All Benefits of physical activity pages

  • Woman doing yoga in her living room
    Guidance

    Maintaining your family’s physical wellness

    Exclusive content from the Retail Trust

    As we spend more time at home, it is important we manage our physical wellbeing and stay as active as possible. We have collated our nine favourite articles to give you and your loved ones some inspiration.

  • Man jogging down a street on a sunny day
    Guidance

    Eight tips to help you develop healthy habits

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    Eating more healthily, exercising regularly, or saying ‘no’ to things we don’t have the space to do are all within our reach. When a new action is repeated often enough, it can become a habit that will improve your quality of life. Here are some tips to get you started.

  • Woman on a running machine in the gym
    Guidance

    Why fitness is more important than weight

    Leanne Spencer is an entrepreneur, campaigning for gender equality and the promotion of positive female role models for young people. Here she talks about changing our attitudes towards food, fatness, fitness and most importantly, how we look. 

  • Pysical activity
    Guidance

    Physical activity

    Source: Turning Point

    Looking after your health and wellbeing is about looking after the whole of you. We are working with Turning Point to offer access to online information and advice along with evidence-based structured interventions on a range of wellbeing topics covering mind, body and behaviour.

  • Fitness mistakes to avoid
    Guidance

    Five fitness mistakes to avoid

    This brief animated video from PictureFit talks through five common mistakes people make when starting their fitness journey. Learn how to avoid them and ensure optimum results from your motivation and effort.

  • Achieve your body transformation goals
    Guidance

    Achieve your body transformation goal!

    Whether you are looking at losing weight or bulking up, Furious Pete talks about how to use the different food groups in a sensible and effective manner to meet your transformation goals.

  • Nutrition and making healthy food choices
    Guidance

    Nutrition and making healthy food choices

    In this guide to food and nutrition from Psyche Truth, Health Coach Corrina discusses the major food groups.

  • Person cycling down a road into the distance
    Guidance

    The benefits of physical activity

    Niall Brennan talks through the many physical benefits of physical activity in this animated short video. If you were unsure as to why physical activity is so important to our health this video will convince you otherwise!