Watch this clip to understand the benefits exercise has on your body, mind and overall health.
Learn how to apply SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely), to help you create and follow an exercise plan that is best for you.
Learn the importance of including a variety of exercises including cardiovascular, resistance, and strengthening training, as well as exercises that strengthen your core to ensure your entire body gets the attention it needs.
Understand the benefits cardiovascular training has on your body and learn ways to include it in your exercise plan.
Understand the benefits resistance training has on your body and learn ways to properly include it in your exercise plan.
Understand the benefits flexibility training has on your body and learn how to perform it safely in order to avoid injury.
Learn the importance of having a strong core and good posture, and learn ways you can include activities in your exercise plan to help strengthen your core muscles.
Watch this video to learn how to ensure the exercise plan you have set for yourself is appropriate for you, and learn other ways to help keep yourself motivated to assist you in achieving and maintaining your goals.
One of the hardest parts of a fitness plan is staying motivated. If you lose your motivation, you can quickly get off track. And you may end up losing any gains you've made. Here are some tips to help you as you work toward your fitness goals.
Watch this to learn how setting and reaching a goal of 10,000 steps per day can help your health.
You want to be healthier, but you just can't seem to find time to focus on fitness. Well, don't get frustrated. You don't have to join a gym or an aerobics class to be physically active. There are some simple things you can do every day to get in shape.
You know you need to exercise more, but you're stuck. Should you join a gym? Hit the local pool? What about an aerobics class? There are so many ways to exercise, and you just don't know which is right for you. So let's talk about some ways to choose.
Swimming can be a wonderful activity for everyone. It's a great way to get exercise. It's a great way to cool down on a hot day. But it's important to remember the dangers linked to swimming. Here's how to stay safe in the water.
We all know exercise is important for good health. But some people feel pain when they exercise. If you have pain that starts suddenly, lasts only a short time and then goes away with rest, we say you have "acute" pain. Don't ignore it.
We all know exercise is important for good health. But if you live with chronic pain, exercising can be hard. Pain often robs you of motivation. Some exercises may be too painful. But even with chronic pain, most people can exercise safely.
Watch this video to learn the importance of, and ways you can get up and move throughout your day, on top of your regular exercise sessions, reducing the amount of time you spend sitting down.
Watch this video to learn the importance of adding time to your day to stand up and move around, as well as how to maintain good posture while sitting at your desk and the importance in doing so.
Watch this to understand some ways you can be active even while working at your desk.
Watch this for tips on ways you can be active while at work.
Every job comes with risks. Whether you do manual labor or sit behind a desk, a day on the job is one that can lead to injury. But there are plenty of things you can do to stay safe at work. These tips can help.
Watch this video to learn about the benefits of warming up before exercise including increasing flexibility and lowering your risk of injury.
Watch this video to learn how exercise, in particular walking, can improve poor circulation in your legs.
This practice involves the mind and the body. It can improve your health. It also helps you feel more relaxed and focused. Some people do yoga to cope with things like chronic pain and depression.
This form of exercise builds strength and endurance. It focuses on proper alignment of your spine, shoulders and hips. It also develops your balance and flexibility. You can do Pilates with only a floor mat. You can also use equipment to create resistance.
This form of exercise is based on a Chinese martial art. It's slow and graceful. Some people think of it as a type of meditation. Tai chi is used to lower stress and improve overall health. And, you don't need any special equipment to practice it.
Watch this video to learn the best exercises to burn calories such as running and swimming.
You're ready to get serious about exercise. You want to get up and moving. But before you jump into a new fitness program, let's take a moment to make sure you do it safely.
We all know regular exercise is good for the body. But did you know it's good for your brain, too? When you're feeling depressed or anxious, exercise is one of the things that can help you feel better. Let's learn more about that.
We all know regular exercise is great for our health. It can helps us feel better physically and mentally. Let's take a moment to learn about the many ways it improves our lives.
Taking a walk or a hike in nature is great for your mind and body. Let's take a moment to learn what you can gain from exploring the great outdoors.
An exercise program includes more than just your daily activity. Be sure to warm up before you start and cool down when you're done.
Strong, flexible muscles help protect your knee. Improve your strength and increase your range of motion by doing the exercises shown here.
Finger grip and release exercises are designed to stretch and strengthen your hands and wrists.
Ankle circles are designed to stretch and strengthen your feet and ankles.
These exercises can improve your shoulder flexibility.
This exercise helps strengthen and stabilize your shoulder.
Swelling, tight muscles, or scar tissue may make it hard to move your knee. Work with your physical therapist to increase your knee's range of motion. Here are treatments that may be used.
Fitness reduces your risk for high blood pressure, as well as heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers.
