Stay at home, workout at home!

“Stay at home, workout at home!”  This is the message of the Ministry of Sports. The Ministry also said: “Being in lockdown doesn’t mean that you have to stop your physical activities, on the contrary”.

Throughout the lockdown period, the Ministry of Sports decided to help you maintain your physical fitness in easy and fun ways with the help of the ONAPS (French Centre for Physical Activity and Sedentariness).

BougezChezVous, a tailor-made app

The World Health Organization recommends a daily one-hour workout for children and teenagers, and a 30 minutes-long workout for adults. To help follow this recommendation, the Minsitry of Sports launched its web-application BougezChezVous.fr. This web-app is accessible from your mobile phone, tablet or computer, and helps you inject some physical activity in your daily life.

Just register to the platform, and BougezChezVous will help your set and reach your personal workout objectives. The app includes daily reminders (at pre-defined times), and customized advice available as emails and notifications, depending on your preferences and your level.

Free online resources

In addition to this application, other specialised platforms offer free contents at the initiative of the Ministry of Sports. The Ministry of Sports recommends various digital platforms, such as Be Sport, My Coach, Goove.app, and Bouge chez toi, which “contents match the quality requirements defined by the ONAPS”.

- Be Sport is the social platform for sports, for “all those who like, do and make sport on a daily basis”. During the pandemic, the platform evolved to offer different and free contents.

- My coach was created in cooperation with the university hospital of Nice. The MyCoach company created a new app called Activiti offering simple and tailor-made workout free of charge in PDF or videos.

- Goove.app promotes physical activity as a “drugs-free follow-up therapy” accessible to everybody and everywhere. A dedicated section offering customized workouts is available free of charge.

- Bouge chez toi is the result of work from a group. The app offers free workout, sporting and fun activities for all, complete with “collective video-live sessions with volunteer sports coaches”.

Specific actions recommended by universities

Many SUAPS services (sports and workout activities services in universities) available in French universities implemented actions to “offer the opportunity to workout, maintain social relations and share sports, well-being and health advice for everyone”.  They are more technical and educational, and you can find all these home activities on the website of the Groupement national des SUAPS.