Friday, May 15 is Bike to Work Day and across the country, workers are getting their bikes ready. Bike to Work Day is a nationally recognized event, celebrated each year on the third Friday in May.
Biking to work is a great way to save money and get fit at the same time!
Some communities are setting up pit stops with snacks and free T-shirts for participants.
In San Diego you can visit this website for more information and to get pit stop updates: www.icommuntesd.com
This website also provides bike maps from around San Diego county and lets you log your trips and calculate your savings.A 2014 Kaiser Permanente study urges less sitting and more moving. The study found that men who sit more than 5 hours outside of work develop heart failure at a rate 36% higher than those who keep moving. Even if you exercise every day, being a couch potato and sitting too much can increase your risk of heart failure.
Men
who sit for more than 5 hours a day outside of work develop heart
failure at a rate 36 percent higher than those who do not - See more at:
http://partnersinhealth.kaiserpermanente.org/march-2014/national/sit-less-move-more-learn-why-nat-mar2014#sthash.HckmIzl6.dpuf
Men
who sit for more than 5 hours a day outside of work develop heart
failure at a rate 36 percent higher than those who do not - See more at:
http://partnersinhealth.kaiserpermanente.org/march-2014/national/sit-less-move-more-learn-why-nat-mar2014#sthash.HckmIzl6.dpuf
Read more about the study's results at http://partnersinhealth.kaiserpermanente.org/march-2014/national/sit-less-move-more-learn-why-nat-mar2014
We can encourage our students to get up and move, too. Since 1983, May has been observed as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.Take a look at some ideas for movement, fitness and healthy eating at https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/
Download a Teacher Toolkit and read more . . .
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