Tag: Fitness
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...
Kids need physical education – even when they can’t get it...
Collin A. Webster, University of South Carolina
When I noticed my 12-year-old son was spending about seven hours a day doing his school work online...
How to use habit science to help you keep your New...
Wendy Wood, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
More than 80% of people who make New Year’s resolutions have...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
