Exercise
How long should you be able to hold a plank? Times sorted by age and sex
Everyone does them, yet almost nobody knows if their hold time is actually any good for their age.
Strength Training
Lifting weights for about two hours a week may lower your death risk
Three decades of data on 150,000 adults point to a sweet spot that most people could actually hit.
Exercise
The 5 best exercises to build bone density after 50, ranked by evidence
You've been told to walk for your bones, but recent trials put that advice up against something stronger.
Cardio Training
Want to know how healthy your heart is? This fitness measure could help
You keep tabs on your cholesterol and your blood pressure, but there is a third number cardiologists now want on your chart.
Exercise
Scientists reveal how fast you need to walk to get a real workout
Count your steps for 15 seconds and you will know instantly whether your walk actually qualifies as exercise.
Exercise
How long should you be able to hold a plank? Times sorted by age and sex
Everyone does them, yet almost nobody knows if their hold time is actually any good for their age.
Strength Training
Lifting weights for about two hours a week may lower your death risk
Three decades of data on 150,000 adults point to a sweet spot that most people could actually hit.
Exercise
The 5 best exercises to build bone density after 50, ranked by evidence
You've been told to walk for your bones, but recent trials put that advice up against something stronger.
Cardio Training
Want to know how healthy your heart is? This fitness measure could help
You keep tabs on your cholesterol and your blood pressure, but there is a third number cardiologists now want on your chart.
You don’t have to lose weight to improve your heart health, research suggests
If you carry extra weight, what you do each day may matter more for your heart than the number on the scale.
8 minutes of exercise can lower your blood pressure
You don't need to spend hours at the gym to improve your blood pressure. Research shows that one particular type of exercise can make a significant difference in just a short amount of time.
Short on steps? Picking up the pace for 30 minutes may lower death risk
Hitting a high daily step count is not the only way to walk your way to a longer life, a large new UK study suggests.
How much should you be able to deadlift? Strength norms by age and sex
A huge new look at nearly a million powerlifting attempts puts a real number on your pull at every age.
How many pull-ups should you be able to do? Amount sorted by age and sex
The number you crank out from a dead hang is a surprisingly honest grade on your upper body, and the standard shifts with every decade.
Walk fewer than 5,000 steps a day? Your risk of dementia and stroke may nearly double
A year of fitness-tracker data from thousands of US adults suggests the number on your watch may matter more for your brain than you think.