keep moving after workout

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"I don't stop moving when I'm done," says Erin Oprea, a personal trainer in Nashville. "After I finish a workout on a weekend morning, my husband and I walk all around the city, stopping at restaurants along the way and ordering a different vegetable dish at each. I might throw in some walking lunges too. We can get 30,000 steps in a day if we try." Staying active beyond the gym is essential in our sit-all-day-long world. Even if you break a sweat regularly, an otherwise sedentary lifestyle can contribute to serious issues like cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study in Annals of Internal Medicine.