This is perhaps the easiest way for a person with Parkinson’s to begin exercising, as there’s a huge range of Parkinson’s workout videos to try online from the comfort of your own home, so even the least confident person can give exercise a try without worrying what anyone else thinks.
From fitness guru Joe Wicks’ Parkinson’s workout above to a regular series of exercise videos (such as our ExerciseCast, or Bial’s Keep ON Moving video programme), there really is something for everyone.
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Parkinson’s exercise and fitness videos
Parkinson’s UK: Exercise and Parkinson’s YouTube playlist:
Exercise class at Parkinson’s Information Conference 2023 at the Rehabilitation Clinic Zihlschlacht
Parkinson’s Europe ExerciseCast YouTube playlist:
Find the full series of ExerciseCast videos, including extra downloads and audio files, as well as the entire Bial Keep It ON video series, at the end of this page.
Full ExerciseCast and Keep It ON exercise series
Parkinson’s exercise resources
Rana Exercise Diary for Parkinson’s
Daily Dose PD Free Workout Videos
NeuroHeroes Community Exercise Fund
Reach Your Peak 10-week Parkinson’s exercise programme
Useful organisations
Parkinson’s UK

Power for Parkinson’s

Brian Grant Foundation

Parkinsons.Me

Online Video Exercise Programmes for Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s Europe ExerciseCast
During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, Parkinson’s Europe Board member and physiotherapist Josefa Domingos, together with speech and language therapist John M. Dean, produced this series of videos to help people with Parkinson’s exercise from the comfort of their own homes.
These exercise sessions combine movement, voice and cognitive skills like memory and reaction times, with the exercises specifically designed to address common Parkinson’s issues.
Access the full playlist on YouTube, or see below for individual videos.
You can also download various worksheets and audiofiles in the resource box below to help you complete the exercises without the video, or while using your own music.
Episode 1: The body speaks & spells
This session works our body, brain and voice at the same time! Associate the vowels of the alphabet to one movement and the consonants to another movement, then repeat while spelling out words and sentences.
Episode 2: What happened to Monday?
This session uses the days of the week to progressively challenge our motor and cognitive skills. Mimic exercise-based movements while keeping attention to the days of the week that will be spoken out loud and displayed on screen, then progressively alternate your attention to focus more on your voice, on your movement or on both.
Episode 3: Punchalicious! Can I punch you now?
In this session, boxing, cognitive and fun exercises are merged into one higher-intensity training session that will challenge your capacity to talk, think and move. Grab your kitchen gloves and engage your competitive, fighting side!
Episode 4: Moving for something new
In this upbeat session movement, voice and cognitive exercises will be integrated in a rhythm-based training session. Perform three distinct amplitude-based movements while paying attention to three different music patterns.
Episode 5: Shall we dance?
Get ready for a vigorous, energetic 10-minute dance session! This session was designed for those who want to push themselves physically a bit more – while still being fully accessible to adapt for everyone.
Episode 6: Exercise pair o’dice
Here, we use a dice to challenge our quick responses, voice, movement and memory. Once you’ve learned six amplitude-based movements, you will be challenged to move continuously through the activities in response to a rolling dice presented on-screen. Compete against time and the instructors to enhance the fun!
Episode 7: Do mind me
This activity challenges your ability to rapidly process information and take quick decisions. First, you’ll punch out numbers performing two different whole-body movements, then things get more challenging as we ask you to focus on one sequence of numbers (1 to 10) while ignoring all other numbers popping up in the background.
Episode 8: The corona exercise battle
This session using aerobic exercise to strengthen cognitive skills like attention, quick response and working memory. We’ll challenge you to quickly spot the image of coronavirus popping up on the screen, in different positions, and remember which movement to use to hit it away. At the same time, we will be walking to the beat of the music in a constantly-moving forest environment.
Episode 9: Exercise and compare numbers
