Healthy Santa Cruz County - exercise

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Fitness
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs or information. Use this link to access the CID, then type Fitness or Exercise into the Keyword Search box.
  Browse related subjects: exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle, local information, men's health, senior health, women's health

Library Resources

• Find Books: Exercise / Fitness
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about fitness. Click here to search the library catalog; also consider searching for alternative terms - e.g., exercise.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle
• Find Books: Men's Health
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about men's health issues. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, exercise, fitness, health news, healthy lifestyle, men's health, prostate cancer, quit smoking, sports injuries, testicular cancer, weight control
• Find Books: Women's Health
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about women's health issues. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, breast cancer, domestic violence, exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle, pregnancy, sexual assault, women's health

Recommended Websites

• American College of Sports Medicine: Fitness Information
  Helpful downloadable brochures include: guidelines for aerobic activity, plus the series "Selecting and Effectively Using...." which offers suggestions on how to choose specific pieces of fitness equipment (e.g., treadmill, elliptical trainer, etc.). From: ACSM.
  Browse related subjects: exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, sports injuries
• American Heart Association
  Special features: "Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia"; diet and nutrition health tools; instructor information and downloadable training materials - CPR and ECC courses; "Heart Profilers," free, confidential, personalized treatment options reports; warning signs: heart attack and stroke; family health history tree; research updates; recipes; interactive quizzes; podcast link; Spanish available. From: American Heart Association.
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, cardiovascular, clinical trials, complementary medicine, diagnosis, diet, exercise, food pyramid, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, medical tests, men's health, prescriptions, quit smoking, recommended website, research, self-care tools, senior health, stroke, support, toll-free numbers, weight control, women's health
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Special features: Interactive "Diet & Weight Loss Toolkit," meal planners, health check tools and calculators, weight loss journal, and online "Weight Loss Community" message board. From Revolution Health
  Browse related subjects: diet, exercise, fitness, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, self-care tools, self-help, support, weight control
• Exercise & Physical Fitness - MedlinePlus
  There are 1,440 minutes in every day - schedule 30 of them for physical activity! Helpful features: Health self-check tools, interactive tutorials, news and research. From NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle, MedlinePlus, recommended website
• Fitness Center - Mayo Clinic
  Special features: Up-to-date fitness information and expert exercise advice on starting an exercise program, staying motivated, preventing injury. Weekly e-newsletter, podcast and stay- fit slide show demonstrations. From: Mayo Clinic.
  Browse related subjects: exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle, recommended website
• Health Tools - Mayo Clinic
  Special features: Calculators, self-assessments, and quizzes help you determine ideal weight, body mass index, calories burned, and more. From: Mayo Clinic.
  Browse related subjects: exercise, fitness, health calculators, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, self-care tools
• Heart Diseases - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Multiple interactive tutorials; easy-to-read and Spanish available; extensive links to research and clinical trails updates. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, cardiovascular, clinical trials, complementary medicine, exercise, fitness, food pyramid, health calculators, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, insurance, lab tests, medical tests, medications, men's health, recommended website, research, self-care tools, self-help, senior health, women's health
• National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NIH)
  Special features: Health assessment tools; educational tutorials; A-Z Diseases and Conditions Index; Health Information Network with e-mail updates. From: NIH.
  Browse related subjects: cardiovascular, clinical trials, complementary medicine, diet, exercise, fitness, food pyramid, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, lab tests, medical tests, medications, men's health, nutrition, recommended website, research, senior health, weight control, women's health
• Sports / Exercise
  Special features: Wide variety of helpful tips and techniques, plus information about sports-related injuries, from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
  Browse related subjects: exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, sports injuries

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.