Improved Health Starts With Standing More🚶
Investing in your health and fitness is the smartest decision you can make long term.
Many people see the value in exercise, but life does get in the way and this can cause us to lose sight of what’s really important, not only for us but also the people in our lives.
You may get busy with work, with your kids, with your studies, or any other commitments.
But does this mean that you should still make time for exercise wherever possible?
Absolutely.
By skipping exercise in an attempt to give other things higher in your priority list more of your time, you ironically end up not being able to give your best to those very things.
Ask yourself this, how can you be the best office worker without improved cognitive function that exercise gives us?
The best parent by being able to keep up with your kids if you get joint pain when standing up, or are out of breath when trying to keep up with them?
The best partner if you’re emotionally unavailable by being stressed/depressed all the time?
Exercise gives us so much value, we don’t get that value unless we give it our time ⏰
If we don’t we don’t put it higher in our priority list our health declines, it all starts with standing more..
Some scary stats in the UK show that 78 days of the year are spent sitting🪑
About 64 days of the year are spent watching tv📺
This may sound harmless, but when you consider the improvements in health we see from getting more active, you may be tempted to stand and exercise more!
By getting more active and aiming to hit UK guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to intense exercise as well as two strength training sessions we can experience:
50% decrease in risk of diabetes⬇️
35% decrease in risk heart disease and strokes ⬇️
30% decrease in risk of depression and anxiety ⬇️
Reduced risk of certain cancers e.g. reduced risk of breast cancer by 20%⬇️
30% decrease in risk of dementia ⬇️
All these stats are found from studies and of the respected findings of doctors!
Do your daily exercise even if it’s 20-30 minutes, then you can have some chill time 😁
If you find it hard to jump straight to 20-30 minutes a day, every hour or so throughout the day, stand up and walk around for 5 minutes.
Every week add another 5 minutes to the time you spend on your feet e.g. week two when standing up walk for 10 minutes, week three walk for 15 minutes.
After a month, try a single bigger walk of 20 minutes a day!
Improving your health all starts with standing more 🚶🫀
