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Try this series of free home exercise programs for a convenient way to build your strength and improve your cardiovascular fitness. The routines include interval training and strengthening exercises with illustrations and videos, making the workouts easy to follow. Each article shows you how to progress the exercises once your strength and fitness improves.

Exercise routines

Back strengthening exercisesExercise routine for the deep muscle layers that support the spine, including all 4 abdominal muscle groups. This is a great introduction to developing a strong, balanced midsection.

Pilates sample exercisesStep up the intensity from the back-core strengthening program. As the exercises become more challenging, using correct form becomes even more critical. The videos help you learn and develop greater control over your body movements.

Knee strengthening exercisesTarget the thigh, hip, gluteus, and calf muscles that work together to support and control the knee joint. Improve your balance and muscle tone while reducing your risk of injury.

Body weight exercisesResistance training for the upper and lower body. All of the exercises can be done at home without equipment. Train your body to generate more force and power with movement. It will make activities like lifting, squatting and stair climbing much easier. 6 exercise videos included.

Stability ball exercisesChallenging exercise routine emphasizing the upper body and core. Moves are adapted from Pilates and gymnastics exercises. Build strength and develop balance, control and stabilization for your torso and shoulder girdle.

Resistance band exercisesA great traveler's routine. Strengthen your upper and lower body in one quick workout using minimal equipment. The exercises are easily modified to make your workout easier or more challenging as needed. 6 exercise videos and illustrations are included.

Cardio

High intensity interval training Use bursts of intense exercise for higher calorie burning and a boost in your cardio fitness. Beginning and intermediate workouts are illustrated, including drills that improve your balance and agility.

Cardiovascular exercisesLearn how to build your cardio fitness. Progress from a 15 minute beginner's cardio workout to vigorous training with all types of physical activities.

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Fitness program: 5 steps to get started Are you thinking about starting a fitness program? Good for you! You're only five steps away from a healthier lifestyle. By Mayo Clinic Staff

Starting a fitness program may be one of the best things you can do for your health. Physical activity can reduce your risk of chronic disease, improve your balance and coordination, help you lose weight even improve your sleep habits and self-esteem. And there's more good news. You can do it in just five steps.

You probably have some idea of how fit you are. But assessing and recording baseline fitness scores can give you benchmarks against which to measure your progress. To assess your aerobic and muscular fitness, flexibility and body composition, consider recording:

It's easy to say that you'll exercise every day. But you'll need a plan. As you design your fitness program, keep these points in mind:

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Hello everyone. Since our re-launch earlier this month, we have been working on bringing you some new features. First, you might notice some new articles in the FLogs - we are scanning the Internet for some interesting articles which we think you might like to read. We've added two today, and we will add more as we come across them. These articles are all published with permission from the author so please don't start publishing random articles without permission as they will be removed. The second part of today's news is that we are getting quite far on the development our first mobile app! We are building an Android App which will let you bring your workout to the gym, with a simple step-by-step interface for your workout plan. We hope to begin testing within a month and publishing on the Play Store in November. If the reception of the app is good, we will add more features like tracking workouts, charting progress, smartwatch support, etc..

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Ive been exercising regularly for a few years, with tremendous improvements in my health, and whenever someone asks me how they should start out in exercise, I tell them to just get moving!

Try to get moving every day whether its walking, running, strength training, sports, running around with the kids, swimming, paddling, or whatever works for you. If you can do that, youll get healthier and fitter over time.

And it does take time. Any exercise program that promises results in a week or three or even a month is either lying to you, or not worth it youll just gain it back in a short amount of time, because you havent changed your lifestyle or habits. So no, you wont see quick results if you get active, but youll see long-term results if you stick with it. Have fun along the way and things will be great.

And what you eat is just as important. Make small changes over time to your diet drink water instead of soda, or eat leaner cuts of meat (or go vegetarian), cut out fried foods, eat more fruits and veggies, cut out processed grains, changes like that and youll be well on your way to a healtheir lifestyle and a fitter you.

But these generalized recommendations never seem to be enough. People want specific programs. And while Im not a certified trainer or an expert in any way, I have found some simple exercise programs that work for me and others I know, and can recommend them. As always, if you have health problems, check with a doctor before getting into any kind of exercise program.

One last note: take it slowly. Your body needs time to adapt to the exercise, and if you overdo it you can injure yourself or burnout, and neither is good if youre trying to stick with it long term. Progress gradually, in small steps, and youll stay injury-free and see great long-term results.

Program 1: Intervals for Beginners

Intervals are a great way to get intense exercise in without overdoing it. And they can be a lot of fun if steady-state cardio bores you to tears.

Start out with some steady-state cardio, though, at least for a month while you get used to moving more. Walking is a great way to start out, especially if you havent exercised in awhile and/or youre pretty overweight. If youre in decent shape with not too many extra pounds, start with some slow, light jogging.

