How long does it take to move in a day? I think many of us are asking this question. The answer depends on what goals we set for ourselves. The World Health Organization recommends that we move at least 30 minutes a day: fast walking, dancing, skiing - everything will do. However, if you say so, I am moving even more, and I am not satisfied with my physical fitness! So this is the average norm: both for children and their grandparents. For adults, and especially adults with children - a completely different level of tasks. It means that the physical activity should also correspond to this level. How much do you need to move?
My experiment to increase physical activity.
I work out at the sports center usually twice a week for an hour: running, training machines, courses for diversity. I used to do a lot of yoga, but now I think it's too slow. I want more drive. I've been wanting to see if my condition, performance and activity would improve for a long time if I did it every day. This is a good time for such an experiment: our marathon "Make home an oasis of happiness" based on Gretchen Rubin's book "Happy home". I've been doing sports every day for a week and that's what I've learned from it.
Regular exercise in sports improves performance and activity.
I think it is an undeniable fact that regular sports activities improve performance and activity. But it is regular! Regular exercise is considered to be if you train 2-3 times a week. Weekend sports are also welcome, but on the same weekend it will make you tired rather than cheerful. If you sleep well after that, your body will recover and give you a boost of energy at best on Monday. And you want to be in shape over the weekend. That's why the experts advise: it's better to be smaller, but better, and regular. The norm for sports is 2-3 times a week.
Saturday, December 15, 14.00. I spent 30 min on the treadmill with a quick step and 20 minutes on the simulators. I felt very good all day long. I didn't even need my micro sleep: in the evening I often fall asleep with my children, but this time I didn't even think about it. I had good working capacity until 11:00 a.m.
Physical activity makes a person more emotionally stable.
It's a great advantage of sport that I discovered when the kids were born. No other cataclysms could take me out of balance as fast as a normal lunch with the children before:) So I have to take measures. As I walk a couple of kilometers on the track - so it is easy and simple for me with children. And if I miss the training, then the third glass spilled in five minutes starts to irritate me: (Studies of British psychologists have shown that intensive sports activities 30-45 minutes three times a week in effect are equal to drugs that are prescribed to a depressed person. I don't have depression and only, I think, thanks to children's sport:)
Sunday, December 16, 11.00 20 minutes - treadmill, 20 minutes - simulators (for other muscles). In the afternoon Daniel had such a coughing attack that he had to go to the hospital.
Choose physical activity to your liking.
If you make yourself run or go to yoga just because others find it very useful, then this physical activity has little use. Physically, of course, you pump up, but the emotional struggle will take away a lot of energy from you - maybe just the energy you get as a result of physical training. So try to choose the kind of sport that you like, at least theoretically:) I have found for myself the gymnastics of Tibetan lamas, which I do when I can not go to the sports center. And there is no such opportunity when children are sick.
Monday, December 17. In the morning Daniel's cough was joined by Sasha, and I had to borrow and treat them all day, so my legs reached the sport only in the evening when the children fell asleep. I did the Tibetan lamas' gymnastics. It was a good vaccination against fatigue, as I had to work actively on the energy presentation for the webinar (see the link below).