What is the power of being active?

• Lower risks or control many health conditions
• Helps get to/maintain healthy weight
• Build healthy bones, muscles, joints
• Lower stress

Find activities that you enjoy. A run gives you a workout, but so can gardening, a brisk walk or playing with your dog or kids.

Just 30 minutes of moderate activity on most days can reduce risks for many diseases. Enlist your friends and family. Walk at lunch or after dinner. Start a local challenge or form a training group for a 5k.

We encourage everyone to move more and have fun doing it. If you are looking for ideas to get active, check out the following WellNS programs:

• FitNS club network - we have negotiated discounts with gyms in most areas where we have 100 or more employees. We will be reviewing the network for 2011 to try to incorporate more facilities that employee have suggested.
  
  
• WellNS member website
• Click "Try a Coach" to design a program with a professional health coach
• Try the GetFit Virtual Trainer to design a workout program based on your goals, available equipment and schedule
• Under Wellness just for Me, Balance is an interactive online program to help you get fit
  
  
• Why don't we negotiate a national discount with the YMCA?
  Although YMCAs are located across the country, they are a locally run, nonprofit organization. Each community has its own business model that dictates pricing and corporate discounts.Some communities offer corporate discounts, some offer discounts with an annual corporate gift and others do not offer corporate discounts at all but instead discount rates based on an individual's need.

Disclaimer: If you have not been physically active and are considering an exercise or physical activity program, you should first check with your doctor to ensure that it is safe for you to participate without additional medical testing or clearance.