Doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise more difficult, new research suggests. Deactivating the Piezo1 protein, a blood flow ...

Emerging research suggests women’s cardiovascular systems may respond more strongly to physical activity than men’s, raising ...

Exercise has many healthy benefits, but it only plays a small role in weight loss. Working out makes up about 5% of the energy we burn in a day, according to research. Keeping our bodies running uses ...

Researchers have long known that moderate exercise has a beneficial impact on the body's response to inflammation, but what's been less understood is why. New research done on a mouse model suggests ...

When you run, walk, lift weights, do Pilates, or engage in any sort of exercise, your muscles contract. The action of contraction prompts your muscles to release myokines. Those molecules then go all ...

Starting a fitness routine often feels like a fresh beginning. The initial burst of motivation fuels us to incorporate exercise into daily life, and the positive feelings from early workouts can keep ...

New research shows that increasing physical activity between ages 45 and 65 may reduce dementia risk and strengthen ...

Arriving in New York from London recently the first thing I did was go to a spin class at SoulCycle. I needed to clear my head but I’m also on a job: to complete a fundraiser of 60 cycles before I ...

Three years ago, I wrote a column about intermittent fasting. I had researched it and was intrigued by what I found, but I wasn’t a practitioner. In other words, I wrote an informative column but did ...

Electrolyte drinks can also increase thirst, which may help some people drink more which is necessary during long exercise ...