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:10:00
Good luck, Morgan.
:10:02
Hi, there. I'm Eric Rowley,
our exercise physiologist.

:10:05
Great.
:10:06
Rowley:
the official weigh-in...

:10:11
1851/2.
:10:13
We'll go through
the cardiovascular assessment,

:10:15
and then I'll be able
to calculate

:10:18
how much oxygen
your muscles can utilize,

:10:20
and that's also an indicator
:10:21
of what type of condition your
cardiovascular system is in.

:10:24
All right, good work.
:10:27
I’m gonna use
these skinfold calipers

:10:30
to estimate
your body density.

:10:32
You're 11% body fat.
that's great.

:10:34
We're gonna
measure your flexibility

:10:36
of your hamstrings, your hips,
and your lower back.

:10:38
Good, good.
very nice.

:10:40
38 centimeters
was your best.

:10:42
There's a basic
old-school test

:10:45
for muscular strength
and endurance.

:10:47
36. Good job.
:10:48
You're above average
:10:50
above average fitness
for your age group,

:10:52
definitely, I'd say
you're at a good spot right now.

:10:55
More than 60% of Americans
get no form of exercise,

:10:58
so for the next 30 days,
neither will I.

:11:01
But I'll still have to walk.
:11:03
How much does the average
American walk a day?

:11:06
We have these pedometers
that we put on people,

:11:08
step counters.
:11:09
You could very roughly
estimate at about 2,000 steps,

:11:12
because 2,000
would make a mile.

:11:13
And we know that people
that work in office settings,

:11:16
who drive a car
to and from work,

:11:18
who take an elevator
up to that office,

:11:20
may take as little
as 2,500 or 3,000 steps

:11:23
in their entire day.
:11:24
If you wanted to feel physically
like a lot of Americans do,

:11:27
then you'd limit yourself
to about 5,000 steps a day.

:11:30
Us New Yorkers --
we walk everywhere.

:11:34
We walk to work,
to the park, to the store.

:11:36
Most of us don't even own cars.
:11:38
The average New Yorker will walk
four to five miles a day --

:11:41
a day!
:11:42
That's a lot of walking.
:11:44
I’ll also have the blessing
of being close to a food source

:11:47
almost everywhere I go.
:11:48
I walk past three golden arches
just on my way to the office --

:11:51
three in just over a mile.
:11:53
There are more Mickey D's
in Manhattan

:11:56
than anywhere else in the world.
:11:58
This tiny little island
is less than 13 miles long


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