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Experts say exercise during pandemic benefits mind and body

Cameron Kovach, 21, of Butler works out in a marked-off space at the Butler YMCA.

Exercise during the coronavirus pandemic can be good for the mind and body.

“Really, exercise is medicine,” said Sandra Ihlenfeld, director of the Butler County Family YMCA.

Ihlenfeld holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science and a master's degree in disease prevention and health promotion. She said children should be physically active for one hour every day.

This is an excerpt from a story that appears in Friday's Butler Eagle.

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