: It’s made to move

the way you move – allowing for smooth, natural, low-impact exercise that helps you get results.

Price: $2,999.00 http://www.precor.com/en-

us/home/products/ellipticals/efx-525-elliptical-fitness-crosstrainer

Healthy People

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

Free website that is made available to give free information to people wondering about health topics.

Purpose: A society in which all people, live long healthy lives.

http://healthypeople.gov/2020/about/default.aspx

Exercise Bands

Purpose: Improves strength, range of motion, and cooperation of muscle groups.

May Increase ones flexibility Benefits those who are older and

need flexibility.

Exercise Bands

They can be found at any local Sporting goods Store, Like Sports Authority, Dicks Sporting Goods etc.

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=4417803

Price: Varies from $14.99-$34.99 Here are some exercises for the bands: http://www.band-exercises.net/

RunKeeper

Its an App you can use on your cell phone to determine how far or long you ran/walked that day.

Purpose: Tells you the amount steps taken, speed, calories burned, Mile time and helps you set goals and break them.

Price: Free on App store

Tools Used

Heart Rate Monitor Elliptical Healthy People Exercise Bands Run keeper

Conclusion

Each and every one of these tools can be a good resource to a Healthier Lifestyle.

Staying active outside of the gym/sports is very important.

It’s a necessary step towards a healthier life.

Keeps your body fresh and rejuvenated. Extremely beneficial to decreasing

Illnesses/diseases later in life.

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