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What are Sedentary, Moderate & High Activity Exercise Levels?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Maria Christensen

Your heart is a little like a machine that gets dialed to low, medium or high depending on the intensity of the exercise you're doing. However, machines aren't human, so if you've been leading a sedentary lifestyle a low-intensity workout can still dial your heart to high.

Since 1997, Maria Christensen has written about business, history, food, culture and travel for diverse publications. She ran her own business writing employee handbooks and business process manuals for small businesses, authored a guidebook to Seattle, and works as an accountant for a software company. Christensen studied communications at the University of Washington and history at Armstrong Atlantic State University.