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Personal Activity Plan

Satisfactory Essays

3. Specific: I will participate in physical activity in order to meet the Canadian physical activity guidelines.
Measurable: I will exercise 5 time a week for 30 minutes each time
Attainable: I am going to use the Nike app to help me stay on track on track to ex
Relevant: Staying physically active is very important to me because of all the benefits it can bring in life. By doing this an individual is less likely to experience heart disease, certain types of cancer, among other benefits.
Timely: By the time I am in the third week I would like to be able to be working out at a moderate to vigorous level getting 150 minutes of exercise throughout the week.
-I am choosing this as my goal because I think it is achievable and physical activity is important to me and I believe setting this goal will help me achieve it. By achieving this goal I also think it will benefit many other aspects of my life such as sleep and energy.
-The gap between my current behaviour and my goal is that right now I am getting only a quarter or half …show more content…

Two meaningful drawbacks to changing my current health behaviour are, loss of time and the possibility of getting injured. Losing a 30 minutes to an hour of my day would leave less time for school work or other activities that I liked to do my spare time. Scheduling working out is also hard to do because school work can get in the way and become a priority depending on certain due date. Another meaningful drawback to getting the recommended physical activity is it would increase my likelihood to get injured. In the past, I have gotten two concussions from physical activity, swimming and hockey as well as sprained ankles. From increasing my physical activity the probability of me getting injured would increase and the possibility of me getting another concussion would increase. Getting another concussion would be a big drawback possibly taking me out of school for a period of time and not be able to part take in normal activities I

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