Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in orthopedics.
Building a Fitness Plan If You’re New to Exercise
Committed to getting fit, but don’t know where to begin? Exercise physiologist Pamela Geisel offers some suggestions.
Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in orthopedics.
Your best friend says yoga changed her life, your neighbor swears by his five-mile daily run, and your boss says CrossFit is the only workout worth your time. Then there’s Pilates. And boxing. And weight lifting. So many options, but which one is right for you?
Choosing an exercise you’re excited to try is a great place to start, but there’s more to a well-rounded fitness plan, says Pamela Geisel, MS, CSCS, an exercise physiologist and director of Performance Services at the HSS Tisch Sports Performance Center. “The truth is you won’t get fit by doing one type of exercise,” she adds. In fact, you may even be putting yourself at risk for injury.
Geisel has these four pieces of advice for fitness newbies.
Published 2/11/2021
About the Expert
Pamela Geisel, MS, MBA, CSCS, PCES, RRCA Run Coach
