Stay Active While Social Distancing

Daily exercise is an essential component of staying healthy. So even we need to keep our social distancing, there is no excuse for us to keep and stay healthy. There are some type of exercise that we can do during this PKPP

Endurance Exercises: Support Your Heart and Lungs

• Endurance exercise expands your breathing and increases your heart rate and any activity that increases your heart rate counts. For example:

1. Walking or jogging
2. High knee or jumping jack

Strength Training: Maintain Your Muscles

• Strength training helps build and maintain muscles. The National Institutes of Health recommends 1 hour of strength training per week. If it’s easier, you can break that up into 10 minutes per day. Example of exercise:

1. Push-ups
2. Planks
3. Squats
4. Lunges
5. Crunches
6. Sit-ups

*reminder: make sure your form is correct when doing this exercise

Balance Exercises: Maintain Your Stability

• Balance exercises help you maintain your stability. Here are just a few basics to help you get started

1. Single leg balance
2. Plank with flying plane arms
3. Rolling forearm side planks
4. T-stand
5. Single leg side lift
6. Balance on stability ball

Flexibility Exercises: Move More Freely

• Flexibility exercises help you move more freely. These include stretching and lengthening moves. Make sure not to push yourself too hard when stretching, and let off if you feel any pain. Examples:

1. Tricep stretch
2. Lunge with a spinal twist
3. Pilates
4. Side bend stretch
5. Touch your toes
6. Neck stretch

No matter what, any amount of physical activity has its advantages, so just plan to move as much as you can. Exercise helps improve bone and heart health.