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All adults should accumulate at least
30 minutes of moderate intensity
physical activity each day
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Resource Centre (SIRC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
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Get Fit!
With summer vacations over and kids heading back to school we find ourselves falling back into a regular routine. This is the perfect time to start incorporating exercise to your day to get fit and keep energized. When designing your fitness program it is important to incorporate three main components to receive maximum health benefits: cardio or aerobic activity, strength training and stretching/flexibility. But before you can hit the gym you need to have a clear understanding of what your fitness goals are and what your current fitness level is. Once you start your exercise routine it is a good idea to vary your workout from time to time. So try something new whether it is adding a group fitness class or yoga to keep motivated. Finally remember no matter your age, it is never to late or too early to start an exercise program!
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How much exercise?
To maximize the health benefits of your exercise program, you need to include the right amounts of the right kinds of activities in your program, including: Aerobic activity, Resistance training and Stretching. In addition to the basic recommendations given above, daily activity of every kind contributes to physical fitness and good health. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator, walking your errands, volleyball on the beach, working in the garden, playing with the kids. All burn calories and contribute to a high-energy lifestyle that reduces risk of heart disease.
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Supplementary Article:How much exercise is good?
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Best Ways to Get Started
It's been said, "If you keep doing what you have always done, you will get what you have always got.” Your workout programme cannot proceed according to a plan if you have no plan, nor can you expect great results without a road map to guide you. Take a few minutes to set realistic goals and organize your training, and you’ll find the road to success is not far away.
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Home Fitness Test
No matter what you are training for, what you need is a plan, and the best way to make a plan is to have a starting point and an end point –a target. Your target might be weight los or weight gain, or to strengthen a weak upper body or increase your aerobic fitness. Whatever… you’ll need to sort these targets out, and the best way to achieve this is to take some basic subjective (personal) and some physical (objective) home fitness test.
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Be your Own Personal Trainer
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Group Exercise Classes
Have you ever thought about trying one of the group exercise classes offered at your gym, but didn’t know which one to choose? With so many options it is hard to decide which one is right for you based on your fitness goals and overall enjoyment. This article provides the physical benefits and calorie burning attributes of popular group exercise classes including step class, aerobics, circuits, crew class and boxercise.
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Beginner’s guide to yoga
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 Fitness for Children
Increasing the movement repertoire of children requires planned, purposeful repetition of quality movement. Youngsters can be exposed to a variety of fun and innovative movement challenges designed to stress their motor capabilities. However, from a physiological and sport development perspective, it is important to explore what types of quality movement can be taught to young children. Can they be treated as miniature adults? Are there critical growth and maturation moderators that must be taken into account when developing the training curriculum? How are structured exercise plans best delivered if the hope is that children will be receptive and enthusiastic?
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Better Late then Never
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News from SIRC |
Capture the Moment -Photo Contest!
Do you like taking sport photos? Here’s your chance to win great prizes, get international exposure as well as have your photo included in Canada’s National Sport Library. SIRC is holding a “Capture the Moment” photo contest! We are trying to collect photos that capture all the various moments of people in sport.
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3rd annual Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference
Sport Canada invites you to the 3rd annual Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference to be held in Ottawa, Nov. 4 at the Crowne Plaza. This year, we invite you to register on-line at www.sirc.ca/SCRIC.
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Ask A SIRC Librarian |
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SIRC members have access to SIRC librarians and we are pleased to share some of your questions.
Dear SIRC Librarian:
I am looking for the most current research on why children (aged 6 to 12) participate in sport. Ideally this would be a top ten list or something like that.
I am also looking for the most current research on why children (aged
6-12) drop out of sport.
Thank you so much.
Thanks,
LJ
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