Create your own "Prescription" with the Exercise Is Medicine Form and find out what type of physical activity and exercise you should be getting each week.
Exercise is Medicine® on Campus (EIM-OC) encourages college students, faculty and staff to engage in, and promote, regular physical activity as a vital sign of health on college campuses by:
GRCC earned EIM-OC Gold Campus status, and received a Covid Recognition Award in 2021! GRCC has been an EIM registered campus partner since 2015. Find out more about EIM and EIM's sponsor, the American College of Sports Medicine.
ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness and Health
ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (10th edition)
ACSM's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines 4th ed.
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