The Holiday Exercise Reality: How Did You Measure Up?

Eating, Drinking, Relaxing. We all know these are common things we do over Christmas/New Years period, but what did you do for exercise over this time? What’s your plan to get back into routine, or kickstart your new years resolution of being more active?

Here’s a short activity for you below. Answer the following questions, and be honest!

How many minutes of aerobic exercise have you done in the last fortnight?

How many resistance training sessions have you done in the last fortnight?

How many steps have you done each day? Check the health app on your phone.

Now you have your answers, how did you measure up to the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines:

150-300 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity or 75-150 minutes of vigorous physical activity 

Strength training at least 2 days a week

If you’ve done the activity above and are thinking “I’m nowhere near those numbers” “the recommendations seem awfully high” or, “I was pretty active over the holidays and came pretty close.”

Your next point of action should be to get in touch with us! Why? Because you can’t afford NOT to.

Exercise is the most potent ‘longevity drug’ that we have. If you’re not exercising regularly,  focusing on improving your fitness and strength, not only will your all cause of mortality risk increase but your quality of life will decrease. Before you know it, you will find that you can no longer do the things you love because you do not have the strength or stamina to do so. 

Your next question might be, what do these guidelines mean? How do I even know where to start?

Longevity’s Exercise Physiologists are experts in making these guidelines specific to you and your goals, incorporating all of your life aspects into an exercise plan. We understand time can be of the essence with work, kids or other commitments. We understand that everyone has different abilities and interests. We will help shape YOUR physical activity guidelines, to keep you healthy and living with longevity.

Make the Christmas and New Years period an outlier in your year, don’t put your health at risk. Call Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Castle Hill, Randwick, Pymble, Kingsgrove, Neutral Bay, Rhodes, Five Dock, Casey, Gungahlin  and Coburg on 1300 964 002 to start your exercise journey today!

Written By Grayson Kieran