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Outline of exercise

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

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.^[1][2]

Types of exerciseEdit

Aerobic exerciseEdit

Athletes taking part in a race on a snowy park in USA.

Aerobic exercise –

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

Anerobic exerciseEdit

Anaerobic exercise –

• Bodybuilding
• Eccentric training
• Functional training
• Sprint (running)
• Weight training

Strength trainingEdit

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)
• Pelvis
  • Vaginal weightlifting
• Extended length conditioning

CalisthenicsEdit

Calisthenics

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

Stretching exercisesEdit

Stretching –

• Ballistic stretching
• Dynamic stretching
• PNF stretching
• Static stretching
  • Passive stretching

Specialized training methodsEdit

• 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

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