Five for Five: Five Minutes to Better Health

Free Everyone knows that staying physically active improves one’s health. However, just under half of all adults in the United States don’t engage in regular exercise; even worse, nearly three-quarters of all of U.S. youth sit on the sidelines as well. What’s surprising is that it doesn’t take much effort to stay active. Just five minutes a day can make a difference. Help to change hearts and minds for the better by teaching this new and innovative five-minute exercise curriculum that targets all age groups. Five exercise components (mindfulness, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance and bone-strengthening, muscular strength, and flexibility and balance activities) make the experience manageable, adaptable and less intimidating for instructors and participants. Packed with tips, basic directions (including how to pace warm-ups and cool-downs), simple icon-based examples of each exercise and even prompts for discussion of participants’ experiences afterward (for more interactive classes or groups), the five-for-five regimen will soon improve your and your group’s physical activity rate for the better, hopefully creating a legacy of lifelong healthy habits as well.