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.
How fast your heart should recover after exercise, by age – and why a slow recovery predicts heart disease risk
A short pulse check after any workout reveals a heart risk many people miss.
The 30-second chair stand test: what a healthy score looks like at 60, 70, 80 and 90
A simple timed test tracks lower-body strength and fall risk in older adults.
How many push-ups should you be able to do? What the number reveals about your heart
A 10-year Harvard study suggests one of the simplest fitness tests may double as a heart-risk check.
She walked 20,000 steps every day for a month – here’s what she learned
What started as a personal challenge for SEO Manager for Women's Health Amy May Ellis to walk 20,000 steps every day for a month...
Just 13 minutes of exercise a day may be enough to lower your risk of early death
New research suggests that a short amount of strength training each week is linked to a lower risk of premature death.
Expert explains how to exercise safely in hot weather
You should not stop exercising just because the temperature rises. According to a fitness specialist, the key is to adapt your workouts to the heat instead.