Obesity around the world - part III

In this part I’ll present you different possibilities for active spending of your free time. I‘ll also tell you which my favorites are.

Probably most of you spend most of the day sitting in front of a computer, in classes or something like this. It’s normal for students.

So if you want to be fit and feel better you must start exercising/doing sport. It’s not as difficult or expensive as for example fast diet products. Your physical activity should be at least 2-3 times a week for about 30-45 min, but every day is the best. It depends on what you want to do. Now I’ll show you what you can do.



If you want to have a good condition or reduce your weight you can start from home exercises or, if there is good weather, you can do running, jogging or cycling. Some people say that a good idea is to do it before breakfast. Your workout should take at least 30 minutes if you want to lose weight. The tempo shouldn’t be too high and should be constant. Another popular thing you can do is Nordic walking. I’ve chosen running and I do it 2-3 times a week in the summer. The best thing is these activities are free :-).

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Another interesting activity is swimming. It’s good for all muscles. It also helps you to reduce your weight. If you can’t swim you can do an aqua aerobic. I usually go to a swimming pool in autumn and winter about 2-3 times a week. It’s very relaxing. After swimming you can go to Jacuzzi and sauna. Swimming pool is not very expensive. It costs from about 10-18 zł for 1-2 hours if you are a student.

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Next thing I do in winter is volleyball. I rent a school gym hall with my friends once a week for 1,5h. It’s great fun! Warm-up is quite intensive so it’s great to improve your condition. Costs are low because we are sharing them for 10-12 people. It’s about 20-30 zł per month. It could be any other game like: (indoor) soccer, basketball , handball, unihockey, etc.

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At the end my favorite activity, which is the gym. I have gone to the gym 3-4 times a week for about 3 years. It’s great for men, but there are quite a lot women who go to the gym too. Women can also go to fitness trainings. In the gym you can work with all parts of your muscles. An interesting thing is that if you want to, for example, lose weight doing belly exercises, your result will be poor. You can’t reduce fat in one part of a body. I’ll said you should do an aerobic workout (such as jogging or cycling) and it will gives you a proper result. For me the gym is also a social place. I have a lot of friends there and I can talk with them during breaks between exercises. My gym costs about 130 zł / month for students. It’s the most expensive thing from this text but it’s a normal price.

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If you already play any sport or do another activity – good for you. If not – you should start. You probably have a lot exercises (no time, no money, no place, etc.) but I’m sure you can find 30 min / 2-3 times a week. Money is not necessary and place is not a problem if you really look for it.

At the end some tips about diet and workouts from really “hardcore” body builder – Robert Burneika :-)



I hope you will change your lifestyle to healthy one after reading this presentation. It’s easy and obvious for most of you but it’s hard to start. If you change your habits it will become normal. I hope my advice was useful.

Questions:

1. 1. Do you play any sport or do any other activity? What is it?
2. 2. What kind of sport did you choose to pass your sport classes in school?
3. 3. Does anyone of your family or friends leads a healthy, active lifestyle? Is she/he satisfied?