Exercise

How Tabata Training Improves VO2 Max and Cardio Fitness

Discover how just four minutes of supramaximal interval training can trigger powerful cardiovascular, metabolic, and psychological adaptations that rival longer traditional workouts.

How do wearable fitness trackers measure steps?

The Importance of Core Strength for Overall Fitness

Somatic Exercise: A Guide to Restoring Body Awareness

Just 30 minutes of exercise each day can lower heart disease risk

Is it Safe to Exercise During Pregnancy?

How Do Your Body and Mind Change When You Start Running?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Exercise

At-Home Physiotherapy Exercises for Multiple Sclerosis

Promoting Sounder Sleep in Older Adults

How Exercise Improves Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being

Do I Need to Take my Makeup off Before Exercising?

Chronic Kidney Disease Patients and Exercise

Should You Exercise With Osteoarthritis?

Mental Health Disorders, Weight Gain, and Exercise

Positive Effects of Exercise on the Brain

Does Exercise Help or Worsen Migraines?

Where Did 10,000 Steps a Day Come From?

Exerkines Explained: The Exercise Molecules That Prevent Chronic Disease

Tips on choosing a wearable fitness tracker

Why You Should Exercise in the Morning

Types of sensors in wearable fitness trackers

How to Safely Return to Exercise After Prolonged Physical Inactivity

What are the Health Benefits of Weight Training?

How to Reduce Muscle Soreness After Training

How Much Physical Activity Do Children Need?

How Much Exercise is Too Much? Signs of Exercise Addiction

The Effect of Sedentism on Mental Wellbeing

Does Exercise Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression?

Exercises for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC)

The Safest Way for Beginners to Start Exercising, According to Science

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Exercise

Latest Exercise News and Research

Wearable AI forecasts prolonged sitting in women with chronic pelvic pain disorders

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) approach using data from wearable devices that can forecast upcoming periods of prolonged sitting in women with chronic pelvic pain disorders.

30 Sep 2026

Exercise linked to better attention and memory after breast cancer

One in three breast cancer survivors will experience cognitive problems, which can include difficulties with attention, memory, processing speed and other aspects of thinking.

29 Sep 2026

Researchers found a curious mitochondrial pattern in people who moved more

Researchers found that greater self-reported activity, walking, and accelerometer-measured light activity were associated with higher mitochondrial DNA copy number in 256 healthy middle-aged adults. The cross-sectional findings cannot establish causation, and the very low amount of vigorous activity means they do not show that light movement is more beneficial than higher-intensity exercise.

29 Sep 2026

Cold temperatures may raise eye pressure in glaucoma patients

Lower air temperatures may be associated with an increase in the fluid pressure inside the eye-a cardinal cause of glaucoma-and should be taken into consideration when treating patients with the condition, suggest the findings of research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

29 Sep 2026

Weekly isometric exercise may maintain short-term blood pressure reductions

Reductions in blood pressure may be maintained over the short term with just one or two sessions of isometric exercise training a week, suggest the findings of research published online in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

29 Sep 2026

Exercise may reshape your gut microbiome to support recovery

Research reveals how exercise alters gut microbes, influencing recovery and proposing 'intestinal rehabilitation' for those with limited exercise capacity.

29 Sep 2026

Tailored ACT+ may address psychological and supportive-care for cancer survivors

Advances in early diagnosis and cancer treatment mean that growing numbers of people are surviving cancer, with approximately 3.5 million people now living with and beyond the disease in the United Kingdom.

29 Sep 2026

Exercise therapy reduces knee osteoarthritis risk after ACL surgery

Exercise-based rehabilitation and education can reduce the chance of knee osteoarthritis following ACL reconstruction in people aged under 40, as well as improve pain and quality of life, a study by La Trobe University researchers has found.

29 Sep 2026

Cutting ultra-processed foods and exercising slashes diabetes risk

Eating a diet low in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and exercising can cut the risk of type 2 diabetes, even in those with a strong genetic disposition to the condition, new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28 – Oct 2) suggests.

27 Sep 2026

Low-dose radiation shows lasting benefits in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Low-dose radiation therapy may do more than relieve pain from early knee osteoarthritis, with a long-term analysis suggesting it could also influence how the disease progresses.

27 Sep 2026

Beetroot juice may make swimming feel easier without making swimmers faster

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 12 studies, with nine contributing data from 120 swimmers, found no significant improvement in swimming time-trial performance or post-exercise blood lactate with beetroot juice or dietary nitrate supplementation. Supplementation produced a small reduction in perceived exertion, but the effect varied across studies, and the certainty of evidence for swimming performance was low.

24 Sep 2026

Community gathering venues reduce long-term care costs for vulnerable seniors

Community gathering places are intended to facilitate exercise and social participation for all residents, irrespective of functional decline status.

24 Sep 2026

Less is more: Exercise rivals common pain meds

From osteoarthritis to a splitting migraine, when you’re experiencing pain, exercise can seem like the last thing you want or think you should do. But according to new Adelaide University research it could be one of the most effective ways to help ease your symptoms.

24 Sep 2026

Frailty linked to greater cognitive impairment risk in men with chronic kidney disease

New research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Medicine is shedding light on how women and men with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may fare differently as they age and their disease progresses.

23 Sep 2026

Exercise offers broad pain relief across acute and chronic conditions

From osteoarthritis to a splitting migraine, when you're experiencing pain, exercise can seem like the last thing you want or think you should do. But according to new Adelaide University research it could be one of the most effective ways to help ease your symptoms.

23 Sep 2026

Voluntary exercise reduces stress-linked bladder pain and urinary frequency

Chronic stress may contribute to the pain and urinary symptoms experienced by people with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) by triggering changes in the bladder and nervous system, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

23 Sep 2026

Loneliness and social isolation cost people years of healthy life

The numbers paint a grim picture. Roughly half of all U.S. adults are lonely, according to a 2023 report, and nearly as many feel socially isolated.

22 Sep 2026

Regular exercisers show distinct metabolic and immune signatures in blood

Researchers compared blood samples from 40 regular exercisers and 46 sedentary adults and found differences in metabolites, blood chemistry, and immune cell gene activity. The patterns suggested greater fatty acid use and altered immune signaling among exercisers, but the study could not establish that exercise caused these differences.

21 Sep 2026

Core muscle activity rapidly regulates blood flow in the brain

Engaging core muscles - through movement, exercise, or even coughing - may be a key regulator of blood flow in the brain.

21 Sep 2026

Personalized programs make no difference in preventing elderly falls

Personalized programs designed to reduce falls in older people may make no difference to how often people fall, according to the most comprehensive research review to date.

21 Sep 2026