Patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) have decreased functional capacities leading to decreased quality of life and increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Exercise therapy is recommended among first-choice therapeutic options and improves overall physical function and quality of life in symptomatic patients with PAD. Exercise therapy is also effective in patients with PAD following revascularization. Other than walking, different training modalities are safe, feasible and effective to induce clinical benefits for these patients. We present here the role of exercise therapy and its specificities in the management of PAD.