Figure 3.

Parkinson’s disease exercise pyramid. The pyramid consists of four types of exercise: aerobic exercise, resistance training, neuromotor therapy, and stretching/flexibility exercises. On the left side are the recommended days per week, a suggested % HRmax for aerobic exercise and a % max effort for resistance training (given for a participant with early-stage PD; please see the text for suggestions at other stages of PD). On the right side is a description of the kind of exercises best represented by each category.