{"id":410,"date":"2021-11-23T10:36:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2021-11-23T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:40:02","slug":"move-your-way-to-better-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/2021\/11\/move-your-way-to-better-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Move YOUR Way to Better Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Physical activity is important at any age for health and well-being. The DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion suggests doing three kinds of physical activities every week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aerobic Activities<\/strong> that elevate your heart rate (i.e., walking, bicycling, swimming, pickleball or other sports). Aerobic activities help keep minds and bodies sharp for everyday tasks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muscle-Strengthening Activities<\/strong> (i.e., lifting weights or a plastic bottle of water, carrying bags of groceries, using resistance bands, doing lunges or squats to strengthen legs). Muscle-strengthening activities can help with other everyday activities &#8211; standing up from a seated position or opening the lid of a food container.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balance Activities<\/strong> (i.e., standing on one leg while holding onto a wall or chair for support, or stepping sideways &#8211; first to your left, then to your right). Strengthening your balance can help prevent falls or injuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/moveyourway\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/max_1300x1300\/public\/2021-02\/PAG_MYW_SocialMedia_Dosage_Adults.png?itok=tl391-FF\" alt=\"Move Your Way graphic\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Graphic: <a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/moveyourway\">https:\/\/health.gov\/moveyourway<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion\u2019s <strong>Move Your Way\u00ae <\/strong>website offers a range of tips, tools, and motivational videos to help you, family members, and friends develop a customized physical activity plan. <a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/moveyourway\">https:\/\/health.gov\/moveyourway<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The website\u2019s interactive <strong>Activity Planner<\/strong> tool offers a set of questions and customized answer choices to build a personalized activity plan that can be printed or Emailed for your use.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Motivations\/reasons for taking action (I want to get active to\u2026e.g., feel less stress, sleep better)<\/li>\n<li>What kinds of activities are you looking for? (Show me activities I can do\u2026e.g., alone, with others, indoors, outdoors)<\/li>\n<li>How often you want to do each activity (e.g., total number of minutes and days each week you want to do this activity)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also return to the Activity Planner at a future date to incorporate new objectives or activities, for additional health benefits<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sources:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Move Your Way\u00ae <a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/moveyourway\">https:\/\/health.gov\/moveyourway<\/a> Retrieved on 11.18.21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Fact Sheet: Move Your Way &#8211; How Can I Stay Active As I Get Older?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-07\/PAG_MYW_FactSheet_OlderAdults_07-08_508c.pdf\">https:\/\/health.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-07\/PAG_MYW_FactSheet_OlderAdults_07-08_508c.pdf<\/a>&nbsp; Retrieved on 11.18.21.<\/p>\n<p>Curated by: Dale Adler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physical activity is important at any age for health and well-being. The DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion suggests doing three kinds of physical activities every week: Aerobic Activities that elevate your heart rate (i.e., walking, bicycling, swimming, pickleball or other sports). Aerobic activities help keep minds and bodies sharp for everyday tasks. <a href=\"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/2021\/11\/move-your-way-to-better-health\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[46,47,49,48,51,45,50],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-times","tag-activities","tag-balance","tag-elders","tag-exercise-for-seniors","tag-healthy","tag-move-your-way","tag-physical"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murexproperties.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}