1-Week Beginner Workout Plan

You may wonder where to start if you're new to exercising or if it's been a while since you last worked out. Your first step is learning how to create a workout program. Luckily, you don't have to figure it out yourself. Experts have already developed the most important components of quality exercise routines involving the frequency, intensity, timing, and type of exercise, also known as the FITT principle, that guides exercisers in setting up a complete workout program—whether you're doing cardio, strength training, or both. Using this principle, you can manipulate aspects of your workout to make changes, progress to higher levels, and keep things interesting. FITT These are the elements of FITT and how to change them for your workout program:Frequency: This refers to how often you exercise. If you check out the program below, you'll notice you're doing cardio three times and strength training three times, which follows the basic exercise guidelines for getting started and improving y...