Stay Home, Stay Active!

You can exercise without leaving your home. The Ministry of Sports, sports federations and associations and universities are joining forces to offer free apps, easy tips and exercises to keep up your regular physical activity at home. With so many resources available, there's no excuse not to exercise!

"Stay home, stay active!" Those are our instructions from the Ministry of Sports, along with "being in quarantine is no reason to stop all physical activity." So the Ministry of Sports, with the support of the National Observatory for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior (ONAPS), has decided to help us stay in shape in an easy, educational way.

BougezChezVous, a customized app

The World Health Organization recommends a minimum of one hour of physical activity per day for children and teens, and thirty minutes per day for adults. That's why the Ministry of Sports launched its web application BougezChezVous.fr. The web app is accessible via phone, tablet or computer, and can help you incorporate physical fitness into your daily life.

Just register on the platform, and BougezChezVous will help you set and achieve your fitness goals with daily reminders (at pre-set times), and emails and notifications with personalized tips, depending on your preferences and level.

Other free online resources

Besides the app, other specialized platforms, inspired by the Ministry of Sports, are also offering free content. Among these digital platforms, the Ministry recommends Be Sport, My Coach, Goove.app and Bouge chez toi "which offer content that meets the quality criteria verified by the National Observatory for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior."

- Be Sport, a social sports platform "for all those who love, practice and regularly play sports." During the pandemic, the platform has shifted to offer new free content.

- MyCoach, created in partnership with the Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire in Nice. MyCoach has developed a new app, Activiti, that offers free, easy exercises that anyone can do, explained via instruction sheets and videos.

- Goove.app, which aims to turn physical activity into a "non-medical therapeutic aid" that's accessible to everyone, everywhere. The company has designed a special page where you can access free, customized exercise sessions.

- Bouge chez toi, created  by a collective, is an app that offers free exercise, sports and recreation sessions for all, with complementary "live group sessions with volunteer fitness coaches."

Specific initiatives recommended by universities

Universities are also getting involved. The Conférence des Présidents d’Université (CPU) writes that universities are "aware of the difficulties that quarantine poses for students." That's why many SUAPS (university sports and fitness services), available in French universities, have launched initiatives "giving everyone an opportunity to work out, stay connected, and share a variety of health and well-being tips." Find out more about these home health practices, more technical and educational in nature, on the national SUAPS website. The CPU's conclusion: "Now there's no excuse..."

To exercise at home:

- the Bougez Chez Vous app: https://bougezchezvous.fr/

- other online resources: http://sports.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/appsportzoomsur_v2.pdf

- specific SUAPS initiatives: https://www.gnds.fr/contributions-des-s-i-uaps/les-suaps-et-le-confinement-actions-specifiques-et-liens-pedagogiques.html