Festa, Raúl RicardoJofré-Saldía, EmilioCandia, Alejandro AMonsalves-Álvarez, MatíasFlores-Opazo, MarceloPeñailillo, LuisMarzuca-Nassr, Gabriel NasriAguilar-Farias, NicolasFritz-Silva, NicoleCancino-Lopez, JorgeSoto-Sánchez, JohanaSepulveda, CarlosHuerta Ojeda, ÁlvaroNúñez-Espinosa, CristianValladares-Ide, DenisseJannas-Vela, Sebastian2025-01-282025-01-282023-10BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine. Volume 9, Issue 4. 27 October 2023. Article number e0017492055-7647https://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/63319Indexación: ScopusPhysical inactivity is a major health concern, associated with the development of several non-communicable diseases and with an increased mortality rate. Therefore, promoting active lifestyles has become a crucial public health necessity for enhancing overall health and quality of life. The WHO guidelines for physical activity (PA) present valuable contributions in this respect; however, we believe that greater specificity should be added or complemented towards physical exercise (PE) testing, prescription and programming in future recommendations. In this review article, we suggest simple and practical tools accessible to the entire population to improve the specificity of this approach, highlighting aspects of PE programming used by trained subjects. By adopting these suggestions, exercise professionals, clinicians and physical trainers can optimise the current general PA recommendations towards PE prescription to improve fitness status and encourage PE adherence in the general population. © 2023 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.enExerciseExercise TestingPhysical ActivityArtículoAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Deed (CC BY-NC 4.0)10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001749