You should exercise about 30 minutes on most days. But who says it has to be done all at once? Try splitting that up into shorter, 10- and 15-minute blocks of time. We've got some helpful tips to get you started!
Once you've gotten used to exercising for 30 minutes most days of the week, it's time for the next step: increasing the intensity of your activity.
When you exercise at the right heart rate, you'll get the most out of your exercise safely. And your heart will work more efficiently.
Fitness walking has something for everyone, even people who are already fit. Walking is one of the safest ways to condition your body aerobically. It can boost energy, help you lose weight, and reduce stress.
Experts recommend walking briskly at least 30 minutes per day, most days of the week. This walking programs can help you reach that goal by slowly increasing the frequency and time you walk.
Learn upper body strengthening exercises for after amputation of a lower limb.
Learn exercises to strengthen your lower body after amputation.
Learn how to do squats correctly and safely.
Learn how to do sit stand exercises using a chair.
Watch how to perform side squats correctly and safely.
Learn how to strengthen important core muscles with abdominal crunches.
Watch how to correctly and safely do push-ups against a wall.
Learn how to correctly and safely perform angled push-ups.
See how to correctly perform the standing row exercise, using an exercise band.
Learn to do this exercise safely, using an exercise band.
Learn to safely do this exercise to strengthen your shoulder muscle in the upper arm.
See how to safely do this exercise, which strengthens the muscles in your shoulder and the upper arm.
Watch how to properly and safely perform the standing bicep curl.
Learn how to correctly and safely do this exercise, which helps to strengthen your lower back, your buttocks and the muscles behind your legs.
Learn how to perform tricep kickback/extensions, and what they do to strengthen the body.
Learn how to perform a bent over row to strengthen your back muscles.
Watch how to properly and safely perform a chair crunch to strengthen the muscles of your core.
Watch how to properly and safely perform seated leg curls to strengthen the muscles of the upper part of your leg.
Watch and learn how to properly perform seated leg extensions to strengthen your quadriceps.
Watch how to safely and correctly perform lat pull downs to strengthen the primary muscles of the back.
Learn how to correctly and safely do this exercise, which helps to strengthen the muscles in your back that support and protect your posture.
Learn how to properly perform a seated chest press, which helps to strengthen the muscles in the chest as well as the triceps.
Watch how to safely do this exercise, which helps to strengthen the tricep muscles.
Watch how to properly perform a leg press to help strengthen all of the muscles in the lower body: calf muscles, hamstrings, quadriceps, and gluteals.
This type of exercise focuses on developing muscles and burning calories. It's an important part of any overall fitness plan. It's especially helpful as we age, because our bodies weaken as we grow older. Let's take a moment to learn more.
This exercise can stretch and strengthen your knee.
This exercise helps stretch and strengthen your knee.
Step-up exercises help stretch and strengthen your knee. Learn how to do this exercise.
Here is a stretch for frozen shoulder.
This stretch can help restore shoulder flexibility and relieve pain over time.
Improving your flexibility can reduce pain. Stretching exercises also can help increase your range of pain-free motion. Breathe normally when you exercise. Try to use smooth, fluid movements. Never force a stretch.
The following flexibility exercise may be suggested by your therapist. Repeat as many times as instructed. Stop the exercise if it causes pain, and discuss it with your physical therapist or healthcare provider:
This exercise helps build strong, balanced leg muscles. Make sure to adjust exercise bands machines as instructed by your physical therapist.
This exercise helps to increase your ease and quickness of movement. It copies complex everyday moves. This exercise was chosen for you based on the type of activities you'll be doing.
This exercise stretches and strengthens your upper body.
These back exercises are done on your hands and knees.
These three exercises are done on the floor.
These exercises work your lower back, buttocks, and hips.
For best results, repeat this exercise 2 to 5 times.
Here is an exercise to do while seated on a chair.
This exercise works your sides and shoulders.
After you regain muscle control, it's time to build strength. This improves your ability to put your full weight on your leg. For best results, warm up and stretch before starting. If your injury is recent, wait until swelling and pain decrease before doing this exercise.
After you regain muscle control, it's time to build strength. This helps you put full weight on your leg. For best results, warm up and stretch before starting. If your injury is recent, wait until swelling and pain decrease before doing this exercise.
Once you can bear weight on your leg without pain, start adding advanced exercises to your workout. Using gym equipment can be a good way to improve overall knee function. Before you begin, talk with a physical therapist or certified athletic trainer. Learn how to use the equipment the right way.
Once you are ready for it, your healthcare provider will help you ease back into your active life. You can do certain exercises to help you build up your agility. Agility is ease and quickness of movement.
These exercises can improve blood flow and help build strength.
These exercises can help improve blood flow and build strength.
