Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness. Active living is a concept describing a way of life that values physical activity as an essential part of daily living.
Active living places physical activity within a broader perspective of total fitness or well-being.
The nature, form, frequency and intensity of physical activity is relative to each person s ability, needs, aspirations and environment. The concept goes beyond the physiological aspects of physical activity to encompass the mental, emotional, spiritual and social dimensions that make up the entire physical activity experience. It is an integrated way of living. The Canadian Summit on Fitness in 1986 was a landmark event in the evolution of the fitness movement in Canada. This new meaning for fitness reflected changes in thinking about physical activity.