Name This Exercise
Name 3 Exercises that are easy on joints.
Walking, Yoga, Swimming, biking, and water aerobics.
Before and after working out, you always should do this to reduce muscle strain, soreness, and potential injuries.
Warm-up or stretching
Exercise can help you relieve this feeling/emotion.
Stress, etc.
You don't have to have special equipment to exercise. True or false?
True! There are many resources online that can show you how to exercise without any equipment.
Physical activity has many __________ benefits, such as being part of a group, meeting new people, and spending time with friends while exercising.
Social
Doing this exercise can assist you in becoming more flexible, preventing injuries, and improving posture.
Stretching/Yoga
Exercising in water, such as swimming of water aerobics, adds what to your workout that assisting in building muscle?
(i.e Water adds ______ to a workout routine)
Adds resistance to your workout
Name at least 3 things that exercising improves.
Health, energy, anxiety, stress, depression, sleep, etc.
It is recommended that people be active for at least this amount of time per week.
30 minutes per day, at least 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes) a week not including weekends.
Exercising can make you feel _________, leading to increased productivity, reduced stress, and improved physical health.
Energetic
This exercise increases muscle strength, bone density, and improves balance.
Weights/Weight Training.
Everyday, especially while working out, you should constantly have this nutrient as it regulates body temperature and prevents cramps.
Water!
Fun Fact: Water also assists in muscle function and increasing endurance.
Exercising on a regular basis helps with this important function of our daily lives.
Sleep!
Fun Fact: Exercise can improve sleep by regulating your body's sleep-wake cycle and increasing melatonin production (the hormone that helps you sleep!)
Exercise can help to prevent or manage ________, including heart, stroke, diabetes, and some cancers.
Prevent or manage diseases.
List one thing that having it with you during your workouts can assist in motivation and fun.
Good music, a workout buddy, fresh water, nice workout clothes, etc.
This is a type of exercise that increases your heart rate
Cardio
Exercising for this amount per day can increase cardiovascular fitness, strengthen bones, boost muscle power, and increase endurance.
30 minutes a day.
Exercise can improve self-esteem, reduce stress hormones, and therefore reduce feelings of what?
Anxiety/Depression
Exercise can help prevent signs of this natural phenomenon.
Aging! Exercise assists by by improving your strength, balance, and brain health.
What are some ways you can stay on track with your exercise goals?
Be consistent, set attainable goals, follow a schedule, make it fun, etc.
This kind of exercise uses special apparatus, designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, and posture, and enhance mental awareness.
Pilates
What builds as you begin small and slowly add more time and exercise into your workout routine?
(i.e You're building ______)
You're building endurance.
This hormone is released when you exercise, which contributes to reducing pain and improved mood.
Endorphins.
Name 3 things that exercising can help you strengthen.
Heart, muscles, lungs, brain, etc.
What is a way to lower your heart rate after an intense exercise?
Walking a lap, taking a sip of water, cool-down stretches, etc.