Recommended Web Sites

Chronic Pain: Exercise Can Bring Relief - The Mayo Clinic tells about how exercise can help.

Getting Started Exercising - Great advice on keeping fit.

Exercise: A Healthy Habit to Start and Keep - FamilyDoctor has created this fact sheet.

Exercise: How to Get Started - FamilyDoctor also offers this information.

How Can I Keep Track of Physical Activity and Eating? and How Can Physical Activity Become a Way of Life? and Why Should I Be Physically Active? - These handouts are from the American Heart Association.

Walking for Fitness - The MayoClinic offers advice on how to trim down and tone up by walking.

ACE Fit Facts - The American Council on Exercise provides plenty of good exercise and fitness advice at this site.

Active At Any Size - Don't let being overweight stop you from exercising - get moving!

America on the Move - The America on the Move program is designed to get millions of people to wear inexpensive step counters and walk an additional 2,000 steps (about 1 mile) a day or cut out 100 calories. It was started by a non-profit group with support from industry. The site contains advice and an online journal to chart your progress.

Amercian College of Sports Medicine - A large part of ACSM's mission is devoted to public awareness and education about the positive aspects of physical activity for people of all ages, from all walks of life. An online newsletter and numerous brochures will be found here. Portions of this site are in PDF format and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Avoiding the Muscle Hustle: Tips for Buying Exercise Equipment - The Federal Trade Commission doesn't want you to be ripped off.

Calories Burned in One Hour - The Mayo Clinic provides this chart.

Components of Physical Fitness - The CDC explains the different parts of exercise programs.

Energize Your Life! - More information from the CDC on physical fitness.

Exercise: 7 Benefits of Regular Exercise - Great list of reasons to get moving, from the Mayo Clinic.

Exercise and Cold Weather - The Mayo Clinic describes how to stay fit and stay healthy in cold weather.

Exercise and Fitness - The American Heart Association provides this information.

Exercise from NOAH - The NY Online Access to Health is produced by librarians from the NY Academy of Medicine and the NY Public Library.

Exercise and Fitness from MEDLINEPlus - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources on many common diseases and conditions.

FitDay.com - This site (free registration) offers a chance to journal about the time of your workouts, your meals, and to see how many calories, fat and carb grams you have used up.

Fitness and Nutrition from MEDEM - The Nation's medical societies have assembled their brochures on nutrition and fitness topics at this one site.

Fitness Center - The Mayo Clinic offers tips on how to squeeze some time into your day for exercise, and lots more at this site.

Fitness Quiz:Test Your Fitness Awareness - The Mayo Clinic also offers this quick quiz...take it and see how you do.

Georgia State University Exercise and Physical Fitness Page - featuring research-based exercise and fitness information, provided by graduate students in the Master of Science program in Exercise Science in the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Georgia State University.

Guide to Physical Activity - The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute gives this list of ways to keep fit.

HealthierUS.gov - Another great government site on exercise and fitness.

Low Cost Ideas for Shaping Up - Try these low (or no) cost ideas from the Mayo Clinic.

Physical Activity - This site, sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians offers fact sheets on a number of sports injuries.

Physical Activity Guidelines - The Federal Government has issued its first-ever Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. They describe the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits to Americans.

Physican and SportsMedicine - The medical journal Physician and SportsMedicine boasts a large number of articles on different fitness and sports topics.

The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - Fitness.gov offers plenty of good information.

ShapeUp - This site is "designed to provide ... the latest information about safe weight management, healthy eating, and physical fitness."

Shaping Up Sensibly - Great tips from the National Safety Council to keep your workouts safe.

SmallStep.gov - The Department of Health and Human Service has created this site designed to provide information on the subject of diet and exercise that will help people make improvements through incremental change in various habits.

Ten Ways to Find Time to Exercise - Here are ten ways to make exercise part of your daily routine.

Tips To Help You Get Active - Great, easy to follow tips to get you up and moving.

Why Exercise is Cool and It's Time to Play - KidsHealth wrote these especially for kids.

WomensHealth - Great, quick information on exercise and fitness for women here.

You're It - Get Fit - The President's Challenge for fitness is here. Are you up for the challenge?