Promoting physical activity means improving performance of daily activities. People who have been sedentary can improve their health and well-being by regularly including even moderate levels of activity throughout the day.
Scientific evidence explains that physically active activities into daily routines makes one more fit. No matter how busy one is, it is important to make each moment an opportunity to increase daily physical activities. The following activities can be made into daily routine:
Walking the dog
Play with the kids
Walk, cycle and jog
Take fitness breaks instead of cigarette and coffee breaks
Cleaning the house (sweeping, scrubbing)
Take the stairs instead
The minimum amount of physical activity required for health benefits can be achieved through. At least 30 minutes, cumulative, of moderate intensity or at least 30 minutes, cumulative of vigorous intensity, 3 or more days of the week.
Some moderate-intensity physical activity includes walking briskly, mowing the lawn, dancing, swimming or bicycling on level terrain. Some vigorous-intensity physical activity includes jogging, chopping wood, swimming continuous laps or bicycling uphill.
Whatever form of physical activity is chosen, it is important to accumulate 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week. This means physical activity is done habitually. For people already engaging in this, they can try increasing the intensity or duration of the activity to achieve even greater health benefits. Those who are doing vigorous intensity activity should continue to do so.
In general, maintaining a moderate intense lifetime physical activity is more beneficial than a thorough exercise which cannot be done regularly. For example, climbing 3 flight of stairs almost everyday rather than taking the elevator has more impact on health than Irregular aerobic activities.
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