Physical Activity Connection Archive
Exercise Environment
- Baby joggers
- Bands and balls: when and why to use them
- Finding the health clubs for the 50+ crowd
- Gardening for the health of it
- Go for the cold: staying active outdoors in winter
- Health clubs: getting the most for your money
Exercises
- Aerobic exercise
- Bench press using free weights
- Biceps curl using free weights
- Circuit training: fast, flexible and fun
- Cardio kickboxing
- Climbing the walls
- Crunches
- Exercise that raises more than your heart rate
- Free weights
- Free weights or machines? Which are better?
- Lateral raise using free weights
- Lunges using free weights
- Military press using free weights
- Pilates
- Power through plyometrics
- Sit-ups
- Squats using free weights
- Stair-climbing
- Start a regular exercise program
- Strength training the missing link
- Stretching exercises
- Step-up using free weights
- Take the plunge—try swimming!
- The benefits and risks of walking versus running
- Triceps extension using free weights
- Want to play hard? Try racquetball
- Water training: more than swimming “upstream” for fitness
- Weight-bearing exercise
- What can a personal trainer do for you?
Guidelines
- Heart healthy physical activity
- A safety checkup for your strength-training routine
- Baffling blunders at the gym
- Building sweat equity: how to start—and stay—on the right fitness track
- Do you need to talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program?
- Exercising caution when you have diabetes
- Exercise for chronic disease relief
Just Getting Started
- A safety checkup for your strength-training routine
- Aerobic exercise
- Bands and balls: when and why to use them
- Circuit training: fast, flexible and fun
- Do you need to talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program?
- Intensity check: how hard are you exercising?
Athlete—From Weekend Warrior to Elite Competitor
Exercise and Aging
- Do you need to talk to your doctor before you start an exercise program?
- Exercise and bone health
- Finding the health clubs for the 50+ crowd
- Fitness: elixir for the ages
- Gardening for the health of it
Fitness Rewards
Overcoming Obstacles
- Chiropractic treatment: what you should know
- Concussions in youth sports
- Don't let injuries handicap your golf game
- Don't play through the pain: alternative exercises for injured people
- Exercising caution when you have diabetes
- Football: play like a champion (without getting hurt)
- Hoop hurts: help for common basketball injuries