Ways to Exercise if You Hate to Work Out

Sources Medically Reviewed on 12/17/2020 Reviewed by Tyler Wheeler, MD on December 17, 2020
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Active.com: “Outbreak Zombie Run.”
American Heart Association: “8 Best Active Video Games for Kids.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Why Sex Is Good for Your Health, Especially Your Heart.”
ExploreGeorgia.org: “4 Awesome Geocaching Challenges in Georgia.”
Journal of Health Psychology: “Gardening promotes neuroendocrine and affective restoration from stress.”
Journal of Human Kinetics: “Martial Art Training and Cognitive Performance in Middle-Aged Adults.”
Harvard Business Review: “How to Do Walking Meetings Right.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “Is sex exercise? And is it hard on the heart?”
Mayo Clinic: “Walking: Make it count with activity trackers,” “Rev up your workout with interval training.”
National Geographic: “Geocaching.”
Nemours Foundation: “Safety Tips: Baseball.”
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: “Can active video games get young people up and moving?”
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: “Guide to Physical Activity.”
NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “Staying Active at Any Size,” “Get Moving to Take Charge of Your Health.”
NIH News in Health: “Opportunities Abound for Moving Around.”
PlosONE: “Twelve Weeks of Sprint Interval Training Improves Indices of Cardiometabolic Health Similar to Traditional Endurance Training despite a Five-Fold Lower Exercise Volume and Time Commitment.”
Sports: “Martial Arts and Metabolic Diseases.”
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: “President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.”
Reviewed by Tyler Wheeler, MD on December 17, 2020
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