Next steps to advance general physical activity recommendations towards physical exercise prescription: a narrative review
Festa, Raul Ricardo
Sports Performance Res
Jofre-Saldia, Emilio
Universidad de O'Higgins
Candia, Alejandro A.
Universidad de O'Higgins
Monsalves-Alvarez, Matias
Universidad de O'Higgins
Flores-Opazo, Marcelo
Universidad de O'Higgins
Penailillo, Luis
Universidad Andres Bello
Marzuca-Nassr, Gabriel Nasri
Interuniv Ctr Hlth Aging RED21993
Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas
Universidad de La Frontera
Fritz-Silva, Nicole
Interuniv Ctr Hlth Aging RED21993
Cancino-Lopez, Jorge
Universidad Finis Terrae
Soto-Sanchez, Johana
Universidad Mayor
Sepulveda, Carlos
Clin MEDS
Ojeda, Alvaro Huerta
Universidad de Las Americas - Chile
Valladares-Ide, Denisse
Universidad de O'Higgins
Jannas-Vela, Sebastian
Universidad de O'Higgins
Journal
Bmj Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
ISSN
2055-7647
Open Access
gold
Volume
9
Physical inactivity is a major health concern, associated with the development of several non-communicable diseases and with an increased mortality rate. Therefore, promoting active lifestyles has become a crucial public health necessity for enhancing overall health and quality of life. The WHO guidelines for physical activity (PA) present valuable contributions in this respect; however, we believe that greater specificity should be added or complemented towards physical exercise (PE) testing, prescription and programming in future recommendations. In this review article, we suggest simple and practical tools accessible to the entire population to improve the specificity of this approach, highlighting aspects of PE programming used by trained subjects. By adopting these suggestions, exercise professionals, clinicians and physical trainers can optimise the current general PA recommendations towards PE prescription to improve fitness status and encourage PE adherence in the general population.
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