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Outline of exercise

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Outline of exercise

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

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Exercise – any bodily activity that enhances or maintains 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.

Aerobic exercise

Aerobic exercise –

  • Aerobics
  • Circuit training
  • Cycling
  • Hiking
  • Running
  • Skipping rope
  • Swimming
  • Walking
  • Power walking
  • Anaerobic exercise

    Anaerobic exercise –

  • Body building
  • Eccentric training
  • Functional training
  • Sprint (running)
  • Weight training
  • Strength training

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

  • Quadriceps (front of thighs)
  • Leg extension (i)
  • Leg press (c)
  • Lunge (c)
  • Squat (c)
  • Hamstrings (back of thighs)
  • Deadlift (c)
  • Good-morning (c)
  • Leg curl (i)
  • Squat (c)
  • Calves
  • Calf raise (i)
  • Pectorals (chest)
  • Bench press (c)
  • Chest fly (i)
  • Dips
  • Machine fly (i)
  • Push-up (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)
  • 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)
  • Biceps (front of arms)
  • Biceps curl (i)
  • Pull ups with a supinated grip
  • Triceps (back of arms)
  • Close-grip bench press (c)
  • Dip (c)
  • Pushdown (i)
  • Triceps extension (i)
  • Forearms
  • Wrist curl (i)
  • Wrist extension (i)
  • Abdomen and obliques (belly)
  • Crunch (i)
  • Leg raise (c)
  • Russian twist (c)
  • Sit-up (c)
  • Lower back
  • Deadlift (c)
  • Good-morning (c)
  • Hyperextension (c)
  • Extended length conditioning
  • Calisthenics

    Calisthenics

  • Abdominal exercise
  • Calf-raises
  • Crunches
  • Dips
  • Hyperextensions
  • Jumping jacks
  • Leg raises
  • Lunges
  • Plank
  • Pull-ups
  • Push-ups
  • Sit-ups
  • Squat jumps (Toyotas/Box Jumps)
  • Squats
  • Stretching exercises

    Stretching –

  • Ballistic stretching
  • Dynamic stretching
  • PNF stretching
  • Static stretching
  • Passive stretching
  • Specialized training methods

  • Altitude training
  • Boxing training
  • Circuit training
  • Complex training
  • Cross training
  • Endurance training
  • Long slow distance
  • Grip strength training
  • Interval training
  • Plyometrics (jump training)
  • Strength training
  • High intensity 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:
  • Cognitive control
  • 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

  • Reps –
  • Sets –
  • Workout –
  • Warmup –
  • Ripped –
  • Buff –
  • Recovery –
  • Nutritional
  • Formula –
  • Dietary supplement –
  • Protein –
  • Whey protein –
  • Energy drink –
  • Snack bar –
  • Amino acid –
  • Creatine
  • Vitamin B2
  • Vitamin B6
  • Vitamin B12
  • Biological
  • Muscle –
  • Muscle tissue –
  • Muscle fiber –
  • Joint –
  • Tendon –
  • History of exercise

  • History of aerobic exercise
  • History of body building
  • Exercise trends
  • Exercise equipment

    List of exercise equipment

    Traditional

  • Dumbbell
  • Barbell
  • Chin-up bar
  • Kettlebell
  • Treadmill
  • Punching bag
  • Metal bar
  • Bench
  • Other

  • Abdomenizer
  • Aerobie
  • Air flow ball
  • BOSU
  • Balance board
  • Baoding Balls
  • Bicycle
  • Bone exercise monitor
  • Bowflex
  • Bulgarian Bag
  • Bullworker
  • Carva
  • Communications Specification for Fitness Equipment
  • Cybex International
  • Elliptical trainer
  • Exercise machine
  • Exercise ball
  • Exertris
  • Fitness trail
  • Galileo
  • Gamebike
  • Gravity boots
  • Grippers
  • Gymnasticon
  • Heart rate monitor
  • Hydraulic Exercise Equipment
  • ICON Health & Fitness
  • Indoor rower
  • Inversion therapy
  • Mallakhamb
  • Medicine ball
  • NordicTrack
  • PCGamerBike
  • Pedometer
  • Pole dance
  • Power tower
  • Power-Plate
  • Range of Motion
  • Resistance band
  • Roman chair
  • RowPerfect
  • Scrum machine
  • Slant board
  • Soloflex
  • Stairmaster
  • Stationary bicycle
  • Thighmaster
  • Total Gym
  • Treadmill
  • Treadmill Desk
  • Treadmill with Vibration Isolation System
  • Treadmill workstation
  • Wheelchair trainer
  • Wobble board
  • Wrist roller
  • Weight-lifting equipment

  • Barbell
  • Bench (weight training)
  • Bowflex
  • Bulgarian Bag
  • Cable machine
  • Captains of Crush Grippers
  • Dip bar
  • Dumbbell
  • Halteres (ancient Greece)
  • Indian clubs
  • Iron rings
  • IronMind
  • Ivanko Barbell Company
  • Kettlebell
  • Leg press
  • Power cage
  • Shake Weight
  • Smith machine
  • Soloflex
  • Total Gym
  • Trap bar
  • Universal Gym Equipment
  • Weight machine
  • York Barbell
  • Exercise trends

    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

  • Body fat percentage
  • Blood pressure
  • Heart rate
  • Pulse rate
  • Respiration rate
  • Miscellaneous concepts

  • Personal trainer
  • Weighted clothing
  • Significant people of physical fitness

  • Roger Bannister
  • Lance Armstrong
  • John Basedow
  • Robyn Landis
  • Joseph Pilates (b.1883-d.1967)
  • Susan Powter
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Jack LaLanne (b.1914-d.2011)
  • Erwan Le Corre
  • Georges Hébert (b.1875-d.1957)
  • Lists

  • List of exercise equipment
  • List of weight training exercises
  • References

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