Physical Activity Guidelines

To increase my body composition I could begin to eat less and healthier food. This could be difficult for me so for a little help I could let my parents know so they can watch me, hold me accountable and maybe give me some good tasting healthy

Exercise: The American Heart Association (AHA, 2014) recommends exercising at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity at least 5 days per week for a total of 150

I make sure to get enough time of physical activity, but I believe i would benefit from an increase in my cardio activity level because of the additional health benefits it provides. When I was younger I would run 15 miles a week and felt I was in the best shape of my life. After getting married my miles ran down to a big fat 0. In the first year alone I managed to gain about 45 pounds, which came from a lack of exercise, stress, and pregnancy. Since then I have altered my activity level. I currently enrolled to a gym there I do a mix of cardio and leg lifting exercises. I would like to exercise a lot more but with raising a boy and school free time is rare.

As for exercise, I would say that I am fairly active. My greatest weakness is my lack of motivation to be active when I am busy with school, work, and social aspects of my life. I also feel that my nutrition could be improved. I eat fairly healthy, but when I get busy with school I tend to eat whatever foods are quick and easy.

1.Describe your current level of physical activity. How often do you participate in moderate to high intensity activity in an average week?

The goal I chose is to live a healthy lifestyle which in terms will add years to my life. In this transformation I chose to eat healthier, exercise, drink plenty water and add supplements to my personal wellness plan. I will devote a significant amount of time to each area of this wellness plan over the next eight weeks get the ultimate results. Below are specific goals and a plan of action that I will be doing over the course of eight weeks in an effort to make these lifestyle changes. I will be reviewing the various area of my health deciding which areas you I would like to make improvements. My present situation is that I have gained a significant amount of weight that has made my life a little uncomfortable. List your present situation and specify your goals (what you want to accomplish) in measurable terms. Keep track of your progress. Review your goals regularly. Get help from others as needed.

Baseline measure (where you are today): I only do workouts about of 30 minutes 2 or 3 times per week. I am at a good weight, but I don’t have any stamina nor am I fit.

Exercise and physical activity deliver oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently.

My physical activity, which is swimming will enhance my participation in physical activity, and help reach all of the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines. The physical activity is the best choice for my lifestyle, as it not only is for me, but also helps me in two physical activity levels; aerobic activity, and active sports and recreation. By adding swimming to my physical activities, I will achieve all Australian Physical Activity Guidelines. This is two more than before I added swimming to my daily physical activity. My new physical activity helps me reach the Australian Guidelines because it’s an aerobic activity, and it is a vigorous intensity activity. Swimming also helps strengthen my muscles and bones. By swimming 40 minutes a day

So this month, I'm getting back on track and doing things I enjoy. I have been sketching and putting designs in place. In addition to that I have started working out with a personal trainer. I'm not trying to loss an extreme amount of weight or anything. I am just trying to give my health a little more attention, and since I always like exercising. I hate whenever I put it to the black-burner. Anyways I have created a list of some of the ways I exercise. Take a look and enjoy.

The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAG or the Guidelines) are an essential resource for health professional and policymakers. Based on the latest science, they provide guidance on how children and adults can improve their health through physical activity. Learn ways to help consumers understand the benefits of physical activity and how to make it a part of their regular

Awareness of physical activity guidelines amongst the UK student population was found to be 69.6% in this study. This varies considerably from awareness levels determine on a national level in other developed, high income countries similar to the UK. A recent study in America for example, found that just 36.1% of adults were aware that government physical activity guidelines (Kay et al., 2014). This difference in awareness may be explained by a number of factors. Knowledge and awareness of physical activity guidelines has been shown to be positively associated with education level and socioeconomic status, as well as being negatively associated with age (Knox et al., 2013; Bergman et al., 2008). This may partially explain why the university students in this study had a higher level of awareness than the wider general population. When asked to recite the guidelines, it has been found in other studies that those who participate in higher levels of physical activity, tend to overestimate the guidelines, and those with low physical activity levels underestimate them on average (Hunter et al., 2014; Knox et al., 2015). This agrees with the findings from this study, in which variation between the perceived and actual guidelines was found to be an independent predictor of physical activity (p > 0.05).

Exercise is something that has interested me ever since I was short and chubby in middle school. I liked to think that I was active, but in reality I wasn't nearly active enough. I didn't realize how my stagnant behavior could effect my future well-being and ignored the possibility of suffering the potential consequences. One major event that helped turn my behavior around was when my uncle offered me a job working for his lawn care business in the summer months when I was twelve years old. The regular movement, fresh air, sunlight and consuming less calories than I was burning all helped me become a healthier individual. In my first summer I lost about ten pounds and I felt very proud of what I had accomplished! I felt so good at the end of

Action plans: I started by writing my present weight down, which is 160, my end weight will be 148; this is a loss of 12 lbs over the course of 8 weeks. Week one I will start drinking plenty of water. My goal is to drink a gallon of water each day for the durations of my personal wellness plan. The first few days were a struggle, but as the week when on it became easier to drink more water.

The health topic to be addressed is exercise. According to the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention, the recommendations for adults as it relates to weekly exercise and physical activity include, at least 2 days of muscle strengthening, along with 150 minutes of moderate intensity