After a month or so of doing this at least 3 times a week (4-5 is even better but not everyone has the time), you can add some light intervals. Warm up for 5 minutes first to prevent injury and to let your heart adjust to beating faster, before starting the intervals. For beginner walkers, just pick up the pace for 30-60 seconds, and then walk at a normal pace for 1-2 minutes to recover. Dont overdo it at first. You can repeat this 3-5 times during your normal walk.

For people in slightly better shape, try walk/run intervals. Again, warm up for 5 minutes, then jog for 30-60 seconds followed by 1-2 minutes walking for recovery. Repeat 3-5 times and then cool down.

For those in even better shape, do jog/run intervals, where you jog slowly, pick up the pace to a steady run (not sprinting and not too fast) for 30-60 seconds, then back to a slow jog for 1-2 minutes recovery. Again, repeat 3-5 times.

After doing this workout for 1-2 weeks, add more intervals slowly until youre up to about 6-8. Once youre used to this, slowly increase the length of your intervals. Instead of 30-60 seconds, do 60-90 seconds. After a couple weeks of longer intervals, increase the intensity of the intervals a faster walk, or a jog instead of a walk, or a faster run, depending on what youve been doing so far.

Intervals are a great way to burn calories and fat (assuming youre eating fairly healthy and not overeating), strengthen your leg muscles and core, and just get healthier overall.

Program 2: Sports

This is one of the easiest programs on this list, and also one of the most fun. Basically: play a sport you like, or even a new sport youve never tried before, a few times a week. Again, the idea is just to get moving, and to have fun while youre moving.

It can be any sport where youre moving around a lot (golf, bowling, darts, and the like are great but dont count) just choose a sport to start with and give it a try. If you already love a sport but havent been playing it in awhile, do that its important that this be fun for you. Do it 3-4 times a week. Or try a new sport if youve always wanted to try soccer, or rugby, or rowing/paddling, or cycling, do it now! Find someone who knows how to play it, or join a club or group that will show you how its done, and give it a try! It can be difficult at first, but go easy when you start and really try to learn the rules and skills. Think of it as a fun challenge. You might be a little sore when you first start out.

Start with 30 minutes and progress gradually to 45-60 minutes a day, at least 3 days a week. Try to get to 4-5 days a week if you can.

After a month or so of one sport, switch to another to keep it fun and challenging. Keep doing this for a few months. After youve tried at least 3 sports, start to mix it up do basketball on Monday, for example, then soccer, then swimming, then rowing whatever you feel like, whatever seems fun, whatever it takes to stay active. The more you mix it up, the better.

Program 3: Circuits

This is a fairly traditional sort of program, but great nonetheless. Basically: you do one exercise followed by another and another and so on until youve done the whole circuit of exercises, rest for a couple minutes, then repeat the whole circuit. The exercises can be strength exercises, cardio, or some combination. The circuit format keeps things interesting, and keeps your heart-rate up so you burn more fat than if you rested in between exercises.

For beginners, remember to start slowly it can be easy to overdo it with a program like this. I recommend you start with just 4-5 exercises, and rest 10-30 seconds between each at first. Later you can cut the rest period down until youre not resting between exercises, only between circuits.

To start out with, choose 4-5 exercises such as: bodyweight squats, jumping jacks, pushups (you can do them against the wall instead of on the ground if necessary), jump squats (squats with a jump at the top), burpees (basically jump squats combined with pushups), dips, lunges, side lunges, wall climbers, pullups, jump roping, jogging in place, bicycle crunches. Some of these are tough, so if you have trouble with them start with easier ones or modified versions so theyre not so hard. Do a YouTube search if you dont know how to do the exercises properly.

Do 30 seconds of each exercise, rest for 10-30 seconds, do the next exercise, and so on until youve done all 4-5 exercises youve chosen. Rest for 2 minutes and repeat.

When you first start, just do 2 circuits. Then after a week or two, add a third circuit, and then after another week or two add a fourth. When youve adjusted to that, add additional exercises (feel free to switch out new exercises whenever you like). Gradually shorten the rest period between exercises until you dont rest at all during the circuit only between circuits.

Program 4: Crossfit Light

One of my favorite exercise programs is Crossfit, because its an all-around program that focuses on your entire body, and all parts of fitness. If you do Crossfit, youll be in shape for just about anything, from sports to the military or law enforcement to any physical challenge you can think of.

However, Crossfit is not for beginners. Its tough. If youre in decent shape already, you should start Crossfit by doing a modified version of their Workout of the Day (WOD), which is posted daily on the main website. Modified meaning an easier version. After a few months, you should try to progress to the full version of the WOD.

However, complete beginners should start with an even easier version lets call it Crossfit Light. There isnt any such program, but its basically modifying the WOD so that beginners can do it without killing themselves. An example of the past week of WODs:

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday Rest

Sunday

Monday

So you can see that instead of going for intensity, the light workout is much easier and more relaxed. Again, its just for starting out youll want to make it tougher as you progress.

Program 5: Triathlon Light

When I trained for a triathlon last year, I felt fitter than ever before, because I was training for three sports (running, cycling, swimming). My body was getting an amazing all-around workout. However, if youre a complete beginner, youll want to start out lighter than normal.

