Exercise and Stress

There are countless physical activities that you can choose to help you reduce or manage stress. Choose a stress-relieving physical activity to complete as part of your fitness log. You might decide to choose one of the activities you listed in your Warm-Up activity, one listed in this content, or some other physical activity.

Including your stress-relieving activity, make sure to complete a total of 420 minutes of activity throughout the week at a pace of sixty minutes of exercise each day. Your physical activity should include a variety of aerobic exercise, muscle strengthening activities, and bone strengthening activities. You should stretch before and after each exercise session to promote flexibility. During each aerobic exercise, you are to maintain your target heart rate for at least twenty minutes. Please refer to the Fitness Log Information link and the Measuring Your Heart Rate link in the Developmental Module for directions, download the Fitness Log to your computer, and have it accessible throughout the week. Make sure you have completed the entire fitness log, including:

• Course Information (Module # and Topic #)
• Heart Rate Information
• Activity Reflection
• Activity Log
• Any Additional Comments

If you use an exercise tracking device or system like a gaming console, watch, wristband, pedometer, mobile application, or a software program, make sure that you are saving the information from each workout.

Once you have completed your fitness log, save the file and submit it to the dropbox. You will also need to save a copy of it for your fitness journal that you will submit at the end of this course.