Walking More for Living Longer Better
WALKING BRISKLY IS THE BEST WAY TO INCREASE STAMINA
The emergence of dancing as a popular activity and the growing awareness of the importance of Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates means that opportunities for the Suppleness and Skill elements of fitness are increasingly recognised as important. Another priority for Live Longer Better is promoting Strength as an important element of fitness. That covers three of the four S's of the Live Longer Better concept of fitness are covered. Priority also needs to be given to the need to increase Stamina - the 4th S.
Stamina is the aspect of fitness influenced primarily by the heart and the blood cells although your lungs and muscles also have a part to play. Stamina is assessed by how you respond to a challenge which requires a pulse rate and a breathing rate higher than normal, for example climbing three flights of stairs.
A person’s stamina is assessed firstly by their best level of performance (how quickly they can climb the three flights and secondly by their resilience (how quickly they can return to their resting pulse rate after reaching the top).
For too many people the term Stamina conjures up the image of people training for a 10K but you don't need to run to increase your stamina, although the Couch to 5K programme is relevant to all ages. The Chief Medical Officers' Guidelines on Physical Activity recommend 30 minutes of exercise of 'moderate intensity' at least five days a week, namely exercise that makes your breathing rate noticeably different but with which you can still carry on a conversation. This can be done by a number of ways, by swimming or rowing on a machine for example, but the simplest way to do this is by brisk walking. The evidence is summarised in the book Dr Gray's Walking Cure. The 30 minutes does not need to be done in one spell but can be built up over the day using the NHS Active 10 App to record the number of minutes walked and the number walked briskly
Good work is being done to encourage walking by the Ramblers, Local Authorities, Intelligent Health, Living Streets and the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine which has launched a Lets Walk More campaign . Health Walks, now called Wellbeing Walks were initially funded by the Macmillan and launched by the Ramblers. Parkrun now also organises Parkwalks. The W:ISH system can automatically identify Wellbeing Walks and Health Walks within easy reach of your home address and provide a link to the organiser
Every Neighbourhood needs to develop a Walking Programme and measure the number of people on health walks and the number of times walking is recommended using W:ISH. Work is being done to link the data in the Active10 App to a person's NHS record so that they have the ability to measure their walking as part of their management of a long term health problem
W:ISH
W:ISH creates a personalised physical activity 'prescription' linking the persons diagnosis or symptoms to Health Walks and Wellbeing Walks organised by the Local Authority, the Ramblers and the local. Active Partnership. There are also links to resources describing the importance of walking
The emergence of dancing as a popular activity and the growing awareness of the importance of Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates means that opportunities for the Suppleness and Skill elements of fitness are increasingly recognised as important. Another priority for Live Longer Better is promoting Strength as an important element of fitness. That covers three of the four S's of the Live Longer Better concept of fitness are covered. Priority also needs to be given to the need to increase Stamina - the 4th S.
Stamina is the aspect of fitness influenced primarily by the heart and the blood cells although your lungs and muscles also have a part to play. Stamina is assessed by how you respond to a challenge which requires a pulse rate and a breathing rate higher than normal, for example climbing three flights of stairs.
A person’s stamina is assessed firstly by their best level of performance (how quickly they can climb the three flights and secondly by their resilience (how quickly they can return to their resting pulse rate after reaching the top).
For too many people the term Stamina conjures up the image of people training for a 10K but you don't need to run to increase your stamina, although the Couch to 5K programme is relevant to all ages. The Chief Medical Officers' Guidelines on Physical Activity recommend 30 minutes of exercise of 'moderate intensity' at least five days a week, namely exercise that makes your breathing rate noticeably different but with which you can still carry on a conversation. This can be done by a number of ways, by swimming or rowing on a machine for example, but the simplest way to do this is by brisk walking. The evidence is summarised in the book Dr Gray's Walking Cure. The 30 minutes does not need to be done in one spell but can be built up over the day using the NHS Active 10 App to record the number of minutes walked and the number walked briskly
Good work is being done to encourage walking by the Ramblers, Local Authorities, Intelligent Health, Living Streets and the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine which has launched a Lets Walk More campaign . Health Walks, now called Wellbeing Walks were initially funded by the Macmillan and launched by the Ramblers. Parkrun now also organises Parkwalks. The W:ISH system can automatically identify Wellbeing Walks and Health Walks within easy reach of your home address and provide a link to the organiser
Every Neighbourhood needs to develop a Walking Programme and measure the number of people on health walks and the number of times walking is recommended using W:ISH. Work is being done to link the data in the Active10 App to a person's NHS record so that they have the ability to measure their walking as part of their management of a long term health problem
W:ISH
W:ISH creates a personalised physical activity 'prescription' linking the persons diagnosis or symptoms to Health Walks and Wellbeing Walks organised by the Local Authority, the Ramblers and the local. Active Partnership. There are also links to resources describing the importance of walking