America has an obesity problem. The National Institutes of Health estimates that two in five adults are overweight and one out of every three adults are obese. Though a healthy diet has the biggest ...

This interval-based walking technique can help to enhance your strength, aerobic fitness and resistance to illness and injury ...

So far in this series, we’ve set the foundation for establishing a sustainable exercise habit, mastered how to move properly and learned how to use free weights to increase strength and boost our ...

There may, however, be a shortcut. High-intensity interval training ( HIIT) promises to get you fit with just a few minutes ...

Core exercises for stronger abs include crunches, teasers, planks, and body-weight squats. A strong core helps improve balance and posture.

This surprisingly simple walking test is becoming a go-to tool for measuring real cardiovascular fitness—no gym, no gadgets, ...

New research suggests that regular aerobic exercise doesn’t just benefit the heart muscle, but subtly rewires the nerves that control how the heart works. Regular physical activity does more than ...

“Our findings suggest that increasing physical activity, even as little as five minutes per day, can reduce dementia risk in ...

Share on Pinterest A new study suggests that aerobic exercise may help reshape part of the body’s nervous system. Getty Images A rat study has found that aerobic exercise may reshape nerves that ...

Objective To perform a large-scale pairwise and network meta-analysis on the effects of all relevant exercise training modes on resting blood pressure to establish optimal antihypertensive exercise ...

Aerobic exercise, also known as cardio, "involves activities that use large muscle groups rhythmically and continuously, raising the heart and breathing rates," explains Gontang. He says that the word ...