Saints Healthy Marriage Project

: HEALTH :

"Married people are better off than unmarried people in terms of health status, but the gap has narrowed over time," said 
lead author Hui Liu, an assistant professor and sociologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing.  
 
The authors used 32 years of data from the National Health Interview Survey to analyze trends in marital status and health 
among about 1.1 million participants: married, widowed, divorced, separated and never-married adults ages 25 to 80.
 
The study appears in the September issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
 
Liu and her co-author found that over the past three decades, self-reports of overall health among never-married adults 
improved significantly, making the discrepancy in health between married and never married less pronounced.
 
This narrowing health gap between the married and the never married applies only to men, but not women, Liu said.
 
One reason for this trend is that today's society might offer never-married men "greater access to social resources 
and support" that were in the past primarily found in a spouse, the authors noted.

Name of Cardiovascular Exercise	Muscle Group
Swimming	Chest, Back, Triceps, Biceps, Deltoids, Rectus Femoris, Biceps Femoris, Gastrocnemius (Shoulder, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calf, Arms)
Hockey	gluteus maximus, rectus femoris, biceps femoris, serratus anterior, biceps brachii, gastrocnemius (Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Legs, Butt, Calf)
Squash	Quadricep, rectus femoris, biceps femoris, gluteus maximus, forearm extensors and flexors, latissimus dorsi, (Legs, Butt, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calf)
Stepper	Rectus Femoris , Gluteus Maximus , Hip Flexors , Gastrocnemius ,biceps femoris (Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Legs, Butt, Calf)
Rowing Ergometer	Rectus Femoris , Gluteus Maximus , Rhomboids , Brachialis , Latissimus Dorsi ,Biceps Brachii ,Biceps Femoris, Gastrocnemius (Back, Arms, Legs)
Shuttle Run	Rectus Femoris, Gastrocnemius, Biceps Femoris, Hip Flexors (Quadriceps, Calf, Hamstrings, Butt, Legs)
Treadmill	Rectus Femoris, Gluteus Maximus, Bicep Femoris, Hip Flexors, Gastrocnemius (Legs, Butt, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calf, Thigh)
Recumbent Bike	Rectus Femoris, Gluteus Maximus, Hip Flexors, Biceps Femoris, Gastrocnemius (Legs, Butt, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calf, Thigh)
Elliptical or Cross Trainer	Rectus Femoris,Gluteus Maximus,Bicep Femoris, Hip Flexors (Legs, Butt, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calf, Thigh)

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