Can Running Make You Smarter?
To strengthen your mind, you may first want to exert your leg muscles, according to a sophisticated new experiment involving people, mice and monkeys. The study’s results [...]
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Closest Thing to a Wonder Drug? Try Exercise
After I wrote last year that diet, not exercise, was the key to weight loss, I was troubled by how some readers took this to mean that exercise therefore had no value. [...]
The Best Inner-Thigh Exercises of All Time
Cossack Squat This exercise provides a unique training stimulus for the lower body that will shape your glutes and thighs from every angle, says Jon-Erik Kawamoto, strength [...]
Exercise Lowers Risk for These 13 Cancer Types
A large new study confirms that exercise lowers the risk of many different types of cancer, and it goes a step further: It shows just how much the reduction in risk is. [...]
Why Your Job Affects How Much You Exercise
When it comes to exercise, for most people the question isn’t whether you should do it, but how much activity you need to improve your health. In the latest study published [...]
Yoga May Be Good for the Brain
A weekly routine of yoga and meditation may strengthen thinking skills and help to stave off aging-related mental decline, according to a new study of older adults with early [...]
Can Exercise Cure Depression and Anxiety?
At the age of 16, Heather Troupe received a diagnosis of chronic severe depression and a prescription for an antidepressant. Eight years and 20 pounds later, she was sleeping [...]
1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exertion
For many of us, the most pressing question about exercise is: How little can I get away with? The answer, according to a sophisticated new study of interval training, may be [...]
This Type of Exercise May Actually Help You Live Longer
The question For older adults, a raft of research supports the health and longevity benefits of exercise, particularly aerobic activity. Might strength training, which helps [...]
How to Break a Weight-Loss Plateau
If you find yourself trying to shed pounds that just don’t seem to budge, it’s easy to get discouraged or feel like you’ll never reach your goal weight. But [...]
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