A massive 30-year study reveals that diversifying your workout routine is more important for a longer life than simply ...

This article synthesizes current evidence to show how beginners can initiate exercise safely by prioritizing movement quality ...

Combining small improvements to several areas of well-being could lead to bigger health gains than improving just one in ...

Young Hispanic female intensely pedals a stationary bike in a gym. She wears a blue sports bra and white pants, surrounded by gym equipment, under warm gym lighting. When Herman Pontzer began studying ...

Some fitness modalities are better than others at helping you live stronger for longer.

New research suggests that consistent aerobic exercise can help keep your brain biologically younger. Adults who exercised regularly for a year showed brains that appeared nearly a year younger than ...

Struggling with your New Year’s fitness resolutions? Don't give in to Blue Monday. Here's how you can successfully form and ...

When it comes to physical activity, variety is the spice of a long life ...

You start a workout routine with genuine enthusiasm, but within weeks you’re finding excuses to skip sessions, feeling unusually tired, or mysteriously losing motivation. You blame laziness or lack of ...

When Herman Pontzer began studying the metabolisms of the Hadza, a tribe of modern hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, for a 2012 study, he assumed they’d be incinerating calories like a furnace. They were ...

When Herman Pontzer began studying the metabolisms of the Hadza, a tribe of modern hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, for a 2012 study, he assumed they’d be incinerating calories like a furnace. They were ...