🤸♂️Movement pill💊
Physical activity can make people feel good,
functional, sleep
better and may reduce
the risk of many chronic deseases.
Being physically active is one of the most important actions individuals of all ages can engage in to improve their health.
Did you know that a single episode of
moderate-to-vigorous PA can improve sleep,
reduce anxiety symptoms, improve cognition, reduce blood pressure, and
improve insulin sensitivity?
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🚴♂️Aerobic Activity
Aerobic activity causes the heart rate to increase and breathing to become more labored. It has 3 components: intensity, frequency, and duration. Intensity describes how hard a person works to do the activity. The intensities most often studied are moderate (equivalent in effort to brisk walking) and vigorous (equivalent in effort to running or jogging). -
🏋️♀️Muscle-Strengthening Activity
Includes resistance training and weight lifting, cause the body’s muscles to work or hold against an applied force or weight. These activities often involve lifting relatively heavy objects, such as weights, multiple times to strengthen various muscle groups. Moreover it can also involve using elastic bands or body weight for resistance. It has 3 components: intensity, frequency, and sets and repetitions. -
🧗♀️Bone-Strengthening Activity
Can also called weight-bearing or weightloading, produce a force on the bones of the body that promotes bone growth and strength. This force is commonly produced by impact with the ground. This activities can also be aerobic and muscle-strengthening. -
🏄♀️Balance Activities
This practice improves the ability to resist forces within or outside the body that cause fallswhile a person is stationary or moving. Strengthening muscles of the back, abdomen, and legs also improves balance. -
⛹️♀️🏊♀️💃🤹♀️Multicomponent Physical Activity
This programs include a combination of balance, muscle-strengthening, and aerobic physical activity. In addition, these programs also may include gait, coordination,and physical function training. Recreational activities such as dancing, yoga, tai chi, gardening, or sports.
Types of Physical activity
