Government guidelines recommend that you do moderately intense exercise 30 minutes a day, five days a week. This should also be combined with 8-10 strength-training exercises, 8 – 12 repetitions of each exercise twice a week.
Moderate intensity physical activity means working hard enough to raise your heart rate and break a sweat, yet still being able to carry on a conversation.
Research has shown that a large proportion of the population are not completing these minimum requirements- are you?
These minimum requirements do not just have to be achieved by joining a gym or a sports team, there are many different ways. Use this section to help you achieve these goals.
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Special Feature
It is great to give your heart and lungs a workout with a brisk walk
to College, a few laps of
the pool or dance session
on a night out, but one area
of fitness that is often overlooked is strength training.
To Increasing the strength of your muscles you can use ordinary hand weights or specialist training equipment like kettle bells, the former can be bulky to store and the latter are generally only to be found at sports centres and you’ll need a professional to show you the ropes to avoid injury...
Get Active
To keep your heart, lungs, muscles and bones in good working order and to experience the health benefits of physical activity, you need to try and achieve moderately intense cardio 30 minutes a day, five days a week.
Moderate-intensity physical activity means working hard enough to raise your heart rate and break a sweat, yet still being able to carry on a conversation.
