Reflection On Canadian Physical Activities

1. The behaviour that I selected to work on over the last 5 weeks was getting more physical activity. My goal was to get the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines recommended amount of physical activity per week which is, to exercise a minimum of 150 minutes per week at a moderate to vigorous level. The reason I selected this activity and goal was because being in shape is important to me because it affects so many aspects of an individual’s life. Last year I would get an average of one and a half to two hours of exercise a day but once starting university I was only working out once or twice a week. When I did these workouts they would vary from 15- 30 mins and range from low to vigorous level of activity. My schedule and energy level would

The buddy system is meant to help because partners or groups can encourage each other to continue with the health behaviour together and track each other’s progress (McAuslan, 2017). The second strategy that I used from part two was making a weekly and daily to-do list and a firmer schedule. I did this by making a daily to-do list on sticky notes and then also hanging up a weekly schedule in my room with all my due dates, assignments, and activities. This was done to make scheduling physical activity easier and so that I was able to fit it in. Both these strategies worked well together and complemented each other. The buddy system did not require much time and effort in order to do. All that I did in order to do this was text a friend asking if they wanted to work out, this required little time to do. The scheduling and to-do list took much more time and effort to do than the strategy of the buddy system. Making the weekly schedule took about 15 minutes per week and the daily to-do list took about five minutes every day.

c) What worked while completing this assignment was the buddy system, by doing workouts and exercising with my friends. This worked because by working out with someone it gave my motivation to continue working out not only with them but also on my own. I used the buddy system in between my individual workouts allowing me to have variety in my workouts. The buddy system also worked well for me because it got me to work out at the gym instead of in my room all the time. This allowed me to workout with equipment whereas in my room I was only doing bodyweight