Why Walk or Run with Dads on Fathers Day at Charities Challenge Fathers Day 5k – Celebration of Generations?
1. The #1 risk of premature death among men is heart disease. 2. Regular RxExercise is a proven, powerful protection against heart disease. 3. RxExercise is also a powerful therapy in the management of cardio-vascular diseases (CVD) for many at risk for the many challenges and complications of CVD. 4. But many busy Dads don’t make time for their own RxExercise and therefore experience more stress. And, unmanaged stress is highly related to heart disease and sudden death. 5. Yet regular RxExercise, a brisk walk or run, is also a proven, low-cost, irreplaceably effective stress management therapy. And, there is no cure for all the ills associated with lack of exercise! 6. RxExercise is more likely to be regularly filled by those individuals who have someone caring enough to help support their healthful exercises, like fitness walking or running, by active, participatory encouragement of walking or running alongside. 7. And, Dads who exercise are more likely to have children who exercise.
