According to the Community Health Observatory, more than half of the population of Navarra has inactive leisure habits. In addition, about 31% of the population aged 15 and over in Navarre do not exercise in their leisure time and about 24% do some sporadic activity.

According to the health route, moving is “very enriching”, because it helps to care for emotional and mental well-being and improves sleep, offers possibilities of socialization, helps to maintain speed and “adequate weight”, favors people’s autonomy and prevents multiple diseases. Therefore, in order to activate the population, Osasunbidea has advised the practice of sport on a daily basis.

First of all, make the trips on foot or by bike, use stairs, leave the car away in case of using the car or going down a stop before by public transport and make the purchase on foot. Maria Labairu tends to drive to work and believes that it is not so easy to follow the recommendations: “In the current capitalist system it is very difficult to take time for these things, because everything is work-oriented. If I wake up at five o’clock in the morning to go to work, I can’t push the clock forward to leave the car away.”

Secondly, he has given advice to move around at home, such as moving during household chores, exercising with his hands or legs while watching a television series, walking and ads to lift the proverb and move around. According to Mikel Martikorena, these kinds of exercises seek to be “as productive as possible”: “I have done sport while I see a series, but I do not feel well because I do not allow myself to be calm”.

Finally, the practice of outdoor physical activity is recommended to move more in leisure time, making plans for walking, going to the mountain or performing cultural activities and preserving the urban and/or domestic garden.

Sitting for 8 hours

According to the Community Health Observatory, four out of ten people spend most of their day sitting. One example is Marta García. He works in an office and has a full day. Sitting for almost eight hours, he gets up from the chair occasionally and tries to make some extensions. However, he believes that not sitting is “very difficult”: “Sometimes I feel like sitting all day long.”

When you're not in the office, you move back and forth by car or bus, even if you try to move on foot or by bike with the kids: “When they were very young it was harder, but it’s getting easier.” He adds that it does "a lot of good" to do a little exercise: “Many times I see that the days I take my bike, even if the road is short, I go quieter and helps me disconnect.”