In this session, we will challenge you to compare some numbers and decide which one is the biggest in size (font) and then which one is the biggest in value, and perform a specific move for each. Things get more challenging as we increase the speed and then get you to focus your attention on either value or size.
Episode 10: Walking (and counting) in the woods
This exercise combines the aerobic activity of walking through a moving forest environment with memory and attention skills as we challenge you to perform several movements while counting repetitions.
Worksheets and audiofiles
Bial’s Keep ON Moving
Following the success of the Parkinson’s Europe ExerciseCast, Parkinson’s Europe joined forces with our company partner BIAL to produce a new exercise programme for people with Parkinson’s to perform at home – Keep ON Moving.
Once again, Parkinson’s Europe Board member and physiotherapist Josefa Domingos and speech and language therapist John M Dean lead this series of workout videos, which addresses common Parkinson’s issues by combining voice, movement and cognition tasks.
Each video can be watched separately for a quick practice or in sequence with others, for a longer and more complete workout session.
Find out more
Exercise series 1
The first Keep ON Moving video series was launched on 10 November 2020.
Episode 1: Physical amplitude workout
In this exercise we will practise:
- large amplitude movements
- fast total body movements
- cognitive capacity
- working memory
- visual-vocal interaction
Episode 2: Arms and legs working and thinking together
In this exercise we will practise:
- large amplitude movements
- rhythm
- speed of response
- selective attention
- memory
Episode 3: Brain exercise
In this exercise we will practise:
- motor planning
- focused attention
- memory
- dual task capacity
Episode 4: Daily-life moves, dance-like exercise
In this exercise we will practise:
- motor planning
- focused attention
- memory
- dual task capacity
Episode 5: Breath and voice exercise
In this exercise we will practise:
- voice production
- focused attention
- memory
- dual task capacity
- breath and posture
Exercise series 2
The second Keep ON Moving video series was launched on 11 April 2021 – World Parkinson’s Day.
Episode 1: The ABC of sitting to standing
In this exercise we will work on:
- breaking down sitting/standing into sub-tasks
- thinking about and improving it
- feeling steadier when getting up
- physical capacity
- lower limb strength training
- attention and working memory
Episode 2: Grasping for the word
In this exercise we will work on:
- upper limb amplitude-movement
- reaching and twisting while seated
- lower limb and trunk mobility
- voice and language production
- attention and working memory
Episode 3: Transition with the pillow
In this exercise we will work on:
- sitting and standing
- upper limb amplitude-movement
- overall physical capacity
- lower limb strength training
- movement rhythm
- attention and working memory
Episode 4: How to take the first step
In this exercise we will work on:
- breaking down standing and taking a step
- focused attention
- mental calculation
- overall physical capacity
- movement rhythm
- lower limb strength training
- stepping
Episode 5: Moving chair to chair
In this exercise we will work on:
- large amplitude lateral stepping
- transitions in sitting
- visuo-spatial capacity
- divided attention
- physical capacity
- movement speed
Exercise series 3
The third Keep ON Moving video series was launched on 13 July 2022 via the Keep it ON Training Area.
Episode 1: Dance: amplitude & speed
In this exercise we will work on:
- following the leader warm-up
- memorising a sequence of movements associated to the letters of the alphabet
- using the alphabet moves to different types of sounds
Episode 2: Mimicking sports for Parkinson's
In this exercise we will work on:
- Mimicking a featured sport
- Associating selected sports to a day of the week
- Identifying and performing the sport for each respective day
Episode 3: Boxing: breath, speak and punch
In this exercise we will work on:
- Learning & numbering our punches
- Training punches & kicks randomly
- Reacting to the bells and punch accordingly
- Boxing combinations with additional exercise twists
- Following along with random punching and kicking for an active
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Episode 4: Multitasking: hand and movement exercise
In this exercise we will work on:
- Identifying which hand it is and mimicking it with yours
- Reacting to hands from different places in the screen
- Hands & random numbers 1-5
Episode 5: Walking with sticks
In this exercise we will work on:
- Amplitude movements, coordination and strength training with walking sticks
- Breathing and stretching with walking sticks