# 5 must - do exercises everybody should do

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-must-do-exercises-everybody-should-do/295554>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-must-do-exercises-everybody-should-do/295554 "2005-03-21T14:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-must-do-exercises-everybody-should-do/295554/21 "2005-03-22T03:39:54Z")

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Good suggestions so far, but I want to add one more piece of advice:

Start slowly and build your way up.

I’m serious. If you try to do 30 minutes on the bike + 20 minutes of rowing + pushups + a couple more exercises, you’ll probably be able to your first day. However, you will be in a lot of pain for the next couple of days as all of you muscles rebel from the vastly-increased workload.

Don’t get me wrong, you’re going to be sore anyway, especially for the first couple of weeks. But it’ll be a lot more pleasant for you if you work into it slowly (start at about half of your intended workout, build up to the full thing over the course of a month or two).

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