Your heart rate is beating faster and you feel better, today and tomorrow.

Any amount of exercise can noticeably boost your mood.

Helps the body:

• Improves sleep
• Increases energy
• Decreases pain
• Strengthens immune system
• Manages body weight

Helps the mind:

• Stimulates blood flow into the brain
• Reduces stress, distress and anxiety by burning off stress-inducing hormones
• Lifts mood by releasing feel-good hormones

• Improves self-confidence with better fitness
• Relieves pent-up muscle tension

Choose exercise you like

Try to get an hour or more of good physical activity each day. Choose something you enjoy and build from there. Start with a little. You might really enjoy it!

Never heard of Zumba? Try;

• Walking
• Jumping rope
• Bike riding
• Running
• Tennis
• Skating
• Swimming
• Playing tag
• Team or individual Sports
• Hiking
• Gymnastics
• Push-ups
• Weight-lifting, with a supervised plan
• Yoga
• Dancing
• Climbing the jungle gym

Don’t forget to drink water! If you wait until you’re thirsty, you’re already getting dehydrated.

Tips to keep it up

• Track with a journal. Jot down your goals and what you have achieved. Use pictures, charts or just words. Seeing it on paper can boost your motivation.
• Put goals on the calendar. 
• Do it with a friend.
• If you drop the ball, pick it up. It would be a shame to give up entirely just because you missed a few days–or even a few weeks. Remember to acknowledge yourself for any steps forward, no matter how small.
• Make time for it. If you feel like you don’t have enough time, how about squeezing your exercise into 10-minute chunks? This can be a great cure for the “blahs”.
• Reward yourself. Of course exercise offers its own rewards—but its OK to treat yourself for achievement!