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Beginning an Exercise Program

Are you a chronic contemplator? Always thinking about exercising but never lacing up your runners? This is normal; however, simply thinking about exercising is not going to provide you with all of the wonderful benefits of actually doing it! This page will provide you with information about how to move beyond thinking about exercising and motivating yourself to start exercising!

Contemplating Exercise
In this article the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute talks about contemplating exercise. It examines what contemplation is and how to move beyond it.

Why am I inactive and why should I be more active?
If you are like most people who are not exercising you have many excuses to justify watching TV rather than going for a walk. In this site the Canadian Health Network addresses the most common excuses.