Every Movement Counts

Some Guidelines

In guidelines for people of all ages released Wednesday, the WHO emphasized that “every type of movement counts” as people combat sedentary lifestyles, exacerbated by social distancing and the amount of time spent at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Ryan Miller, November 27 2020) https://news.yahoo.com/heres-much-exercise-week-even-163958319.html

Key Words

According to the Cambridge dictionary, the meaning of sedentary means involving little exercise or physical activity. Next, the meaning of exacerbated is to make something that is already bad even worse.

Home Exercise

I find that it is indeed timely that I started getting 7 minutes of home workout that can be done at the comforts of my room. Feeling motivated, I am already in the third season of my 10 day Challenge. The 7 minutes workout video can be conveniently accessed from Youtube anytime of the day that we want to exercise.

It consists of visual and spoken information with clear step by step instruction so anyone with a device from the handphone to the desktop can follow. This enables us to stay safe while understanding how to do lunges, crunches and star jumps within the 7 minutes without going out.

Technology

Through the use of technology, we can overcome the bad effects of the pandemic. Firstly, with the increased time spent at home, a good home workout can combat our sedentary lifestyles involving little exercise or physical activity. Secondly, through the use of social media we can prevent the bad effects exacerbated by social distancing. This is where the common perception is that our exercise and physical activity has to come to a standstill with the limits placed by social distancing.

Even though groups of more than 5 are not allowed to gather, we can stay connected online because technology places no limit on the number of people we can get in contact with. By having our fellow Herbalife members post daily pictures, we exchange health tips and information on our nutrition where the group gets even more social than usual.

Every Movement Counts

I see the use of technology reversing the situation of exacerbating our sedentary lifestyles and am glad to start the week right because “every movement counts” in my home exercise, daily nutritional shakes to supplement the workout and best of all a social group who are likeminded in getting off the couch and away from a sedentary lifestyle.