Physical Exercise

Optimizing health and well-being with a physically active lifestyle

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Wellness Integrative and holistic methods of maintaining and restoring optimal human health Play
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Recreation The cognitive, physical, emotional and social developments that are benefited by children's play has... Cardio Vascular Health Holistic heart health and preventative cardio medicine Dance
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Movement Watching dance or movement can be enlightening and entertaining. Doing dance or movement can have physical,...

Physical exercise is critically important to human health and longevity.

For many people modern technology has removed the practical necessity of an active day-to-day lifestyle and replaced it with a sedentary existence, but it has not removed the human body's requirement for exercise. This has lead to an explosion of both health problems and exercise regimes.

Physical Exercise Resources

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

Physical exercise book
By John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman. A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD. Did you know you can beat stress,...

The New York Times Scientific 7-Minute Workout

Physical exercise website
12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfils the latest mandates for high-intensity effort — all of it based on science.

Fitness Blender

Physical exercise website
Created by Daniel and Kelli Segars, who believe fitness should be accessible to everyone, everywhere, regardless of income level or access to a gym. They offer hundreds of free, full-length workout videos, the most affordable and effective workout programs...

Born to Run

Physical exercise book
Author Christopher McDougall take readers on exciting and informative adventure through the history, culture, and science of long-distance running.

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health, fitness, exercise