Workout Tips
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.
Exercise
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.
Exercise
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.
Cardio Training
The real amount of weekly exercise that cuts your heart attack risk by nearly a third
The number in the official guidelines has sat there for decades, and new wrist tracker data suggests it may be far too low.
Cardio Training
Study punctures the 10,000-step myth
The round number everyone chases turns out to be the wrong one, and the real target sits lower than most people think.
Workout Tips
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.
Exercise
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.
Exercise
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.
Cardio Training
The real amount of weekly exercise that cuts your heart attack risk by nearly a third
The number in the official guidelines has sat there for decades, and new wrist tracker data suggests it may be far too low.
New study: The exercise you get as a child may change your body for life
A new study hints at a hidden payoff from active childhoods that researchers have long struggled to pin down.
Popular post-workout habit could be killing your muscle gains, research warns
Scientists took a hard look at the recovery habits lifters pay for most, and some of them come with a hidden cost.
Study of 147,000 people reveals the ideal amount of strength training for a longer life
Harvard researchers followed health workers for three decades, and the sweet spot they found may be smaller than your current routine.
Is running bad for your knees? Here is what the evidence actually says
The fear is everywhere, but the biggest review on the question came to a surprising conclusion about who ends up with worn joints.
Heart rate recovery by age: What your number says about your heart
The pulse count sixty seconds after you stop sweating may say more about your heart than your resting rate does.
What happens to your body in the first month of lifting weights after 50
The first weeks after you pick up a dumbbell past 50 bring real changes, and the earliest hides where nobody looks.