
The benefits of physical activity are well known but how to achieve those results can be more difficult, especially during a time when our resources are limited.
Generally, the benefits of physical activity are:
- Improved mood
- Boots energy
- Protects against chronic disease
- Improves sleep
- Improves brain health
Ways to achieve these benefits:
- Increase your heart rate
- Take part in cardiovascular activities
- Walking, Running, fitness classes
- Put strain on your muscles
- Traditional working out
- Lifting weights, or body weight
- Increase flexibility
- Stretch
- Target the large muscles in your body
- Target muscles that get over worked such as posture muscles from sitting at a desk
- Test your balance
- Challenge your core strength
- Practice standing on one foot
When you are planning ways to be physically active it is important to include a variety of movements. A workout should consist of aerobic movements, strength movements, flexibility and balance.
For more information check out: https://www.centre4activeliving.ca/media/filer_public/0c/65/0c6546b5-41d4-4c7e-bc9a-f6c4aa179ebe/home-physical-activity.pdf
If you have any questions please contact the Campus Recreation Coordinator at taylor.penney@concordia.ab.ca.
Workouts for the week!
Monday June 8th
Lower Body Workout
Complete each exercise 10 times, repeating the set 3 times
Warm up: 1 minute of butt kicks, 10 body weight squats, 10 calf raises, 10 shallow lunges
Exercises:
- Jump Squats
- Lunges
- Single Leg Calf Raises
- Curtsey Lunges
- Side Lunges
- Leg lifts
Wednesday June 10th
Sit Up Challenge
Post a photo of you completing the most sit ups you can. Add in the caption how many sit ups you were able to complete.
Every Entry will be entered to win a Thunder Athletics Prize Pack. #Cuestaysactive, #Cuewellness, #Wegotthis
Friday June 12th
Upper Body Workout
- Complete each exercise 10 times, repeating the set 3 times
Warm up:
- - Single arm across body, arm stretch
- Arm bent, elbow behind head, triceps stretch
- Arm circles
- Chest openers, hug body and then reach arms open wide
Exercises:
- Small Arm circles (30 seconds each direction)
- Triceps Dips
- Push-ups
- Opposite limb Raise
- Plank shoulder Touch
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