Online Coaches Tip of Week – Creating a Sustainable Exercise Habit

Jason King 17/04/2021
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Online Coaches Tip of the week – 17.4.21

This week I discuss an obvious but important tip for creating a sustainable exercise habit… “Do what you love and PD Warriorfy it”

As health professionals we offer a lot of advice in regards to the best type of exercise for you and your Parkinson’s.
But the best type of exercise is also the one that you will actually do! For the best results, PD Warrior exercises should be performed on a daily basis but on top of that, try to find something you enjoy doing and find a way to “PD Warriorfy” it or in other words, make it Neuroactive.

Like walking? add bursts of BIG amplitude walking.
Enjoy going to the gym? add power based exercises to your routine.

I would love to see your comments below on how you PD Warriorfy your favourite exercise or if you are unsure how to do that, we are here to help!

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The tracker is designed to help you track the amount of time you spend in scheduled exercise each day. Scheduled exercise is activity you have prioritised in your day for health and to help slow your Parkinson’s down. This might include PD Warrior exercise, fast walking, golfing, going to the gym etc. It does not include incidental activity such as housework & gardening (although we hope this increases too). The aim of the tracker is to help you build an exercise habit and to keep you accountable, so try and enter something each day.
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