To find a suitable level of exercise for your body, start gently and slowly increase the intensity and the length of time that you exercise for. Exercise should challenge your body and be at a greater intensity than your usual level of daily activity.
Don’t go crazy or you may suffer in the morning! However, don’t be shy about getting hot and sweaty during your workouts but make sure that you can still talk.
Your aim should be to gradually increase your activity levels over time. As your body adapts to meet the new challenges that you set for it your routine will become easier. When it gets easier it is time to increase the exercise intensity or try something new.
Choose a type of exercise that you will enjoy, that way you are more likely to continue doing it on a regular basis. Exercising with friends and family is a sociable way to keep fit, you will be able to motivate each other when one of you loses momentum.
Examples of Exercise
Examples of exercise include:
- gardening
- walking
- jogging
- swimming
- dancing
- tennis
- yoga
- skipping
- resistance exercise
- squash
- boxing
- workout DVDs
But remember, if it isn’t challenging it isn’t exercise!
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