To provide a fast and systematic selection of exercises for a training plan of a user, the invention proposes a method and device for selecting exercises, each of a plurality of exercises (E1 to E5) being associated with a set of characteristics, and each characteristic of the set of characteristics being associated with a set of categories (C1 and C2) for classifying the plurality of exercises, the method comprising the steps of: A. selecting, according to input reflecting answers to a first set of questions related to a given characteristic among said set of characteristics, a subset of categories (C1) from a set of categories (C1 and C2) which is associated with said given characteristic, wherein said answers to the first set of questions reflect information of said user; B. determining a set of exercises based on said selected subset of categories (C1). The method takes each category as a whole and selects proper categories, and then determines proper exercises from the exercises in the determined proper categories. The present invention enables the proper exercises to be obtained faster and more systematically as compared to selecting the proper exercise from a number of exercises by checking them one by one.