Originally published November 11 2005
Website offers service of matching exercise partners
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Exercisefriends.com offers users the chance to find a compatible workout partner based on their sex, age group and fitness level.
Importance of Exercise Health experts say adults should get at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a day for most days of the week.
Regular physical activity burns calories and can help a person lose or maintain weight.
People who participate in regular physical activity are at lower risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and certain types of cancer.
According the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, more than 60 percent of adults don't get the recommended level of activity and 25 percent aren't active at all.
An exercise buddy provides positive support and can help head off those excuses to skip a planned activity.
Sometimes a person can link up with an exercise partner through clubs or gyms.
But if you prefer outdoor activities, or are new to an area (or just want to try something new), it can be difficult to find someone with the same interests.
A new website is helping to match people with similar exercise interests and find an activity partner.
Patrick McCluskey, who stopped exercising when he lost his own workout buddy, developed the website.
He realized he needed to find another partner and thought the web would offer a unique method of bringing people with similar exercise interests together.
The search can be tailored to match a preferred age group, sex, fitness level and activity or sport.
ExerciseFriends contacts the other person to let them know of the interest.
It is then up to the two users to make arrangements to meet and work out an agreeable schedule.
McCluskey warns the website is not a dating service and people shouldn't have those kinds of expectations when selecting an exercise partner.
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