Physical Activity

If you’re anxious or depressed, you should probably do more of it.

I’m not an expert in the field of cardiorespiratory training nor anaerobic weightlifting as types of physical activity, although I choose to write this because I was very close to quitting my gym membership recently because of the HSC. How preposterous!

Time management is not easy, especially if you’re already depleted of energy. This is where exerting energy in regular physical activity is actually imperative to sustaining and improving not only physical - but mental, emotional and cognitive wellbeing. Mental illness is excessively prevalent in our world right now and throughout the past few years. Unfortunately, things like isolation, more often than not led to people settling in to a lifestyle consisting of minimal physical activity and a higher expenditure on fast food services. By late 2021, it was deduced that Australians were spending more than “three times more on food delivery than before Covid-19,” (Theconversation, 2021).

Increasing your level of physical activity doesn’t mean you need to pay for a gym membership or even do the 10-30 minute ab-workouts on Youtube that look like torture - taking the responsibility to move actively throughout each day will ensure your body doesn’t begin adapting to a sedentary lifestyle. These adaptations may include weight gain, excessive fatigue, emotional sensitivity or a lack of motivation to do anything.

If you have something that you want to strive for in your life, i.e. a passion or a goal; or whether you have no prospect whatsoever - both are reasons to brainstorm some ways you can go about increasing your level of physical activity. Here are some examples:

1. Morning routine: Find a 10-15 minute cardio/yoga/mobility routine and do it consistently every morning. I do this. I think it’s great.

2. Associative behaviours: Set the intention to do something physical whenever you do something else in particular, e.g. Do 10 push-ups every time you finish a video game, a Youtube video or get a certain amount of work done. Done throughout the day, this active fitness will be beneficial to your body as it’s regularly moving.

3. Gym (2-4 times per week): I do push, pull, legs.

4. Take up a physical hobby, including: Rock-climbing, bush-walking, surfing, cycling, running or gymnastics.

Work yo body foo’. You will find your energy, motivation and cognitive function improving. If you get swole, so be it.

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Goodnight!

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