What is “health related fitness”?
This is not just being free from disease. We mean by this your ability to wake
up refreshed in the morning, to be able to go to work, college or deal with
the family and then maybe to play football with the kids in the evening, or
help with their homework or to socialise with friends and to get to the end of
the day without collapsing into bed totally exhausted!
In other words you are fit enough to cope with whatever it is you need to do
in a day. This is harder than we realise in today’s demanding world. The World
Health Organisation (“WHO”) from as long ago as 1948 said
“…. positive health is more than being disease free – it is about “complete
physical, mental and social wellbeing”
Beaglehole, Bonita and Kjellstrom 1993.
The
research
So why 30 minutes?
The 30minuteclub is committed to help you achieve 30 minutes of physical
activity on most days of the week. The science proves that this is of great
benefit to your physical and mental wellbeing . Also, 30 minutes, even in two
blocks of fifteen minutes, is achievable for all of us. It’s that simple!
References in support:
1993 American College of Sports Medicine
(“ACSM”) with the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 30
minutes activity in “Exercise Lite”
www.acsm.org
See also the Physical Activities Task Force 1995 comments by the US Surgeon
General
The UK Government in “Saving Lives Our Healthier Nation” White Paper number
Cm 4386 presented to Parliament by the Secretary for State for Health, page
25.
The World Health Organisation (“WHO”) in Global Strategy on Diet, Physical
Activity and Health – Cardiovascular Disease : Prevention and Control
(see also physical activity and stress, and older people etc.)
www.who.int 26/6/07
SportEngland November 2004 in “Sport and Physical Activity in 2nd Generation
Local Public Service Agreements : Guidance Notes for Local Authorities” states
that sport and physical activity is good for health and should be undertaken
by adults for 30 minutes at a moderate intensity for 5 or more days of the
week.
www.sportsengland.org
3/7/07
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