Sure, most all of us know we should be exercising. But that doesn't mean most of us are doing it.
Only 20 percent of U.S. adults are meeting both the aerobic and muscle strengthening components of the federal government's physical activity recommendations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But nationwide nearly 50 percent of adults are getting the recommended amounts of aerobic activity and about 30 percent are engaging in the recommended muscle-strengthening activity—numbers that researchers said is encouraging.
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