These two exercises are done on your hands and knees.
Learn how to learn this neck exercise to help stretch and strengthen your neck muscles.
Learn how to do these exercises to stretch and strengthen your neck muscles.
See how to do this exercise to stretch your shoulder muscles.
Exercises to help stretch and strengthen your lower back.
Stretching exercises for your shoulder, such as the pendulum exercise, can improve flexibility, increase range of motion, and reduce pain.
The free squat can help you rehabilitate your knee after injury.
Heel raises can help rehabilitate your knee.
Straight leg raises can help strengthen your knee.
The abdominal lift exercise helps strengthen your core muscles.
Try the back release exercise to help strengthen your back muscles.
"Learn this exercise called arm reach or ""the bird dog"" to help strengthen your core muscles."
Try the hip rotator stretch to help your back health.
Learn how to do a knee lift to help strengthen your core muscles.
Use this leg pull exercise to help relieve low back pain.
Learn how to do a leg reach exercise to improve your back health.
Try this exercise to stretch your lower back.
Learn how to do this back exercise called a partial curl up.
"Try the ""reaching across"" exercise to increase your shoulder flexibility."
Use this exercise for improving your shoulder flexibility and reducing pain.
External shoulder rotation can help restore shoulder flexibility and relieve pain over time.
Learn how to do the wall walk to improve flexibility and reduce pain in your shoulder.
Learn how to do a bent-knee calf stretch to help stretch and strengthen your feet and ankles.
Learn how to do a single-leg heel raise to stretch and strengthen your feet and ankles.
Learn this exercise to stretch your hand and wrist.
Try this hand and wrist exercise called wrist flexion to help stretch your hands and wrists.
Learn to do the hamstring curl to help build strong, balanced leg muscles.
Learn how to do a heel raise to help strengthen your knee and calf.
Learn how to do a leg press to help build strong, balanced leg muscles.
Learn these hamstring stretches, using a towel, to help stretch your leg muscles.
Hamstring stretches help stretch your legs for greater flexibility.
Quad stretch to help stretch your lower body and help your back.
Try these wall slide squats to strengthen your lower body.
Try these reach and hold exercises to stretch your neck and upper back.
Use the shoulder shrug to stretch and strengthen your shoulders and neck.
Learn these neck and upper back exercises that involve shoulder squeezes.
Learn the neck exercise called active neck rotation.
Learn these arm lift exercises to help stretch and strengthen your neck.
Learn these neck stretches called neck isometrics.
Learn how to do neck rotation safely.
Learn how to do grapevine (cross) steps to help increase your agility.
Learn how to do short sprints to increase your agility.
Learn how to do side steps to increase your agility.
Learn how to do a biceps curl to help stretch and strengthen your arms.
Learn how to do a shoulder press to stretch and strengthen your shoulder.
Learn how to do side raises to stretch and strengthen your shoulders.
Learn how to do this exercise to stretch and strengthen your shoulders and triceps.
Learn how to do a chest press to stretch and strengthen your upper body.
This exercise will help strengthen your calves.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this stretch.
This exercise helps with flexibility.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this stretch to ease neck pain.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this ankle exercise.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this thigh exercise.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this shoulder exercise.
This exercise helps keep your back flexible.
This exercise helps keep your wrist flexible.
Follow these step-by-step instructions.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this tendon stretch.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this hip abduction exercise.
Follow these step-by-step instructions for a pelvic tilt.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this hip rotation stretch.
Follow this step-by-step exercise to increase your shoulder flexibility.
This exercise helps with the flexibility of your back and hips.
This exercise will help with flexibility.
This exercise is for your ankles.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this exercise.
This exercise helps build strength.
This exercise helps develop strength in your shoulder.
This exercise helps strengthen your quads.
Follow these step-by-step instructions for toe extension.
These exercises help your arches.
This exercise will help keep your ankle flexible.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this shoulder stretch.
This exercise helps with shoulder flexibility.
Follow this step-by-step exercise.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this inner thigh stretch.
This exercise helps build strength in your hamstrings and glutes.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this hip stretch.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this knee exercise.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this stretch to help ease low back pain.
This exercise builds strength in your wrist.
This exercise builds strength in your quads.
Follow the step-by-step instructions for this wrist exercise.
Follow these step-by-step instructions to do a side-lying hip abduction exercise.
This exercise helps build strength in your wrist.
Follow this step-by-step exercise for your wrist.
Follow these step-by-step instructions for a quadriceps stretch.
This exercise builds strength in your shoulders.
Strength training is an activity that builds up your muscles. It can be done with weights, resistance bands, or your own body weight.
Learn this exercise to stretch your shoulders, upper back, and arm muscles.
