title: Strategies for promoting physical fitness.
abstract: To achieve physical fitness, the patient must be willing to make substantial commitment to exercise properly. Whether for a healthy patient or a rehabilitating patient seeking increased conditioning, an individualized exercise prescription based on mode, intensity, duration, and frequency will promote safe and effective long-term physical fitness.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Edmunds
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness