Text What is the rightamount ofexercise?Does exercise help a person to lose weight?Can drugs increase an athlete'sperformance?Dr. Mirkin continues to give answers to theses questions. Q.It would be difficult for many people to do the amount of exercise you prescribe.What about a softer schedule?Is it worthwhile,for example,to jog for 10 or 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes? A.Any exercise is worthwhile.Some people are in such bad physical shape that it might take them years to work up to the levels I suggest 8 Text What is the right amount of exercise? Does exercise help a person to lose weight? Can drugs increase an athlete’s performance? Dr. Mirkin continues to give answers to theses questions. Q. It would be difficult for many people to do the amount of exercise you prescribe. What about a softer schedule? Is it worthwhile, for example, to jog for 10 or 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes? A. Any exercise is worthwhile. Some people are in such bad physical shape that it might take them years to work up to the levels I suggest