The benefits of activity and exercise

Benefits

Being active helps you to stay healthy. There are many different ways you can get active and finding a way that suits you is important. You may enjoy walking, running, dancing, surfing, going to the gym, playing a team sport or swimming. Whatever it is you do, you may get many benefits from it, including:

Improving your strength, fitness, and confidence which helps you to achieve what you want in life.
Allowing you to do heaps of cool stuff like play sport well, go bushwalking etc
Having more energy
Increasing your flexibility and mobility.
Helping you enjoy your body for what it can do, not just what it looks like.
Helping you to manage stress.
Helping you to feel better about yourself.
Helping you get a better night's sleep.
Improving metabolic rate which helps prevent weight gain
Helping to manage anger

Suggestions for becoming active

Everyone has a different level of fitness, and exercising at a pace that is right for you is important. Exercise shouldn't cause you pain, it can be fun and doesn't have to be organised or cost money. If you have medical difficulties or are feeling pain when you exercise it is a good idea to talk with your local doctor. Here are some suggestions that may help if you are starting to exercise:

Start gradually - Try not to do too much too fast. As a read more