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.
Strength Training
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.
Strength Training
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.
Cardio Training
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.
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.
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.
Strength Training
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.
Strength Training
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.
Cardio Training
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.
After losing weight on GLP-1 drugs, only exercise actually protected the heart
A Copenhagen trial found artery walls thinned in exercisers, but not on liraglutide alone.
How long should you be able to hold a plank? Time standards by age
Set a timer, drop into a forearm plank, and see where your core lands.
How to protect your back with simple daily habits
Many people experience back pain in their daily lives, but according to a physiotherapist, small changes in both habits and mindset can help improve...
Why swimmers may outlive runners – and what the heart research actually shows
A landmark study of more than 40,000 men found regular swimmers had roughly half the mortality risk of runners and walkers.
Hitting the 150-minute exercise target may protect your heart less than you think
A UK Biobank analysis suggests real heart protection needs four times more.
Short, intense workouts may deliver as much heart benefit as long steady ones
A large evidence review finds interval training matches longer moderate sessions on 14 heart and metabolic markers.