09/10/2025
🏃♀️ Getting more active – a guide to physical activity 🏃♂️
Being physically active helps you feel better, sleep better, and manage stress. It supports your heart, bones, and mental wellbeing — and even small changes can make a big difference! 🌟
🏅 UK physical activity recommendations for adults:
✅ Be active every day — any activity is better than none.
✅ Aim for 150 minutes of moderate activity each week (like brisk walking, gardening, cycling, dancing, or stair climbing).
✅ Include muscle and bone strengthening on 2+ days each week (for example, yoga or carrying shopping).
✅ Break up long periods of sitting — stand, stretch, or walk around every hour.
✅ Remember, “little and often” really adds up!
💪 Ideas to get you started:
🪑 Prefer seated or low-impact activities?
👉 Find exercises by health condition: https://weareundefeatable.co.uk/ways-to-move
👉 Try seated workouts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com//search?query=chair%20
🧘♀️ Enjoy relaxed or mindful movement?
👉 Try “Yoga With Adriene” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
🎵 Want something fun and light-hearted?
👉 “Get Moving with Bill Bailey’s Sofa Workout” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whpJ19RJ4JY
🚶 Looking for gentle cardio?
👉 “Best Walking Exercise for Weight Loss – 15 Minute Walk at Home (Women Over 50)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHY2f04vNDA
🏋♀️ Explore NHS resources:
👉 Get active with Better Health: https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/get-active/
❤️ Key takeaways:
• Start slowly and build up gradually
• Choose activities you enjoy — it makes it easier to keep going
• Every move counts!
