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.
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.
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.
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.
For women over 60, being stronger may matter more for longevity than how much cardio you do
A large new US study links muscle strength to lower death risk in older women.
One weekly workout could reduce belly fat
New research suggests that just one workout a week could deliver many of the same health benefits as exercising three times weekly.
This is how many calories you can burn in a year by walking every day
How many calories can a daily walk actually burn over the course of a year? Calculations provide the answer.
Two hours of strength training a week hits the longevity ceiling, Harvard 30-year study finds
Going beyond 120 minutes a week added no extra survival benefit in the 30-year data.
Forget the 10,000-step rule: 7,000 a day delivers most of the health payoff
A sweeping Lancet review says the health ceiling arrives sooner than fitness lore suggests.
Morning workouts helped sleep and body fat, evening workouts helped blood vessels
A 12-week Chinese trial found the best time to exercise depends on what you are trying to fix.