Workout Tips
Your fitness tracker may be giving you the wrong calorie number after every workout
A new study finds four popular smartwatches missed calorie burn by 15 to 25 percent.
Strength Training
How much should you be able to overhead press? The standards by age and sex
The overhead press is one of the classic tests of upper-body strength. Here is where you stand.
Strength Training
The workouts that hit 20 calories a minute: what ACE research put at the top
Only a small group of workouts matches the calorie burn of a six-minute mile.
Workout Tips
Your workout may keep burning calories for up to 48 hours: here is how much
The afterburn effect is real, but far smaller than fitness marketing suggests.
Cardio Training
Why one long walk may protect your heart more than several short ones
A UK Biobank study of 33,560 adults ties longer, unbroken walks to sharply lower heart and death risks.
Workout Tips
Your fitness tracker may be giving you the wrong calorie number after every workout
A new study finds four popular smartwatches missed calorie burn by 15 to 25 percent.
Strength Training
How much should you be able to overhead press? The standards by age and sex
The overhead press is one of the classic tests of upper-body strength. Here is where you stand.
Strength Training
The workouts that hit 20 calories a minute: what ACE research put at the top
Only a small group of workouts matches the calorie burn of a six-minute mile.
Workout Tips
Your workout may keep burning calories for up to 48 hours: here is how much
The afterburn effect is real, but far smaller than fitness marketing suggests.
Two minutes of all-out sprinting can burn as many calories as a 20-minute jog
A small Canadian study says short repeat sprints match a longer easy run.
Doing both cardio and weights may cut your death risk by nearly half
A Harvard 30-year study of nearly 150,000 adults finds the combo beats either alone.
Four minutes of Tabata burns more calories per minute than most gym workouts
Eight brutal rounds. Four minutes. The numbers are hard to ignore.
What should your VO2 max be? The healthy range sorted by age and sex
Your smartwatch shows a number few people know how to read. Here is the honest range.
How often should you really lift weights? The answer may be simpler than you think
The biggest resistance-training review in nearly two decades points to a two-day-a-week floor.
The best time of day to exercise based on your sex
A 12-week trial split its results neatly by sex and time of day.