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The scientific evidence demonstrating the beneficial effects of exercise is indisputable, and the benefits of exercise far outweigh the risks in most adults .An exercise training program ideally is designed to meet individual  health and physical fitness goalsithin the context of individual health status, function, and the respective physical and social environment.
The scientific evidence demonstrating the beneficial effects of exercise is indisputable, and the benefits of exercise far outweigh the risks in most adults .An exercise training program ideally is designed to meet individual  health and physical fitness goalsithin the context of individual health status, function, and the respective physical and social environment.<ref>Garber CE, Blissmer B, Deschenes MR, et al. American College of Sports Medicine position stand. The quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy adults:guidance for prescribing exercise.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011;43(7):1334–59.</ref>.


The main principles of exercise training are well established in the exercise field; these are specificity, overload, progression, initial values, reversibility and diminishing returns<ref>Campbell K, Neil SE, Winters-Stone KM. Review of exercise studies in breast cancer survivors: attention to principles of exercise training. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2011.
The main principles of exercise training are well established in the exercise field; these are specificity, overload, progression, initial values, reversibility and diminishing returns<ref>Campbell K, Neil SE, Winters-Stone KM. Review of exercise studies in breast cancer survivors: attention to principles of exercise training. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2011.

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The scientific evidence demonstrating the beneficial effects of exercise is indisputable, and the benefits of exercise far outweigh the risks in most adults .An exercise training program ideally is designed to meet individual  health and physical fitness goalsithin the context of individual health status, function, and the respective physical and social environment.[1].

The main principles of exercise training are well established in the exercise field; these are specificity, overload, progression, initial values, reversibility and diminishing returns[2].

A recommendation by ACSM and others is to use the FITT method: Frequency, Intensity, Time (duration), and Type of exercise.

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  1. Garber CE, Blissmer B, Deschenes MR, et al. American College of Sports Medicine position stand. The quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy adults:guidance for prescribing exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011;43(7):1334–59.
  2. Campbell K, Neil SE, Winters-Stone KM. Review of exercise studies in breast cancer survivors: attention to principles of exercise training. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2011.