{"id":71,"date":"2013-02-06T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2022-12-05T15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:40:31","slug":"physical-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/health-wellness\/physical-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Incorporating physical activity into your workday is an important part of staying healthy and fit.\u00a0 Numerous studies have shown that just 30 minutes of daily general exercise per day can lead improvements in heart disease, asthma, diabetes, obesity and many other physical and mental health benefits.\u00a0 Whether you take advantage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\">Fitness &amp; Recreation Center<\/a> and it\u2019s many resources, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/parking\/employee-commuter-benefit\/hubway\/\">Bluebikes<\/a> or just want to make a few simple lifestyle changes to increase your physical activity, there are many resources here at Boston University to help get you moving. FitRec has put together lots of content on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/about\/covid-19-information-and-faqs\/how-to-keep-moving-wherever-you-are\/\">How to Keep Moving Wherever You Are<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Get Moving at your Desk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can incorporate movement into your workday right at your desk.\u00a0 Take a look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-9k87-kMe2I\">video<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbur.org\/commonhealth\/2016\/02\/26\/office-corner-workout\">article<\/a> that demonstrate quick and easy exercises you can do right at your desk. Additional movement videos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/2020\/04\/24\/seated-stretches-with-liz\/\">Seated Stretches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/2020\/04\/06\/chair-yoga-with-aysegul\/\">Chair Yoga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/2020\/04\/13\/dance-break-with-brian\/\">Dance Break<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\">Fitness and Recreation Center<\/a> staff can also come right to your department and lead a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/fitness\/wellness\/department-programs\/\">workshop on workplace workouts<\/a>, as well as a variety of other fitness and well-being topics.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wellness\/files\/2016\/05\/fitrec-pool-414x636.jpg\" alt=\"05-1472-007\" class=\" wp-image-984 alignright\" width=\"254\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/files\/2016\/05\/fitrec-pool-414x636.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/files\/2016\/05\/fitrec-pool-667x1024.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Fitness and Recreation Center<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Need a little bit more?\u00a0 Interested in swimming, weight-lifting, rock-climbing or yoga?\u00a0 The Fitness and Recreation Center on campus boasts an 18,000-square-foot weight and cardio room, 1\/7 mile indoor running track, a climbing wall, a Pro Shop, racquetball and squash courts, two swimming pools and the lazy river. With a world class facility, hundreds of classes and programs and personal trainers ready to help you meet your goals, you\u2019re bound to find something you love at <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/fitrec\">FitRec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/membership\/faculty-staff\/\">Membership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/fitness\/personal-training\/\">Personal Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/classes\/\">Recreational Classes and Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/resources-2\/stretch-breathe\/\">Free Stretch and Breathe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/resources-2\/yoga\/\">Free Yoga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/recreation\/fittreks-outdoor-programs\/\">Outdoor Adventures<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Unlimited fitness and yoga classes are available at FitRec and the Medical Campus with the purchase of the FitPass. Get your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fitrec\/fitness\/fitpass\/\">FitPass<\/a><\/strong> today!\u00a0 If you\u2019re a member of a BU health plan, you can use the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/health-wellness\/health\/150-fitness-weight-loss-reimbursements\/\">BCBS Fitness Reimbursement<\/a> to cover the cost of the FitPass!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incorporating physical activity into your workday is an important part of staying healthy and fit.\u00a0 Numerous studies have shown that just 30 minutes of daily general exercise per day can lead improvements in heart disease, asthma, diabetes, obesity and many other physical and mental health benefits.\u00a0 Whether you take advantage of the Fitness &amp; Recreation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6197,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3717,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/3717"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}