Keeping active
While it's natural to focus predominantly on managing your mental wellbeing during a crisis, we sometimes forget that our physical and mental health are delicately intertwined.
Whether it’s a few star jumps in your bedroom, yoga, or dancing, exercise will help get the adrenaline out of your system and channel any stress or anxiety you may be fee.
Very importantly, it will also keep the body well in terms of heart and lung, bone and muscle health. This can protect our overall health and also keep us functioning day to day and ensure we are all able to look after ourselves.
Evidence tells us that prolonged periods of sitting are not good for our health so it is important to try to move around the home as much as possible. Can you stand up each time a TV advert break comes on? Can you walk up and down the stairs for a few minutes before sitting down for lunch?
Staying safe while exercising
Whenever you’re exercising, please do so with caution and only if you feel well enough.
Read advice from the NHS on warming up before exercise and cooling down (stretching) after exercise.
Sport and Leisure Team - exercise classes at home
Our Sport and Leisure team are now sharing a lot of useful online content throughout the day which can help people of all ages keep moving. They have also produced a series of exercise videos on their YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV8Rl712ZSIO_IpRP_Qhh_w
Caerphilly Exercise Referral Scheme - videos
You can view the more videos on their YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw1UGfGG1YLTuqhs0aEU2Xg
Useful resources
Whenever you’re exercising, please do so with caution and only if you feel well enough.
You can also try the following to help you stay fit and look after your physical while isolating:
