How to look after your mental health using exercise

'It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigour.' Marcus Tullius CiceroWhat is physical activity?At a very basic level, physical activity means any movement of your body that uses your muscles and expends energy. One of the great things about physical activity is that there are endless possibilities and there will be an activity to suit almost everyone!It is recommended that the average adult should do between 75 and 150 minutes of exercise a week. This can be either moderate intensity exercise, such as walking, hiking or riding a bike, or it can be more vigorous activities, such as running, swimming fast, aerobics or skipping with a rope. Any activity that raises your heart rate makes you breathe faster, and makes you feel warmer counts towards your exercise!An easy way to look at types of physical activity is to put them into four separate categories.Daily physical activityFor adults, physical activity can include recreational or leisure-time physical ac...