Exercise regularly, but don't exercise or eat during the three to four hours preceding your bedtime. The energizing effects of aerobic activity, for instance, can last for hours after your last flight on the Stairmaster. Consider reducing or eliminating alcohol and other drug use, which often interrupt sleep because of their long-lasting impact on metabolism. In the interest of laying a solid foundation for good health, perhaps Broadway producer, director, and writer George Abbott gave the wisest advice. Fitness and Exercise were near the top of a list of thirty- five health topics that 342 randomly selected students expressed an interest in, when interviewed in a marketing study conducted by Columbia University's Health Education Program last spring.
Open space is a problem, safety a concern, and facilities an issue.
The following list is provided to assist in this most worthy of pursuits. Find a friend to exercise with you, especially if you are having a difficult time getting started. Change into your exercise clothes. Join an intramural team, sign up for a physical activity class, or use the newly remodeled Dodge Fitness Center that includes a weight room, aerobic equipment, racquetball and squash courts, a swimming pool, and gymnasium for pick-up basketball or volleyball games. Select more than one sport or activity for your fitness program.