Decades of evidence shows that exercise leads to healthier, longer lives. Researchers are just starting to work out what it does to cells to reap this reward. When Bente Klarlund Pedersen wakes up in ...

Building muscle isn’t as simple as just lifting heavy things and hoping for the best. Gaining muscle is not so much about ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

There are lots of good reasons to exercise that have nothing to do with weight loss. Now, science has found yet another one: It turns out that a regular exercise habit can make your fat tissue ...

It’s an age-old question. But a few recent studies have brought us closer to an answer. By Alexander Nazaryan What is the best time of day to exercise? It’s a straightforward question with a ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you have any kind of smartwatch or fitness tracker, it may try to tell you that "moderate" exercise occurs at a certain heart rate. This isn't ...

When the training was over, they immediately went to the medical tent—not to rest and recover but to give samples of their blood, saliva, and urine for analysis by a team of scientists equipped with ...

One of Wittenberg University’s bachelor’s programs has become nationally accredited. The Bachelor of Science in exercise science with a concentration in strength and conditioning is the first Council ...

Hit the gym. Get back in shape. That's what many patients with long COVID are told when they talk of the crushing fatigue that envelops them after even a light bout of physical activity. These ...

Your personality type may influence what kind of exercise you enjoy, how likely you are to stick with it, and how much it helps with stress, a new study suggests. Matching your workouts to your ...

You’ve probably heard of high intensity interval training (a.k.a. HIIT), but have you heard of high impact training? Though they sound similar, these two types of exercise are a little different. Like ...