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TRACK ONE Length:
05
FOR MANY, HITTING THE GYM IS REWARDING, BUT LET'S BE HONEST, NOT EVERYONE
LOVES
BREAKING A SWEAT.
SOT
KEY @: 09 Leslie Myers, Doesn't Like to Exercise
"It requires work, and sweat and breathing hard. I don't like to do any
of those."
TRACK TWO Length:
07
SOURCE: The Center for Disease Control's Summary Health Statistics for
US Adults: National Health Interview Survey 2004
FORTY-SOMETHING LESLIE MYERS ISN'T ALONE. ONLY 24 PERCENT OF ADULTS ENGAGE
IN
RIGOROUS ACTIVITY THREE OR MORE TIMES A WEEK.
SOT
NO KEY
"I don't really like to exercise that much."
TRACK THREE Length:
04
HARVARD PROFESSOR DOCTOR HARVEY SIMON SAYS LESLIE DOESN'T NEED TO SWEAT IT.
SOT
KEY @: 28 Dr. Harvey Simon, Author
"We can get huge gains without pain. We don't have
to set aside 30 or 60 minutes a day to go to the gym."
TRACK FOUR Length:
13
IN FACT, DOCTOR SIMON SAYS YOU CAN GET THE SAME BENEFITS OF EXERCISE BY SIMPLY
DOING EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES AND CHORES. HE'S LAID OUT A HEALTH PLAN IN HIS BOOK,
THE NO SWEAT EXERCISE PLAN. PEOPLE EARN POINTS FOR DOING HOUSEHOLD JOBS.
SOT
KEY @: 50 Dr. Harvey Simon, Author
"For the average person, I set a goal of 150 points a day or about 1000
a week, somebody who needs to lose weight 300 points a day, 2000 a week."
TRACK FIVE Length:
08
FOR EXAMPLE, DOING LAUNDRY FOR 30 MINUTES IS 70 POINTS, VACUUMING GETS YOU
115 POINTS AND DOING DISHES AND COOKING ARE BOTH SIXTY POINTS.
SOT
KEY @: 1:06 Leslie Myers, Doesn't Like to Exercise
"An exercise plan where you could just lose weight and stay fit by doing
chores around the house is perfect for me."
TRACK SIX Length:
04
DR. SIMON SAYS YOU CAN ALSO FEND OFF DISEASE BY STICKING TO HIS PLAN.
SOT
KEY @: 1:23 Dr. Harvey Simon, Author
"This type of moderate exercise cuts the risk of not only heart disease,
but stroke, diabetes, obesity, colon cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis."
TRACK SEVEN Length: 03
LESLIE SAYS SHE'LL CHOOSE CHORES OVER THE GYM ANY DAY.
SOT
NO KEY
"I'd be happy to be a maid for awhile."
ANCHOR TAG:
OF COURSE, DR. SIMON SAYS THAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS MUCH FASTER IF YOU
ADD IN MORE RIGOROUS ACTIVITIES LIKE WALKING, CLIMBING STAIRS, OR JOGGING,
BUT
HE SAYS THAT'S NOT ESSENTIAL.
SOURCE INFORMATION:
FOR CLIENT-STATION USE ONLY
The information provided below is for client-station use only. It is provided
to help you obtain answers to any additional questions you may have and to
help
you localize a story. This private contact information, including phone numbers,
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be clearly noted. Thank you.
Dr. Harvey Simon, M.D.
Harvard University/ Massachusetts General
Hospital
PR Contact:
Emily Parker
Massachusetts General Hospital
617-724-6425
Dr. Simon's book is "The
No Sweat Exercise Plan: A
Simple Way to Lose Weight and Improve Your Health
Without Spending Hours in the Gym". Dr. Simon
shows people how to be healthy and lose weight
through day-to-day activities. He says the point
system lets participants easily quantify what they
need to do daily and weekly to promote health and
shed unwanted pounds.
Dr. Simon is a founding
member of the Harvard
Cardiovascular Health Center. He's been a practicing
physician for more than thirty years.
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