Fitness & Exercise

Skipping the warm-up to save five minutes is one of the most common shortcuts in casual exercise, and it’s also

Of all the biomarkers researchers track for long-term health, one of the simplest to measure might also be one of

Resistance bands have a reputation as the lightweight, slightly-less-serious cousin of dumbbells and barbells — useful for rehab or travel,

Testing an actual one-rep max, the heaviest weight you can lift for a single rep, is fatiguing, carries real injury

“Stretch before you work out” is advice that’s repeated so often it rarely gets questioned, but the research on stretching

The 10,000-steps-a-day target has a strange origin story: it came from a 1960s Japanese pedometer marketing campaign, not a clinical

VO2 max, the maximum rate at which your body can consume oxygen during intense exercise, is widely considered one of

“Zone 2” has become something of a buzzword in fitness circles, but the underlying idea — training at different heart

Of all the forms of exercise available to us, walking is probably the most underestimated. It doesn’t require a gym

Not every workout needs to be tracked with a heart rate monitor or a smartwatch to be useful. Rate of