Physical activity guidelines for older adults – Part 2*
*Article Content taken from www.nhs.uk for informational purposes. Read also “Physical activity guidelines for older adults – Part 1“ Physical activity guidelines for older adults – Part 2 Moderate-intensity activity will raise your heart rate and make you breathe faster and feel warmer. One way to tell if you’re exercising at a moderate intensity is if you can still talk but you can’t sing the words to a song. Daily chores such as shopping, cooking or housework don’t count towards your 150 minutes because the effort isn’t hard enough to raise your heart rate, but they are important nonetheless as they break up periods of...
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