Research has shown that it’s important to get all four types of exercise: endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility. Each one has different benefits. Doing one kind also can improve your ability to do the others, and variety helps reduce boredom and risk of injury.

There are different types of physical activity — including aerobic, strengthening, flexibility, and balance — and you can do them at varying levels of intensity.

“There are four major types of exercise—aerobic, stretching, strength, and balance,” explains Russell F. Camhi, DO, a primary care and sports medicine specialist with Northwell Health.

Types of physical activities include aerobic, muscle-strengthening, bone-strengthening, balance, and flexibility activities.