Regular Exercise

Staying active is more important than ever, both for your physical and mental health.

Being more active can help you:

• lower your blood pressure

• boost your levels of good cholesterol

• improve blood flow (circulation)

• keep your weight under control

There are plenty of ways you can build movement and exercise into your day. Take a look below:

Youth Sport Trust 60 second challenges to have a go at which you can find on:

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/60-second-physical-activity-challenges

Here are some more activities for you to try from Youth Sport Trust, created in partnership with Complete PE, and you can download any of them from the following link. Find a daily activity by following them on their Twitter @YouthSportTrust.

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/pe-home-learning

Yoga and Mindfulness Resources: Social distancing will take its toll on all of us and it’s more important than ever that we look after our mental health. Yoga and Mindfulness are great ways to promote positive mental health and they can be done indoors without any fancy equipment. Here is a link to CosmicKidsYoga YouTube channel that you can have a go at as a family. https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

GoNoodle provides fun family activities for all. They also provide apps that can be downloaded which will provide ideas and inspiration to keep active.