Fit for Life
Get Fit for Life! Starting with the basics learn how to lead a healthy, well-balanced and active life, progressing at a pace that suits you.
No matter what level you are currently at, or even if you are just getting started, this guide can help you to achieve your own personal goals. Most importantly this guide will hopefully give you the confidence to lead a healthy, more active lifestyle and maybe try something new.
Physical Activity & Exercise
It is well-known that if you want to be healthy, then physical activity and/or exercise should form part of your lifestyle.
Physical activity = Any action or movement that requires you to contract your muscles.
Exercise = A planned and purposeful action from which we aim to improve our fitness levels and our health.
No exercise can result in:
- Decreased exercise tolerance or inability to exercise.
- De-conditioning.
- Medical complications, illness associated with obesity and secondary impairment.
Regular exercise can help with:
- Improved well-being and decreased stress.
- Improved health (lower cholesterol and blood pressure, reduced risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease).
- Weight management.
- Improved function and performance in activities of daily life.
- Increased fitness (better breathing, increased strength and endurance).
- Improved balance and co-ordination.
- Improved range of movement and joint mobility.
Impairment specific information
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