America has an obesity problem. The National Institutes of Health estimates that two in five adults are overweight and one out of every three adults are obese. Though a healthy diet has the biggest ...

What are compound exercises? Essentially, they’re movements that target several muscle groups at once. Examples include squats, lunges, push-ups and burpees. Because the exercises recruit a lot of ...

As for how often you should be doing cardio, the ACSM recommends 150 minutes every week, which you can split up into 30 minutes, five days a week. Cardio has numerous benefits, from burning fat and ...

Experts recommend getting at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity each week. Brisk walking or swimming are examples of moderate activity. Running or ...

If you've ever seen people at the gym or the park jumping, hopping or hurling weighted balls to the ground, chances are they ...

Exercise is the 12 th and final item on Dr. Michael Greger’s daily dozen list, the others being 10 things we should eat every day and the 11 th being what we should drink every day. The Blue Zones are ...

Anaerobic exercise is crucial in maintaining your physical health – but what is it? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You’ve most ...

Richard Carpenter, 75, was going through the mail one day last year when he saw a postcard from UC Irvine seeking participants for a study on whether exercise can help with age-related memory loss. “I ...

Aerobic exercise, also known as cardio, "involves activities that use large muscle groups rhythmically and continuously, raising the heart and breathing rates," explains Gontang. He says that the word ...