Beginning Integrated Body Conditioning^® Program

The beginning Integrated Body Conditioning^® workout entails moderate exercise.

Moderate exercise is any physical activity done between 64% and 76% of your maximum heart rate, where maximum heart rate is estimated as 220 minus your age in years.

Before you start the beginning Integrated Body Conditioning^® workout

• either complete the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire^* (PAR-Q) and the Symptoms Questionnaire with all "no" answers,
  
  
• or get medical clearance from your physician.

The questionnaires are in PDF format, for which you'll need Adobe's Acrobat Reader. You can download it for free from www.adobe.com.

* Source: Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) Copyright © 2002. Reprinted with permission from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.