28th January – Movement Snacks
Move frequently throughout the day. 📚Evidence shows that sedentary behaviour (not moving for long periods of time) increases the likelihood of developing chronic disease such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. What’s more, you can’t outrun sedentary behaviour – Even if you meet the recommended guideline targets for physical activity at other times during the day or week, having long periods of sedentary behaviour still increases your risk of chronic diseases. The good news is that you don’t have to do lots of exercise to avoid this – just getting up and walking around for 2minutes every 20minutes has been shown to have beneficial effect. I’m finding that I am…
22nd January – Active transport
Use active transport whenever possible. We may not be going out and about much at the moment due to lockdown, but when you do need to go out for those essential journeys, instead of jumping in the car, use transport which gets you moving. Physical activity doesn’t have to be formal “exercise” with special outfits or footwear, and it doesn’t need to be in a gym or class (or a virtual gym or online zoom class these days!). Fitting activity into the course of your day can count just as much as doing dedicated “workouts”. The easiest way to do active travel is to walk, but the kids also like…
16th January – have fun getting active
Get active by doing something fun & different, maybe try something new… When they are thinking about starting exercising, patients often ask me “which exercise is the best for me to do, doctor?”. One answer I often give is “whichever you like doing most !” 😁 Because, if you enjoy what you are doing, you are much more likely to keep on doing it. As a keen runner, I usually love to get out as often as I can. Personally, I avoid gyms and exercising indoors as much as possible – I much prefer being outside in nature whilst I run, for me, it is much more mindful and gives…
