Getting active with EatatEase
‘Physical activity improves both your physical and mental health. It is one of the most important factors in maintaining a good quality of life’
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Not only will exercising improve your quality of life giving you more energy, reduce stress, and offer a real sense of achievement but it helps burn calories and builds and tones your muscles lifting the way you feel about yourself.
Exercising sensibly and eating healthier offers the fastest and most sustainable way of changing the way you look and feel.
What else?
Put simply, not being active is proving hazardous to your health.
Inactive people have twice the risk of developing heart disease, compared to people who are active.
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Activity and Fitness Advice.
Exercise plans by UK experts
- Bums and Tums
- Flat stomach
- Beginners guides
- Goal Setting
Motivation and much, much more
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It is estimated that 7 in every 10 women are not active enough to have any health benefit (70% at risk)
What does this mean?
In English, this means that 70% of woman have an increased risk of health problems due to their lack of activity.
In men the ratio is 6 in every 10. (60%)
(source: British heart foundation)
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Where do you start?
Understanding your body and fitness
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So what is physical fitness?
‘Physical fitness is the overall physical condition of an individual and allows us to function efficiently and enjoy a healthy lifestyle’ says Ross our lead-physiotherapist.
In understanding Physical fitness you'll find background information on how your body works, the different types of fitness (endurance strength etc), the benefits of activity on your body (including specific health problems) and an introduction to stretching!
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