Activites that involve exertionof physical or mental energy and can often include low-impact physical activites.
Eg. Yoga or Walking.
Passive leisure
Activites such as those in which a person does not exert any significant physical or mental energy.
Eg. Going to the cinema, watching TV or playing video games.
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Recreation
Recreation; can mean just relaxing and enjoying yourself, but it is increasingly being used to mean doing something that is active and healthy.
Physical recreation
Participate for intrinsic award, rather than extrinsic, so you would be aware of the health benefits you would be getting as an individual, for pleasure and for a purposeful use of time.
Outdoor recreation
Activities associated with some degree of challenge.
Eg. Climbing, fell walking or caving.
Water based activities, such as sailing,windsurfing orcanoeing.
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Recreation
There are lots of physical activities to choose from and they differ between individuals for some of the following reasons:
Age; elderly people, activities such as bowls.
Location; if you lived near a beach, taking up surfing would work but snowboarding wouldn't.
Provision and cost; the area you live may not provide activities and even if there were, there may be a cost that could prevent you from participating.
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