Overview
There are many tools and resources available to help with getting and staying physically active. These include ones to prepare for becoming more physically active and monitoring the intensity and progress of your activities.
Before you start
Physical activity is beneficial and safe for almost everyone. These resources and tools highlight the benefits of physical activity and offer ideas on incorporating it for people of all ages. They will also help you determine whether you should check with a health care provider or qualified exercise professional before becoming more active and make a plan to become more active.
- Physical Activity and Physical Literacy: Early Years (ages 0-4), Children and Youth (ages 5-17), Adults (ages 18-64), Older Adults (ages 65+)
- PAR-Q+ and ePARmed-X+
- Get Active Questionnaire (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology)
- SMART goal setting
- Exercise planning form
For more resources on taking steps toward changing your level of physical activity, visit Helping you make it happen.
Monitoring physical activity intensity
There are several ways to monitor how hard you work doing an activity. Two examples include rating of perceived exertion and target heart rate. Using these ways will allow you to choose and work at an appropriate level of intensity for your body and progress your intensity level to achieve your health or physical activity goals.
- Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale
- Target heart rate
- Interactive tool: What is your target heart rate
Logging physical activity
Using physical activity logs is an easy way to keep track of your activities, see your progress and set future health or physical activity goals.
