The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to exercise:

Exercise any bodily activity that enhances or logs physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons including strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, as well as for the purpose of enjoyment. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent the "diseases of affluence" such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

Types of exercise

Aerobic exercise

Aerobic exercise

• Aerobics

• Circuit training

• Cycling

• Hiking

• Power walking

• Running

• Skipping rope

• Swimming

• Walking

Anaerobic exercise

Anaerobic exercise –

• Bodybuilding

• Eccentric training

• Functional training

• Sprinting

• Weight training

Strength training

Strength training (by muscle to be strengthened; (c) = compound exercise, (i) = isolated exercise)

Abdomen and obliques (belly)

• Crunch (i)

• Leg raise (c)

• Russian twist (c)

• Sit-up (c)

Biceps (front of upper arms)

• Biceps curl (i)

• Pull ups with a supinated grip

Calves

• Calf raise (i)

Deltoids (shoulders)

• Front raise (i)

• Head stand into Handstand push-up (c)

• Lateral raise (i)

• Military press (c)

• Rear delt raise (i)

• Shoulder press (c)

• Upright row (c)

Forearms

• Wrist curl (i)

• Wrist extension (i)

Hamstrings (back of thighs)

• Deadlift (c)

• Frog jumping (i)

• Good-morning (exercise) (c)

• Leg curl (i)

• Squat (c)

Lats and trapezius (back)

• Bent-over row (c)

• Chin-up (c)

• Pulldown (c)

• Pullup (c)

• Seated row (c)

• Shoulder shrug (i)

• Supine row (c)

Lower back

• Deadlift (c)

• Good-morning (exercise) (c)

• Hyperextension (c)

Pectorals (chest)

• Bench press (c)

• Chest fly (i)

• Dipss (c)

• Machine fly (i)

• Push-up (c)

Pelvis

• Vaginal weightlifting

Quadriceps (front of thighs)

• Frog Jumping (i)

• Leg extension (i)

• Leg press (c)

• Lunge (c)

• Squat (c)

Triceps (back of upper arms)

• Close-grip bench press (c)

• Dips (c)

• Push-down (exercise) (i)

• Lying triceps extensions (i)

Calisthenics

A form of exercise consisting of a variety of movements that exercise large muscle groups.

Calisthenics

• Abdominal exercise

• Burpee (exercise)

• Calf raises

• Crunches

• Dips

• Hyperextensions

• Jumping jacks

• Leg raises

• Lunges

• Muscle-ups

• Plank

• Pull-ups

• Push-ups

• Sit-ups

• Squat jumps (Toyotas/box jumps)

• Squats

Additional calisthenics exercises that can support the muscle groups

• Bend and reach (back and legs stretch)

• High jump (full body stretch)

• Rower (back, upper legs, and abdomen)

• Squat bend (full body stretch)

Stretching exercises

Stretching

• Ballistic stretching

• Dynamic stretching

• PNF stretching

Static stretching

• Passive stretching

Specialized training methods

• Altitude training

• Ballistic training

• Boxing training

• Circuit training

• Complex training

• Cross training

Endurance training

• Long slow distance

• Grip strength training

• Interval training

• Plyometrics (jump training)

• Power training

Strength training

• High-intensity training

• Suspension training

Weight training

• Resistance training

• Training to failure

Other

• Physical therapy

• Pilates

• Yoga

Exercise and health

• Exercise trends

Health benefits of exercise

• Aerobic conditioning

Neurobiological effects of physical exercise - improves:

• Executive function

• Memory

• Stress management

Physical fitness, including improving and maintaining these aspects of it:

• Accuracy

• Agility

• Balance

• Coordination

• Endurance

• Flexibility

• Power

• Speed

• Stamina

• Strength

Prevention exercise helps prevent:

• Cancer

• Drug addiction

• Hypertension

• Major depressive disorder

• Neurodegenerative disorders

• Obesity

• Osteoporosis

• Type 2 Diabetes

Dangers of exercise

• Cramps

• Dehydration

• Heat stroke

• Overtraining

Sports injury

• Sprain pull or rupture ligaments

• Strain pull or rupture muscles

Tendon rupture

• Achilles tendon rupture

Terminology

• Buff Having high amount of muscle mass

• Recovery Resting time after workout to avoid muscle fatigue

• Reps Short for repetitions, usually referred to strength training exercises

• Ripped Having very low body fat percentage accompanied with high amount of muscle mass

