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A 57-year-old female stopped smoking 2 months ago and has recently decided to train with you for a 10-km run. She hasn’t exercised in years, but used to participate in sports when she was younger. Her father died of a heart attack at age 73 and her mother died of sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 62. Last year, she started taking a blood pressure medication for her blood pressure.  Her BMI is 27.  RHR = 82 bpm, resting BP = 124/74 mm Hg. Total serum cholesterol = 184 mg · dL−1, HDL = 44 mg · dL−1, FBG = 102 mg · dL−1.     List her risk factors and the defining criteria/threshold for each: (REFER TO THE ACSM TABLE!!) Would you need medical clearance in order for her to begin an exercise program?   Yes/No

A 57-year-old female stopped smoking 2 months ago and has recently decided to train with you for a 10-km run. She hasn’t exercised in years, but used to participate in sports when she was younger. Her father died of a heart attack at age 73 and her mother died of sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 62. Last year, she started taking a blood pressure medication for her blood pressure.  Her BMI is 27.  RHR = 82 bpm, resting BP = 124/74 mm Hg. Total serum cholesterol = 184 mg · dL−1, HDL = 44 mg · dL−1, FBG = 102 mg · dL−1.     List her risk factors and the defining criteria/threshold for each: (REFER TO THE ACSM TABLE!!) Would you need medical clearance in order for her to begin an exercise program?   Yes/No

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  1. A 57-year-old female stopped smoking 2 months ago and has recently decided to train with you for a 10-km run. She hasn’t exercised in years, but used to participate in sports when she was younger. Her father died of a heart attack at age 73 and her mother died of sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 62.

Last year, she started taking a blood pressure medication for her blood pressure.  Her BMI is 27.  RHR = 82 bpm, resting BP = 124/74 mm Hg. Total serum cholesterol = 184 mg · dL−1, HDL = 44 mg · dL−1, FBG = 102 mg · dL−1.    

List her risk factors and the defining criteria/threshold for each: (REFER TO THE ACSM TABLE!!)

Would you need medical clearance in order for her to begin an exercise program?   Yes/No

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