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Cycling provides many physical and mental health benefits, but older riders have specific concerns, such as balance. A bike network expert explains what seniors need to be comfortable pedaling.
How to structure your workout − resistance then aerobic training or vice versa − depends on your exercise goals.
A 30-minute walk three times a week was shown to improve physical health and brain function in people with Down’s syndrome.
Patients who exercised during a hospital stay had a 10% lower risk of being readmitted to hospital within 30 days of discharge.
Research is revealing that fitness trackers alone can be helpful facilitators toward changing a sedentary lifestyle but don’t motivate people to increase their physical activity.
Whole-body vibration training is gaining interest as it’s easier to do than regular exercise.
Overall muscle fitness among children and teens hasn’t declined over the past several decades, but by some measures it’s not improving, either.
From step counters and active video games to apps for exercisers and tech-enabled gear, there are a lot of ways to combine your workouts with your digital life.
Your most important piece of exercise gear may be the friends you buddy up with to work out.
Older adults, who are at a higher risk for COVID-19 complications, can strengthen their immune systems by exercising.
All exercise is beneficial for our overall health – regardless of age.
The confinement brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has made many wonder how to keep their kids physically and mentally healthy. Here are some ideas.
The tip-top physical condition of J.Lo and Shakira shouldn’t cause women to throw up their hands and stop working out any more than Olympic cyclists should inspire us to quit riding our bikes.
Is grunting a sign that we’re ageing fast? Or is it just one of those things that come with the middle years, like reading glasses, greying hair and ‘dad jokes’?
It probably sounds bad or uncomfortable to you. But stiffness is part of what gives elite athletes the spring in their muscles.
Women and adolescent girls say that being outdoors in nature offers opportunities to gain confidence in physical activity.
Kids’ fitness has declined for several decades, but kids in rich countries are showing improvement. What does this suggest for kids in poor countries?
Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you’ve the right genes.
Physical activity is considered an important way to lower risk for breast cancer. But what if your ability to be fit is influenced by genes you inherit? Would that raise your risk? In rats, it did.
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Professor of Exercise and Sport Science, Adelaide University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Carleton University
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Senior Lecturer, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia
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Interdisciplinary PhD Candidate & Instructor, Health Promotion, Dalhousie University
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enseignante d'ÉPS au secondaire, professeure invitée, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor and Department Head of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Iowa State University
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Professor of Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Assistant Professor in Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Bradford
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Kinesiology, Michigan State University
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Director Cancer Prevention Laboratory, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Dayton
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Associate professor in Sport and Exericse Science, Birmingham City University
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Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, Laboratoire CIAMS, Université Paris-Saclay
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Professor of Health Promotion, Dalhousie University