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Get Fit - Live Healthy Class


The summer is over and the fall season is upon us. Make this the best holiday season yet by joining the Meriter Medical Group physicians and other Meriter health professionals to set yourself on a path to health and wellness.

Learn how to eat right, avoiding the holiday binge and receive guidelines on how to safely start your own exercise program to help you “Get Fit and Live Healthy.”

Date:  November 10 
Time:  5:40p.m. to 7:30p.m.
Location:  Meriter Medical Clinic - McKee
Speakers: Dr. Pickney & Dr. Olajos
Cost: $15.00
Registration: Register Online

Agenda and Schedule
5:40 Registration and Snacks
6:00 Welcome     
6:05 Obesity & Exercise
  • Prevalence
  • Secondary Diseases
  • Basic recommendations & benefits of exercise
  • Cost of reactive vs proactive care
  • Calculating BMI – is it accurate and what does it mean?
6:25 Eating Right and Exercising Safely  
  • Nutritional/diet guidelines
  • Example choices
  • Tips on how to avoid over eating at the holidays
  • Importance of pre-training physicals (cardiac)
6:45 BREAK
6:50 Exercise Tips     
  • Cardio and strength training
  • Emphasize proper tech (examples)
  • Basic starter program – with T-band
  • Tips for healthy living – exercises to do at work
7:05 Q&A Session
7:25 Wrap-up/Prizes/Course Evaluations


11/5/2009


 

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