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Sit Less, Get Active
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in Russian
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Defining, measuring and getting started with physical activity
- Welcome to the first week of the Sit Less, Get Active journey! Watch the exciting videos and learn the basics about physical activity and sedentariness; how much physical activity we should be doing; how to monitor your physical activity levels and set physica...
- Week 2 - Sit less, get active wherever you are!
We hope you enjoyed the videos and activities in Week 1. If you haven’t started your assignments, now is the great time to start with the week of monitoring your physical activity and goal setting. This week we will give you tips and suggestions on how to be m... - Week 3 - Making physical activity a lifelong habit for you and others
Week 3 is starting and bringing with itself new great videos and activities. If you have never heard about the pelvic floor, check out the video on physical activity in pregnancy. Guest speaker Elaine Miller, a physiotherapist and a stand-up comedian, will hel...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Danijela Gašević
Lecturer
Centre for Population Health Sciences
Andrew Murray
Sports Medicine Physician
Sport and Exercise, University of Edinburgh
Chris Oliver
Professor
Physical Activity for Health Research Centre
Helen Ryall
Healthy University Project Co-ordinator
Sport & Exercise, University of Edinburgh
Graham Baker
Chancellor's Fellow
Physical Activity for Health Research Centre
Editor
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Having counted among its students inventors of the Industrial Revolution, it has more students than any other Scottish university and is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom.
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