Get More Exercise

Be Active…

• You don’t have to go to a gym to be active! Get moving at home, at school, at work, inside or outside and include your family and friends
   
• Play. Do something you like that gets you moving every day  

• Plan organized events you enjoy and have team mates who encourage you to attend and participate – consider group sports or classes
   
• Take time for you by being active during breaks in work or tasks
   
• Take the stairs, park further from the door when shopping and add little ways to get more movement into your regular routine 
   
• Check out Canada’s Physical Activity Guide at http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/paguide/index.html

Make sure that you take part in the three types of physical activity...

• Flexibility activities to keep joints and muscles flexible like bending, stretching, and reaching
   
• Strength activities that build your muscles and bones like weight and resistance training
   
• Endurance activities that make you breathe deeper, elevate your heart rate and warm you up like fast-paced walking