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.
Cardio Training
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.
Exercise
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.
Cardio Training
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.
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.
Cardio Training
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.
Exercise
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.
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.
8 signs you may be overtraining, and how to know when to take a break
Your resting heart rate, your sleep and even your mood can hint when training has tipped past what your body can repair.
5 simple balance exercises that could reduce your fall risk after 50
The strongest evidence for staying steady on your feet comes from a handful of moves most people can do by the kitchen counter.
The 10,000-step rule could be changing as new research points to a lower target
For decades, 10,000 steps a day has been the gold standard for staying healthy. But research suggests that 7,000 may be enough to deliver most of the benefits, and US health officials are preparing new exercise guidelines for 2027.