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Fitness and Exercise
Learn about fitness and exercise
Physical activity is not just for jocks. It's for everyone. Being active can help you stay healthy, control your weight, and get the most out of life. No matter what your age or condition, there is a type of exercise that's right for you.
To learn more, browse our Fitness and Exercise topics, or start with these:
- Becoming More Active: Where to Start
- Being Active When You Have Health Problems
- Bob's Story: Biking for Health
- Boosting Your Metabolism
- Bursitis
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Exercise
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Home Program
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Hospital Program
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Maintenance Program
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Monitoring Your Body's Response to Exercise
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Outpatient Program
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Weight and Resistance Training
- Dehydration
- Diabetic Neuropathy: Exercising Safely
- Energy and Sports Drinks
- Exercise and Fibromyalgia
- Exercise and Osteoarthritis
- Exercise and Physical Activity Ideas
- Exercise During Pregnancy
- Exercise for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Exercise Planning Form
- Exercises for Arm and Wrist
- Exercising While Sitting Down
- Expert: Be Active to Help Your Back Heal
- Fitness Machines
- Fitness: Adding More Activity to Your Life
- Fitness: Choosing Activities That Are Right for You
- Fitness: Getting and Staying Active
- Fitness: Getting Around Barriers to Exercise
- Get Regular Exercise for Mental Health
- Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
- Healthy Muscles
- Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
- Heat-Related Illnesses
- Helping Children With Disabilities Stay Active
- HIV and Exercise
- Interactive Tool: How Many Calories Did You Burn?
- Interactive Tool: What Is Your Target Heart Rate?
- John's Story: Finding a Way to Exercise
- Keeping Change Going—Your New Normal
- Kris's Story: Getting Active With No Excuses
- Making a Change That Matters
- Muscle Cramps
- Not Ready for Change?
- Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Overtraining
- Overuse Injuries
- Physical Activity and Weight Loss
- Physical Activity as You Get Older
- Physical Activity for Children and Teens
- Physical Activity Helps Prevent a Heart Attack and Stroke
- Physical Rehabilitation for ACL Injuries
- Physical Therapy
- Physical Therapy for Back Pain
- Physical Therapy for Knee Arthritis
- Physical Therapy for Spinal Stenosis
- Prediabetes: Exercise Tips
- Preventing Children's Injuries From Sports and Other Activities
- Preventing Foot Problems: Training Techniques
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Quick Tips: Exercising Safely With Arthritis
- Quick Tips: Fitting Physical Activity Into Your Day
- Quick Tips: Getting Active as a Family
- Quick Tips: Getting Active at Home
- Quick Tips: Getting in Shape Without Spending Money
- Quick Tips: Having Enough Energy to Stay Active
- Quick Tips: Staying Active in Cold Weather
- Quick Tips: Staying Active in Hot Weather
- Quick Tips: Staying Active When You Travel
- Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE)
- Returning to Play After a Head Injury During a Sporting Event
- Robert's Story: Getting and Staying Active
- Rotator Cuff Disorders
- Setting Goals
- Shellie's Story: Finding Time for Physical Activity
- Spinal Cord Injury: Flexibility Exercises
- Sports Hernia
- Staying Active as a Family
- Support for Staying Active
- Tai Chi and Qi Gong
- The Three Types of Physical Activity
- Thinking About a Change?
- Tips for Exercising Safely When You Have Diabetes
- Using Tracking to Support Your Activity Goals
- Vertigo: Walking Exercises
- Water Exercise
- Ways to Track Your Weight-Loss Efforts
- Weight Management
- Weight-Bearing and Strengthening Exercises to Maintain Healthy Bones
- Yoga
- ACL Injury: Exercises to Do Before Treatment
- COPD: Using Exercise to Feel Better
- Coronary Artery Disease: Exercising for a Healthy Heart
- Exercises After Breast Cancer Surgery
- Exercises for Heel Pain or Tightness
- Fitness: Increasing Core Stability
- Fitness: Making It a Habit
- Fitness: Staying Active When You Have Young Children
- Fitness: Teaching Your Child to Stay Active
- Fitness: Using a Pedometer, Step Counter, or Wearable Device
- Fitness: Walking for Wellness
- Getting Started With Flexibility and Stretching
- Heart Arrhythmias and Exercise
- Heart Failure: Activity and Exercise
- Heart Health: Walking for a Healthy Heart
- Low Back Pain: Exercises to Reduce Pain
- Meniscus Tear: Rehabilitation Exercises
- Neck Exercises
- Osteoarthritis: Exercising With Arthritis
- Patellar Tracking Disorder: Exercises
- Plantar Fasciitis: Exercises
- Preventing Falls: Exercises for Strength and Balance
- Rotator Cuff Problems: Exercises You Can Do at Home
- Sprained Ankle: Rehabilitation Exercises
- Stress Management: Practicing Yoga to Relax
- Tennis Elbow: Stretches and Strengthening Exercises
Current as of: July 31, 2024
Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff
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