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Article: Experts Say 30 Minutes of Exercise Enough
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- March 14, 2005
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LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-14-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Sixty to 90 minutes of exercise? Every day? That's what the government now suggests.
Even people working out at the gym say most folks won't consider that, and the experts behind the government's recommendation say 30 minutes a day is enough for most.
Paul Steinkoenig, 45, of Arlington, Va., now works out about 90 minutes a day three days a week. Sixty or 90 minutes every day "sounds higher than certainly what the average American is going to consider," he said while using weight machines that the Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington.
"I think 60 minutes would be a little much for me," added Joseph ...