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:
Health Topics
- Achilles Tendon Injury: Physical Therapy and Rehab
- Achilles Tendon Problems
- ADHD: Taking Care of Yourself When Your Child Has ADHD
- Ankle Sprain
- Aqua Therapy
- Back Pain During Pregnancy
- Being Active When You Have More Than One Health Problem
- Bob's Story: Biking for Health
- Boosting Your Metabolism
- Breast-Feeding: Exercise and Weight Loss
- Bursitis
- Cal's Story: Learning to Exercise When You Have COPD
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Monitoring Your Body's Response to Exercise
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Weight and Resistance Training
- Congenital Heart Defects: Exercise and Sports
- 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 Helps Maggie Stay at a Healthy Weight
- Exercise Tips if You Have a Pacemaker or ICD
- Exercises After Mastectomy
- Exercises for Arm and Wrist
- Exercising to Prevent a Stroke
- Exercising While Sitting Down
- Exercising With a Bunion
- Expert: Be Active to Help Your Back Heal
- Fit Physical Activity Into the Workplace
- Fitness Clothing and Gear
- Fitness Machines
- Fitness: Adding Variety to Your Exercise
- Fitness: Getting and Staying Active
- Fitness: Getting Around Barriers to Exercise
- Fitness: Making It a Habit
- Foot Surgery for Athletes, Children, and People With Other Health Problems
- Gestational Diabetes: Safe Exercise
- Get Regular Exercise for Mental Health
- Getting Started With Flexibility and Stretching
- Gloria's Story: Adding Activity to Help Control Blood Sugar
- Graded Exercise Progress Chart
- Healthy Aging
- Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
- Healthy Eating
- Healthy Habits for Kids
- Healthy Muscles
- Heat-Related Illnesses
- Heatstroke Prevention: Acclimating to the Heat
- Helping Children With Disabilities Stay Active
- Ice for Heel Pain
- Improving Your Child's Fitness
- Insulin Resistance
- Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?
- Interactive Tool: How Many Calories Did You Burn?
- Interactive Tool: What Is Your Target Heart Rate?
- John's Story: Finding a Way to Exercise
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Range-of-Motion Exercises
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Stretching and Strengthening Exercises
- Knee Problems and Injuries
- Kris's Story: Getting Active With No Excuses
- Low Back Pain
- Mind-Body Wellness
- MSA Process: Recovery After Injury
- Multiple Sclerosis: Benefits of Exercise
- Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy for People With Chronic Disease
- Overtraining
- Overuse Injuries
- Overweight Child: Evaluating Nutrition and Activity Patterns
- Parkinson's Disease and Exercise
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Physical Activity as You Get Older
- Physical Activity for Children and Teens
- Physical Activity for Weight Loss
- Physical Therapy
- Physical Therapy for Spinal Stenosis
- Plantar Fasciitis: Resuming Your Training
- Prediabetes: Exercise Tips
- Preventing Children's Injuries From Sports and Other Activities
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Questions to Ask Before Starting a Fitness Program
- 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 Training With Plantar Fasciitis
- Sports-Related Dehydration
- Step Aerobics
- Tai Chi and Qi Gong
- Tendon Injury (Tendinopathy)
- The Three Kinds of Fitness
- Tips for Buying Fitness Machines or Devices
- Tips for Exercising Safely When You Have Diabetes
- Tips for Picking the Right Activities
- Using a Pedometer or Step Counter
- Vertigo: Level 1 (Easy) Balance Exercises
- Vertigo: Level 2 (Harder) Balance Exercises
- Vertigo: Walking Exercises
- Walking as Aerobic Exercise
- Water Aerobics
- Weight Management
- Weight-Bearing Exercises to Maintain Healthy Bones
- What You Need to Know Before Exercising With an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
- Yoga
Take Action
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Using Graded Exercise to Get More Energy
- COPD: Using Exercise to Feel Better
- Fitness: Adding More Activity to Your Life
- Fitness: Choosing Activities That Are Right for You
- 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 or Step Counter
- Fitness: Walking for Wellness
- Heart Disease: Exercising for a Healthy Heart
- Heart Disease: Walking for a Healthy Heart
- Low Back Pain: Exercises to Reduce Pain
- Osteoarthritis: Exercising With Arthritis
- Patellar Tracking Disorder: Exercises
- Plantar Fasciitis: Exercises to Relieve Pain
Last Revised: April 19, 2012
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
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