Beginners' guides

Beginners Guide to Body Mass Index


How to find work out your Body Mass Index (BMI) in imperial and metric.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Plank


The abdominal plank is a great exercise to flatten and tone the muscles of the stomach. It's simple to perform and you don't need any equipment.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Tricep Dips


A simple, but highly effective exercise for strenghtening and toning the back of the upper arms. All you need is a bench, chair, or low table.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Lunges


Lunges are a fantastic move for strengthening and shaping the thighs and bum.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Free Weights


Weight training can help build muscular fitness, which in turn will help you carry shopping bags or lift objects more easily.

Beginners' Guide to: Deadlift


Strengthen your thighs, bum and core with deadlifts.

 

Swimming for Fitness and Weight Loss


Make a splash to lose weight, get fitter and improve your health.

Beginners' Guide to: Power Plate Exercises


Step up the plate with these simple, but deceptively effective, moves for accelerated muscle tone and calorie burn on the vibrating Power Plate machine.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Cool Down Static Stretches


Post Exercise Cool Down Static Stretches

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Dynamic Stretches


This series of exercises should follow a pulse-raising warm-up. The aim is to mobilise your joints and stretch your muscles to help avoid injury and get the mose from your workout.

Beginners’ Guide to Exercise: Index


The Fitness Rocks Beginners’ Guide to Exercise is a constantly expanding library of illustrated articles offering step-by-step instructions on performing popular exercises and covering the fundamentals of fitness know-how.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Pre-Exercise Warm Up


 

It’s important to warm up before every exercise session to get your blood pumping, your muscles warm and supple and to prepare yourself mentally for your workout.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Back Extension


 Strengthen your lower back with this simple move.

 

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Stomach Crunches


 Take your fist step to a flat toned tummy by learning the abdominal crunch.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Press Up


Learn to perform one of best exercises of all time. Press ups work your arms, back, shoulders and mid-section in one simple move.

Beginners' Guide to Exercise: Squat


Strengthen and tone your thighs and butt. Easy to follow, illustrated guide to this classic move.