Physical Activity Analysis

A person’s behavior or lifestyle can affect their health. Physical activity can help prevent obesity and help reduce blood pressure, which can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, type II diabetes, stroke and kidney failure.

of physical exertion. Regular physical activity has significant health benefits, and even modest increases in energy expenditure can have health enhancing effects.

I thought about what would be a good improvement project that would allow me to use the PDSA cycle and improve my life. Therefore, after much thought it would be good to increase my exercise activity than what I currently do. I have a heart condition that stopped me from doing any exercise. It took a little over two years, but with medication and blood work, the physicians now say it would be fine to add some exercise to my routine, but I am only allowed to do walking. On an average day, I manage around 2,000 steps, so my plan is to increase my steps to 10,000 a day. I will have mini-goals to reach my final goal of 10,000 steps a day. I can easily monitor my habit with my walking app on my phone. In addition, I will be tracking it in Excel

In performing this activity/assessment, I have learned a few things. From this assignment I have learned that the amount of exercise or physical activity for a certain amount of time affects your heart rate and pulse. We were instructed to run up and down the stairs for a total of eight minutes with a 30 second break in between every two minutes to measure your pulse. We recorded data to see what our pulse was every two minutes of physical activity for eight minutes. In doing this i have concluded that the longer you perform physical activity the higher your pulse and heart rate increase, and the longer it take your pulse and heart rate to go back down to your resting heart rate.

As a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day.

The recommended amount of physical activity should be at least 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic activity and/or at least 90 minutes per week of vigorous physical exercise. Try to distribute this activity over at least 3 days per week. It is important, though, not to go more than 2 consecutive days without physical activity.

There are many benefits of being active, it is good for you and it is a good way to socialise with others, regular physical activity can help prevent heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure and reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and some cancers and it can help to avoid injuries. Research suggests that those who eat a wide variety of nutritious foods enjoy living a longer life. .Other benefits of healthy eating include:

Regular physical activity is beneficial to health in many ways(“Facts”). A comprehensive study and analysis of existing research found that leisure time physical activity is associated with reduced risk of 13 types of cancers(“Facts”).Physical activity will help you maintain a healthy lifestyle. Accordingly regular physical activity impacts health in many ways.

My physical activity journal is rather boring. The only real physical activity I do is walk to campus from my house. Since my house is somewhat far away, I walk for a decent amount of time. My total moderate intensity equivalent minutes for the week adds up to 485 minutes, all of this is walking around at about three miles per hour. I did not partake in any muscle strengthening days during the past week. I simply do not have enough time to go work out at the rec center, even though I would love to weight lift there. As I said before, I primarily walk everywhere I go. I work at Cambus, so I usually walk to campus and catch a bus to work from there. Most of my class times are spread out throughout the day, so I usually walk to campus three or four times a day. In

I did the trance solutions procedure for two days. The first time that I did it, I felt ridiculous and I stopped half way through. The second time that I tried it that day, I was under more stress and I could tell that my mind was slowing down. The next day, I tried it in the morning after I woke up. I did it the full 20 minutes. I felt calmer through the morning hours so I decided to do it again in the afternoon. By that time, my back was hurting from picking children up all day. Doing this exercise helped me relax my body and put me into a happier mood. I still do not know if I am doing it right but I am going to try to do it once a day to help my stress level. I hope I get better at it as time goes on.

During this week, I can say there was no progress made compare to last week, which in my opinion make me sad. On one side, I can understand why I didn’t make any progress. During the beginning of the week I start the week in a good way. I start to eat healthy with no junk food and exercise. But later on, the week I didn’t do the best. I start to eat junk food like chips and ice cream. The worst part was that I didn’t exercise for four days straight, which is bad. On average one should exercise 60 minutes and at least five days (think that’s average). I could say that this is my worst week then it comes to exercising because I never been this much since exercising. For next week, my goal is to improve my exercising at least 5 days. Also, for

Exercising: Exercising is not only beneficial for the individual engaging in it, but for the whole society. Exercising is scientifically proven to lower disease and improve happiness. When a society is more happy they engage in more positive behavior. A society that is more engaged will more likely advocate for justice and the well being of others.

Adults should have around thirty to sixty minutes of physical activity four to six times a week. Two hours and thirty minutes is the minimum a fully developed person needs to lessen the risk of having some type of chronic disease later in life (“Information”).

Exercise's greatest benefit is it reduces and prevent diseases. Exercise is a way of promoting health and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Health is a state mind, body, and spirit. An individual who leads an unhealthy way of life, poor diet, lack of exercise can result in increase risks of complications that may lead to certain diseases. There is a large number of Americans that suffer from preventable conditions. Three conditions that exercise can significantly effect are hypertension, heart disease, and obesity.

The following paper will cover the benefits of using a fitness app to keep track of nutritional intake, exercise and setting goals. I will be discussing the average of weekly nutrition intake for three days per week (including one weekend day) over three weeks. Also, how my diet and exercise has changed after using the app. Lastly, how using a personal action plan has assisted me in setting goals and putting them into action to make lifestyle changes.