Regular exercise lessens the likelihood of heart disease, lowers blood pressure, reduces the risk of cancer, builds bones, lifts your spirits, keeps your brain sharp, and can add years to your life.

So why not exercise? Some people still equate exercise with the sweat and tedium of gym class. Others think they don’t have time, or it’s too expensive, or they just don’t know how to get started.

Harvard Healh Publications has a Workout Workbook that shows how exercise has come a long way. It doesn’t need to take hours or require big-bucks equipment. Most of all, it can be enjoyable because you’ll feel stronger, look younger and fitter, and have more energy.

The nine workouts in the report are designed to work all parts of your body — from your core to your extremities, helping build muscle and prevent bone loss, tone your physique, limber up your joints, increase flexibility, improve stability, encourage weight loss, and boost cardiovascular fitness. And each workout can be completed in 40 minutes or less and tailored to your fitness level.

Workout Workbook will keep you on track with ideas for setting goals and for staying motivated. The report gives you tips and techniques, specifies the number of reps and sets, and suggests tempos and intensities for each exercise. And each exercise — 82 in all — is illustrated with instructive photographs to help you maintain the proper form for greatest gains.

The report briefs you on the new trends in aerobic and strength training — everything from boot camps and kranking to yogilates and Zumba. Plus, you’ll get tips for avoiding injuries, measuring your gains, rewarding your progress, and more. You can order a copy by calling 877-649-9457.