- helping you lose weight
- improving your sleep
- helping you manage stress
- improving your quality of life
- reducing your chances of getting illnesses such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers
- reducing your chances of getting joint and back pain and depression
Getting active
Being active has many benefits, including:
Getting active
People aged 19-64 should aim to:
- be active every day – any activity is better than none
- do strengthening activities that work all the major muscles at least two days a week
- do at least 150 minutes of moderate activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity, over a week
- reduce time spent sitting or lying down and break up long periods of not moving with some activity