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 ...

Regular aerobic activity, such as walking, bicycling or swimming, can help you live longer and healthier. Need motivation? See how aerobic exercise affects your heart, lungs and blood flow. Then get ...

When you’re crunched for time and need to squeeze in a workout, it’s fair to want to get the most out of your effort. But while there’s been an ongoing debate about the merits of aerobic vs. anaerobic ...

In a year-long study carried out between June 2016 and October 2021, 296 previously sedentary older adults with mild cognitive impairment, a disorder that often precedes Alzheimer’s disease, were ...

As strength-training after the age of 50 has been steadily rising in popularity in recent years, love for traditional cardiovascular or aerobic exercise has been on the decline. Still, making this ...

Starting aerobic exercise just two months after a stroke is safe and may help protect thinking skills, according to new research. The study provides fresh hope for stroke survivors that they can ...

When you enter the gym, which way should you head first? Toward the treadmills and spin studio to get your sweat on with a cardio session? Or toward the free weights and strength-training machines to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Routine aerobic and resistance training may prevent cardiac atrophy while in space. Countermeasure exercise was ...

A recent study looked at the effects of aerobic exercise on muscle mass and found that while it doesn’t help to build muscle, it can help maintain it. Researchers and experts suggest strength training ...

Adding aerobic physical activity to resistance exercise did not improve pain or function in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) after 3 months compared with resistance exercise alone. 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 ...