So you can start with three sports perhaps walk/running, swimming or rowing, and cycling or the cycling machine. Substitute whatever sport/exercise works better for you.

Start out by doing each sport once a week (15-20 minutes a day to start with), and gradually increase over time until youre doing each sport twice a week. Then increase the duration of your exercise until you get to 30 minutes a day.

Eventually, try to do the real three triathlon sports, as they have amazing health benefits, especially when you mix them up like this. Be sure to always take at least one rest day a week. If you liked this article, please share it on del.icio.us or StumbleUpon. Id appreciate it. 🙂

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Ideally, you will create an overall plan for a wellness program before beginning to plan specific wellness programs. for example, you can start by getting the following elements in place

support from upper-level management

a wellness committee or team

information about the wellness needs and interests of employees

a budget

program objectives

an analysis plan

Even when youve few financial and/or human resources, you can still take a micro approach. for example, you may focus on only one specific issue or problem. Creativity, enthusiasm and planning can help you overcome limitations.

This article will give you some ideas for establishing up wellness programs. Even the smallest steps can have an impact.

Whether you pick to start with a single program or create something larger, planning is essential. First think about the large picture and then look after the details.

Ask yourself these questions

Identify an action. What health-related program will fit the bill and best suit the workers and organization?

Promote. How can you most effectively get the word out to employees? What are the opportunities for promotion? Consider everything, because employees have access to and pay attention to different kinds of messages.

In a typical workplace, workers get information from e-mail, newsletters, bulletins, flyers, meeting announcements and fellow workers.

Deliver. Whos the best individuals or group to put the program into action? Ask other companies about approaches they have used. Decide on your budget before making a decision.

Evaluate. What should you evaluate to determine success? Do you need hard data and/or testimonials from individual participants?

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creating and communicating clear objectives

targeting your audience

deciding on the kind of program or campaign

The Elements of Wellness Programming

Programs to promote wellness in the workplace dont need to be restricted to a single area. You may think corporate wellness only involves promoting positive personal health, e.g., blood pressure clinics, flyers on heart illness, lunch and learn workshops on eating habits and short-term physical activity programs.

These activities are important, but corporate wellness should also be part of a corporations business strategy and go beyond traditional programming.

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physical environment

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Specific Program Ideas

Physical Environment

Look after workers health and safety and establish regulations to support their health and safety. Consider providing the following

Safe bicycle storage and shower and/or change facilities for cyclists and other commuters.

Fridges for employees to keep snacks and meals fresh and/or healthful snacks in vending machines and cafeterias.

Ergonomic assessments.

Subsidies to help staff members join local recreation centers.

Classrooms/conference rooms available for booking activities like yoga, pilates, tai chi, meditation and aerobics.

Safe and pleasant stairwells that invite staff members to use them.

Evaluating the potential for violence at work with plans to deal with such risks.

Good lighting and sound and air quality.

Social Environment

Human relationships and communication, as well as ways of doing corporation, can affect an employees mental and physical health. Corporations ought to consider the following

respectful workplace policies that provide safe worksites

policies on flex time

policies on working from home

staff member satisfaction surveys

leadership coaching

resiliency training

employee assistance programs

To foster a positive social culture or climate, consider employees needs, which include

being respected

a sense of belonging, purpose and mission

freedom of expression

protection from harassment and discrimination

What you have always done may not address current employee needs. Ensuring that people enjoy being at work isnt an easy task, but making the right changes can have a immense impact.

Health Practices

Offer programs and set policies that help staff members remain healthful or improve their health while at work. Consider offering the following

Lunch and learn sessions on healthful habits like sleeping better, consuming on the run, healthful snacks, using a pedometer, pole walking, work-life balance, time management, stress management, resiliency, parenting and reading nutrition labels.

Stop tobacco use clinics or subsidies to help employees quit.

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Healthy snacks served at meetings and conferences.

Personal Corporate Wellness Tips

When theres no wellness program at your worksite, dont let that stop you from keeping healthy. Perhaps your example will spark a movement toward a healthier workplace.

Here are a few ideas to think about

be active at work. There are many ways to bring activity into your workday. Walk to work, even if its just one way. Hold walking meetings. Bicycle to work. Use the stairs. Walk to a workmates office in lieu of sending an e-mail.

Eat well at work. Pack a healthful snack and meal. Place a bottle of water at your desk or workstation. Eat breakfast and eat regularly during the day. Take turns bringing a basket of fruit for colleagues snacks. Order healthful snacks for meetings.

Maintain work-life balance. Make sure to work efficiently so you are able to leave on time. Conduct short, effective meetings. Leave your work at work and do not take it home.

Minimize social chit-chat. Be sure to set up your office to enhance your work. Prevent clutter. Plan and prioritize to ensure that the most important things get done first.

Theres no limit to the number or variety of wellness programs. A key to success is planning well and ensuring that you can evaluate the results so that you can sustain momentum.

Talk to other wellness practitioners to find out what works well for them. Listen to your peers to determine their needs and interests. and do not forget to promote, promote, promote.

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