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Exercise is excellent for you. Your body will learn to love it, but it will not love it right away and it will not love it the day after you exercise. If you push yourself, you will be uncomfortable. Your muscles will burn, your heart rate will elevate, your breathing will get quicker that means you are working. It won’t feel great the first or second time, and if you're at home working out by yourself, remember to take it easy on your body. It is doing something completely different. Don’t compare yourself to anyone else.

The next day you will be sore, it is part of the process of building and toning your muscle. The second day, you will probably be more sore. It happens. Don’t get discouraged and don’t quit, and definitely do not just lay around if you are sore. Don’t go full out, but do some walking and stretching and keep working out and you’ll get through it faster.

Make sure that you find something that you like at least a little. This doesn’t mean it should feel easy or good the first time, but maybe it is mentally challenging or a good physical challenge. You need to find something that you can keep going back to. We encourage to visit this page often to learn more about the benefits of maintaining a healthy body and mind!

Getting Started

Are You Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals?
Measuring Physical Activity Intensity
Perceived Exertion
Planning Your Activity for the Week
Aerobic Activity - What Counts
Healthy Pregnant or Postpartum Women
Preventing Weight Gain
Working At Proper Intensity
Cardio Benefits: What It Does For You
Cardio Benefits: Respiratory System
Cardio Benefits: Musculoskeletal System
Resistance Training: Building your strength
Fartlek Training: How to do it and what it does
Resistance Training: Powerlifting
How To Measure Your Heart Rate
How To Use A Heart Rate Monitor
Resistance Training: Hypertrophy
Inverval Training: How To Do It and What It Does
Cardio Training: Long Slow Distance
Resistance Training: Muscular Endurance
Cardio Routine: Repitition Training
Cardio Training: Pace/Tempo
Cardio Routine: Repetition Training
Stretching: Why it's important and how to do it
Warmup: How to do it and what it does
Benefits of Resistance Training
Where Your Heartrate Should Be
Why “Just Running” Can Be Counter-Productive
Plateau Busters!
How A Dietitian Can Help You Reach Your Goals
Weighless For Life
Healthy Snacking
Eating To Beat Stress
Nutrition Myths & Realities
Eating For Your Metabolism
Cutting Calories
Abdominal Exercises and Background