Exercise and Physical Activity: What's the Difference?

Learn the difference between physical activity and exercise, and how each can contribute to physical fitness.

    Physical activity is defined as movement that involves contraction of your muscles. Any of the activities we do throughout the day that involve movement - housework, gardening, walking, climbing stairs - are examples of physical activity.

The Lifelong Benefits of Exercise

Stop procrastinating and start exercising! The benefits of physical fitness are too great to ignore.

    Feel younger, live longer. It's no slogan - these are actual benefits of regular exercise. People with high levels of physical fitness are at lower risk of dying from a variety of causes, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.