ABSTRACT

The benefits of increasing daily amounts of physical activity are now well established within the various disciplines in exercise science (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996). For example, sed-

5 entary individuals have higher risk for hypertension, coronary heart disease, elevated serum cholesterol, and mortality than active individuals. It has also been documented that as many as one in three adults reports no leisure time physical activity (USDHHS, 1996).