Ask Scott: Exercises every man should know

Top fitness coach Scott Pearson answers your health and fitness questions.

In early 2009, Scott put together the 18 exercises that he reckons every man ought to know to keep in trim. Here they are. Let us know how you get on.

Big apologies but for technical reasons we cannot currently embed the videos in our main malehealth site so we using an alternative server and you can find them in the editor's blog. You can see the videos for these exercises by following the links below.

• six exercises without equipment (Videos here)

• six exercises with dumbells (Videos here)

• six exercises with a bar (Videos here)

TAKE CARE: if you are over 40 or haven't exercised for a while, or have any medical history that might affect your ability to exercise , see your GP BEFORE starting any vigorous exercise programme. More details on this important precaution here (pop-up window).

If you're older or overweight you might want to try these first:

• five essential exercises for the older or overweight male

Before starting, you'll also want to check out our advice on:

• Choosing a gym
• How to warm-up

There's lot's more advice in our Online Gym section.

You'll find Scott's other columns and answers to your questions here.

Finally, if you have a fitness, sport or nutrition question for Scott, fire away.