{"id":7560,"date":"2015-06-01T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T10:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/self-help-4-stroke-plugin-upgrade.local\/?p=7560"},"modified":"2015-06-01T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T11:10:57","slug":"how-far-do-i-push-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/?p=7560","title":{"rendered":"How much physical activity should I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7578 alignnone\" alt=\"seniors_park_fitness\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/seniors_park_fitness.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One you have decided on a physical activity you are comfortable with you may have a few questions about how much you should do. Select the questions below for some advice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-1\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\">How do I find out more?<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>Generally speaking, the more you can do the better! You may find that after your stroke, your fitness is lower than it had been before your stroke, so you may need to start slowly and then gradually increase your activity. It\u2019s important to aim high though!<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-2\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\">How can I Increase my physical activity?<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>You can increase your physical activity by:<\/p>\n<li>Increasing the frequency of what you do e.g. rather than brisk walking just once a week, increase it to twice a week and so on.<\/li>\n<li>You can also increase the duration of your activity-so rather than spending 10 minutes doing exercise, increase the length of each session of exercise-aiming to do at least 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>You can also increase the intensity of what you do-so rather than walking slowly, start to walk briskly instead.<\/li>\n<li>As you increase what you do, you may find that you feel slightly puffed or tired, but as your body becomes fitter, you will find that you can do more without feeling tired or puffed out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-3\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\">How much activity is considered \u2018enough\u2019?<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>This is a good question. Generally the more you do the better. It would be reasonable to aim to do 30 minutes of exercise, ideally 5 times a week, and the exercise should make you feel a slightly puffed out. However, if you can\u2019t manage this much, aim to build up gradually.<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-4\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\">What sort of physical activity should I do?<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>It is recommended doing a range of exercises that will improve balance and strength as well as aerobic fitness. For further advice, you may wish to discuss with a fitness instructor.<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<div class=\"brainwave\">\n<h3>Key point<\/h3>\n<p>For more ideas about how to increase your activity, there is lots of useful information on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takelifeon.co.uk\/get-active\/\">Scottish Government website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One you have decided on a physical activity you are comfortable with you may have a few questions about how much you should do. Select the questions below for some advice. Key point For more ideas about how to increase your activity, there is lots of useful information on the Scottish Government website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physical-recovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7560"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7593,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7560\/revisions\/7593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}