Tag: Fitness
Wearing a weighted vest can promote bone health and weight loss,...
Kristen Marie Beavers, Wake Forest University
Health and fitness trends come and go, and many fads don’t deliver on...
The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers,...
Andrew Edelblum, University of Dayton and Abby Frank, University of Oregon
“Sex sells” has been a mantra in marketing...
Heart rate zones aren’t a perfect measure of exercise intensity, but...
Jason Sawyer, Bryant University
Aerobic exercise like jogging, biking, swimming or hiking is a fundamental way to maintain cardiovascular...
Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep...
Donald M. Lamkin, University of California, Los Angeles
The global fitness industry will generate over US$80 billion in revenue...
Faster-than-reflexes robo-boots boost balance
Lena Ting, Emory University; Gregory S. Sawicki, Georgia Institute of Technology; Max Shepherd, Northeastern University, and Owen Beck, The University of Texas...
Health apps track vital health stats for millions of people, but...
Saligrama Agnihothri, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Health-tracking devices and apps are becoming part of everyday life....
When men started to obsess over six-packs
Conor Heffernan, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
The cultural obsession with six-pack abdominals shows...
Group exercise may be even better for you than solo workouts...
L. Alison Phillips, Iowa State University and Jacob Meyer, Iowa State University
Group exercise is very popular: Nearly 40% of regular exercisers participate in group...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
