Strength, cardio, mobility, recovery
Plain-language workouts and habit guides for beginners and returning exercisers. Every session here comes with an easier version, a harder version, and no pressure to pick either one today.
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Love Your Fitness is a library of general fitness education for adults with beginner to intermediate experience. The guides explain how strength, endurance and mobility work actually fit together, then leave the pacing up to you.
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Strength TrainingStrength training is less complicated than the equipment makes it look. Here is what the five basic movement patterns are, how to run a calm first session, and how to tell whether it is working.
Read the guideStrength Training
Five basic movement patterns, sensible rep ranges and a way to add difficulty that does not depend on motivation.
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Adding weight is only one of six ways to make a workout harder. Here is how to use…
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One pair of dumbbells, eight exercises and about 40 minutes. This session covers the whole body, runs in…
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Strength training is less complicated than the equipment makes it look. Here is what the five basic movement…
Cardio & Endurance
A 5K is 3.1 miles, and walking part of it is completely legitimate. Here is an eight-week walk-run build, how to pace…
Boredom ends more cardio habits than soreness does. Here are eight low-impact options, what each one asks of you, and a build-your-own…
Walking is trainable. With a little structure around pace, hills and duration, three weekly walks can turn into genuine endurance work without…
Mobility & Recovery
Ten-minute routines, easy-day ideas and cooldowns that leave you feeling looser instead of wrung out.
Beginner starting point
Walking counts. Dancing in the kitchen counts. Consistency is easier to build on than intensity, so choose something you would happily repeat on a dull Tuesday.
Twenty minutes of squats, presses, rows and carries covers most of what general strength work needs. Bodyweight and household objects are a legitimate starting point.
Easy days, sleep and a short cooldown are what let the training stick. If a movement causes sharp or worsening pain, stop and get it looked at.