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Physical wellbeing at home

Activities and resources to maintain a healthy body

Better Health - lady dancing

NHS launched Better Health to kickstart your health. Whether it's to quit smoking, get active, lose weight or look after your mental wellbeing - they've got online tools to help. 

Download apps to plan weight loss, eat healthier, quit smoking, complete couch to 5k and more. There's plenty of online class programmes and support...so let's do this!

It's so important for your body, stress and anxiety levels, and sleep to keep moving when you can.

For those working from home

Temporary desks are being set up where you can, and they may not be as ergonomic as your office. Desk stretches to ease aches and pains become very important as a prevention measure.  

For those with long-term conditions

Developed by 15 leading health and social care charities, We are Undefeatable is an inspiring campaign, which aims to "support and encourage finding ways to be active that work with each person's condition, not against them".

Yoga 

This a great bit of low intensity exercise for all levels of fitness. It benefits the mind and physical fitness, promotes relaxation, it’s also very easy to do at home. We have a popular YouTube channel to suggest below as well as some standout sessions.  

Yoga with Adriene  
 
Try her separate short Yoga sessions for:  
Morning Yoga
Meditation
Neck, shoulders and upper back care

Short home workouts 

The NHS have a library of home workouts to help get you moving, step away from the laptop/TV and use them to help break up your day. 
10 minute workouts
Home workout videos

Wheelchair users

WheelPower have a YouTube channel full of ways to keep fit from your wheelchair.

If you’re looking for even more variety

Explore the newly launched Sport England campaign #StayInWorkOut. They have been bringing together all the free online apps, channels and resources out there, so you can find some options more suited to you.  

You can also take this time to complete Couch to 5k which takes around 30 minutes, so easy to complete in your one exercise outside a day.


For the kids…and adults too!  

Let’s face it, you’re going to join in too and you’ll be grateful for the distraction - mix it up so you’re all entertained. There are useful activities to slip into your routine or to grab when you’re all out of ideas. 

Disney Dance Alongs
P.E with Joe 
Change4Life 10 minute shake up games
Change4Life indoor activities

Sport England has partnered up with UK Active to create This Mum Moves Active at Home videos for pregnant women and new mums. 

For more activities for children to keep the mind busy, please see our Mental Wellbeing at Home page


For Older Adults – please share these with your older relatives if you can! 

Sport England has launched ’10 today’ - 10-minute daily home workouts designed to help older people stay active at home. The easy to follow audio exercise routines are available on demand through BBC Sounds and broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

'Later Life Training - Make Movement your Mission' sets out to give you some simple ideas and resources to show you how easy it can be to move more; nudge you into regular action a little more than you would have; help you towards developing your moving habit whilst feeling part of a community. Every day at 8am, 12pm and 4pm (currently until 20th April) there are a series of live 10-minute sessions.

Available live on the Make Movement Your Mission Facebook page, 
Or catch up later on the Youtube channel where the videos will be uploaded shortly after the live stream ends. 

PHE Active At Home Booklet Front Page

Public Health England and Sport England's Join the Movement campaign have created the Active at Home booklet to help older adults and those who are shielding to be active and healthy at home.

There is also a on-going blog to keep healthier at home.

General guidance for sports and physical activities

  • Guidance for the public on the phased return of outdoor sport and recreation in England
  • Guidance on spending time outdoors
  • Guidance for personal trainers and coaches on the phased return of sport and recreation in England
  • Guidance on accessing green spaces safely
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