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All Exercise Basics Features
Getting Started
- 10 Tips for Starting and Sticking with a Workout Routine
- 4 Fitness Tests You Can Do at Home
- 6 Essentials for Your Home Gym
- 8 Things to Consider When Choosing a Gym
- 9 At-Home Modifications for Your Gym's Most Popular Machines
- A Total Beginner's Guide to Strength Training
- Find the Perfect Shoe for Every Workout
- How to Breathe During Exercise
- How to Cool Down Properly
- How to Create a Training Program in Just 20 Minutes
- How to Design Your Own Workout Plan
- How to Pick the Right Weight for Strength Training
- How to Start a Walking Program
- How to Start Strength Training
- Small Bits of Fitness Add Up
- Test your Fitness IQ
- The Only 12 Exercises You Need to Get in Shape
- What You Need to Know about Cardio
- You Made it to the Gym -- Now What?
Avoid Common Pitfalls
- 10 Reasons You Shouldn't Skip Your Warm-Up
- 12 Exercises Trainers Don't Want You To Do
- 4 Common Workout Mistakes that Lead to Injury
- 4 Reasons You Shouldn't Stretch before a Workout
- 5 Fitness Benchmarks to Abandon
- 6 Fitness Rules Meant to be Broken
- 6 Times You Should Worry after Exercise (and 6 Times You Shouldn’t)
- 8 Cold, Hard Truths about Exercise
- Are You Doing These 10 Exercises Wrong?
- Are You Exercising Too Much?
- Are Your Fitness Goals Realistic?
- Common Fitness Blunders to Avoid
- Germs at the Gym
- How to Make Exercising in Glasses Less of an Annoyance
- Is Your Bladder Sabotaging Your Workouts?
- Proper Gym Etiquette
- Safety Tips for Exercising in the Dark
- Scared to Get in Shape: Overcoming 10 Common Fitness Fears
- The 10 Worst Excuses to Skip Your Workout
- The 9 Most Common Mistakes People Make in Group Exercise Classes
- The Great Debate: Cardio or Strength Training?
- The Only Time We'll Tell You to Be a Quitter
- The Top 6 Fitness Myths and Truths
- Think You're Too Heavy to Exercise?
- When to Spend (or Save) on Fitness Gear
- Why Moderation Matters in Fitness
Just for Beginners
- 5 Things No One Ever Tells You about Working Out
- 6 Less Common Signs of a Good Workout
- 7 Calorie-Torching Kettlebell Moves
- 8 Ways to Check Your Form During Home Workouts
- 9 Ways to Get 10,000 Steps a Day
- Beginner Exercise Demos
- Do You Need a Personal Trainer?
- Easy Modifications for 8 Popular Bodyweight Exercises
- Exercise Safety Tips for Beginners
- Health and Fitness Benefits of Walking
- Heart-Healthy Benefits of Exercise
- How Hard Should You Work Out?
- How to Feel Confident in the Weight Room
- How to Start Exercising: A 20-Minute Routine
- Low-Impact Exercises That Burn Major Calories
- Low-Impact vs. High-Impact Exercise: Which Is Right for You?
- Make the Most of Your Gym's Free Hour of Personal Training
- The Secrets to Achieving 10 Popular Fitness Goals
- Top 10 Reasons to Strength Train
- What in the WOD? Confusing Fitness Acronyms Explained
- Why We Half Lift in Yoga and Other Health Mysteries
- Why You Should Try Interval Training
What to Expect
- 11 Tips to Help You Feel at Ease at Your First Yoga Class
- 8 Lessons from My First 5K Race
- Are You Doing the Wrong Kind of Cardio Workout?
- Is Hooping Really a Workout? We Tried It to Find Out!
- Is Pilates Right for You?
- Post-Workout Muscle Soreness: What's Normal?
- Should You Keep Exercising If You Feel Dizzy?
- What to Expect from Spinning Class
- What to Expect in a Barre Workout Class
- What to Expect in a Kettlebell Class
- What to Expect in Zumba Class
- Which Fitness Class is Right for You?
- Would You Recognize the Signs of a Concussion?