Exercise is a very fundamental part of wellbeing.

You don’t need to exercise 3 hours a day but it is important that you get into action and stay active every day, regardless of your age or stage of life. Staying active is fundamental to ensuring your body maintains good health and continues to work well right through your later years.

All it takes is minimum of 30 mins a day at an intensity at or slightly above you current fitness level. As your fitness increases, so will the level at which you exercise. Low impact, high energy activities are best, such as cycling, swimming and aqua aerobics. Yoga and pilates are also excellent. Weight bearing activites help build bone density, but can cause injury if you have joint weaknesses or suffer from arthritis. Pick the type of exercise that suits your lifestyle and your fitness level. And above all, exercise should be enjoyable, so find something you like to do.

Warm up before you start exercising, and cool down and stretch after you exercise – this helps avoid injury and improves flexibility.

Ideally your exercise routine should also include 2 targeted resistance training sessions per week. This will accelerate your weight loss through building increased lean muscle mass and keep your body strong and toned.

Sample Exercise Routine

Saturday:

Warm up (10 mins)
High intensity work out (10 mins)
Resistance Training session – Upper Body (30 mins) i.e. Chest, Back and Arms
Cool down and stretch (10 mins)

Wednesday:

Warm up (10 mins)
High intensity work out (10 mins)
Resistance Training session – Lower Body (30 mins) i.e. Legs, Buttocks and Abdominals
Cool down and stretch (10 mins)

All Other days: