About.Com: Walking
Site offers guidance to walkers of all levels from tips for beginners to those who want to advance to race walking or marathon walking.
Active.com offers a one-stop shop for maintaining healthy lifestyles or setting and achieving fitness goals. The site offers an online database of more than 100,000 events and activities in over 50 sports in 5,000 cities nationwide, from 5K runs and marathons to cycling races and triathlons.
One of few sites that provide tips on how to exercise safely with health challenges, and how to find certified fitness trainers and facilities.
http://www.dietdetective.com DietDetective.com is a nutrition, fitness and health resource with thousands of original articles on subjects ranging from beginner athletics to in-depth analysis of exercise equipment and from popular low-calorie food choices to informative break downs on nutrients, disease prevention and the importance of a balanced diet.
Exercise and Your Heart: A Guide to Physical Activity
Multimedia presentation and tutorial on exercising to keep your heart healthy.
This site is from Weider Interactive Network, one of the leading publishers of fitness magazines in the U.S. There is a great deal of useful information here, as well as a set of fitness calculators.
Medem 's online Medical LibraryProvides 10 articles from respected sources (National Institute of Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, et al.,on basic fitness, including an introduction to fitness, starting an exercise program and sticking with it. Note the "complexity indicator" icon before each title.
MEDLINEPlus: Exercise & Fitness
Intended to help health care professionals and consumers find exercise and physical fitness information on the Web.
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