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Do we exercise enough?

All right folks, here we go on post number ONE. I have a few thoughts, and a few fun things to share on this one. This week, I had some time to exercise my brain and dive into Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep. I present to you, an analysis of data from the CDC on exercise habits of Americans compared to recommendations. The data is pretty disappointing and from personal experience, I certainly know why! Read below for my thoughts on choosing this data set and a few tips on how I made the viz. Why did I choose this data? Just over a month ago, I embarked on a personal fitness journey. It was my goal to exercise at least 30 minutes every day for the 30 days leading up to my 30th birthday. This was a spur of the moment activity because I realized how little effort I had been putting into my personal health and fitness. I was only a few days from meeting my goal when I came across this report , recently published by the CDC. It spoke to me and I knew it would be a great exerc...