• Sets Repetitions done for certain amount followed by a period of rest

• Warm up Initial exercises done to prepare for the main routine

• Workout Routine of multiple exercises

• Gains - Muscle mass gained after a period of working out

• Nutritional

• Amino acid

• Creatine

• Dietary supplement

• Energy drink

• Formula

• Protein

• Snack bar

• Vitamin B12

• Vitamin B2

• Vitamin B6

• Whey protein

• Biological

• Joint

• Muscle

• Muscle fiber

• Muscle tissue

• Tendon

History of exercise

• Aerobic exercise § History

• Bodybuilding § History

• Exercise § History

• Exercise physiology § History

• Exercise trends

• Fitness boot camp § History

• Fitness culture

• Outdoor fitness § History

• Physical culture

Exercise equipment

Traditional

• Barbell

• Bench

• Cable attachments

• Chin-up bar

• Dumbbell

• Kettlebell

• Metal bar

• Punching bag

• Treadmill

Other

• Abdomenizer

• Aerobie

• Air flow ball

• Balance board

• Baoding balls

• Battling ropes

• Bicycle

• Bone exercise monitor

• BOSU

• Bowflex

• Bulgarian bag

• Bullworker

• Carva

• Communications Specification for Fitness Equipment

• Cybex International

• Elliptical trainer

• Exercise ball

• Exercise machine

• Exertris

• Fitness trail

• Foam roller

• Gamebike

• Gravity boots

• Grippers

• Gymnasticon

• Heart rate monitor

• Hydraulic Exercise Equipment

• ICON Health & Fitness

• Indoor rower

• Inversion therapy

• Isometric exercise device

• Jade egg

• Lifting stone

• Mallakhamba

• Medicine ball

• NordicTrack

• Outdoor gym

• PCGamerBike

• Pedometer

• Pole dance

• Power tower

• Range of motion (exercise machine)

• Resistance band

• Roman chair

• RowPerfect

• Scrum machine

• Slant board

• Soloflex

• Stairmaster

• Stationary bicycle

• Thighmaster

• Total Gym

• Training mask

Treadmill

• Treadmill desk

• Treadmill with Vibration Isolation Stabilization

• Vaginal cone

• Wall bars

• Weighted clothing

• Wheelchair trainer

• Whole-body vibration (Galileo, Power-Plate)

• Wrist roller

• Yoni egg

more

• Barbell

• Bowflex

• Bulgarian bag

• Cable machine

• Captains of Crush Grippers

• Dip bar

• Dumbbell

• Halteres (ancient Greece)

• Indian clubs

• Iron rings

• IronMind

• Kettlebell

• Leg press

• Power cage

• Shake Weight

• Smith machine

• Soloflex

• Swimming machine

• Total Gym

• Trap bar

• TRX System

• Universal Gym Equipment

• Utility bench

• Weight machine

• York Barbell

Physiology of exercise

Exercise physiology

• Aerobic exercise

• Anaerobic exercise

• Exercise-induced nausea

• Grip strength

• Muscle hypertrophy

• Overtraining

• Stretching

• Supercompensation

• Warming up

• Weight cutting

• Weight loss

Health monitor

Remote physiological monitoring

• Blood pressure

• Body fat percentage

• Heart rate

• Pulse rate

• Respiration rate

Miscellaneous concepts

• Fitness professional

• Personal trainer

• Weighted clothing

Significant people of physical fitness

• Arnold Schwarzenegger

• Erwan Le Corre

• Georges Hébert (b.1875-d.1957)

• Jack LaLanne (b.1914-d.2011)

• John Basedow

• Joseph Pilates (b.1883-d.1967)

• Lance Armstrong

• Robyn Landis

• Roger Bannister

• Susan Powter

• Michael Gonzalez-Wallace

Lists

• List of exercise equipment

• List of weight training exercises

See also

• Outline of health

• Outline of nutrition

• Outline of sports

• Sportswear

References

External links

• American College of Sports Medicine

• Alberta Centre for Active Living Physical Activity @ Work (self-archived ~2011)

• Yahoo! Health (archived)