People who regularly engage in significant amounts of exercise, as endurance athletes do, may develop enlarged hearts. While ...

A long-term Swedish study provides new insight into the age at which the body’s strength and fitness start to fade.

While there’s no crystal ball to predict your future health, there are a few basic tests you can give yourself to gauge your current strength, power, cardiovascular fitness and balance — all of which ...

It’s no secret exercise is good for your body—but what about your brain? Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurobiology and vice chair for Faculty Affairs and Development ...

When it comes to health and fitness, it's easy to get caught up in numbers, but physical well-being isn't always reflected in the outward metrics of scales. Your body may be performing at a much ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical ...

A well-known exercise is often used as a benchmark for physical fitness. Here are the indicative numbers broken down by ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

Movement can be one of the most powerful tools for long-term health. The earlier you start building strength, balance, and mobility, the better equipped you'll be to maintain your independence and ...