Exercise

A new study reviewing a decade's worth of literature has added to our understanding of high-intensity interval training, showing how these short bouts can offer comparable benefits to longer sessions of moderate or vigorous exercise.

Healthy habits around diet and exercise are a good idea at any time, but a new study has emphasized the importance of forming them early in life, demonstrating in mice that they can lead to increased brain mass and lower levels of anxiety as adults.

A striking new study testing a number of over-the-counter weight loss and sports supplements has found they contain many combinations of stimulants that have either previously been prohibited by the FDA or never approved for human consumption.

Scientists in Spain have published a paper examining the fat-burning potential of coffee when consumed before aerobic exercise, and found that the effects are a lot more profound later in the afternoon than in the morning.

Inflammation in the human body is a complex physiological response to a complex range of triggers, and scientists have just uncovered some useful new details about how it works by experimenting with muscles grown in the lab.

Exercise can be a means to an end, namely better health. Now scientists at USC have studied a hormone that the human body releases during exercise, and found that administering it to even elderly mice improves their fitness and overall health.

A new study has found that braving the cold may be a good way to help burn off some of that Christmas pudding. The research suggests that the ambient temperature while exercising could have an effect of fat metabolism.

A new study has shone a light on the health benefits of short bursts of vigorous exercise, finding that they can produce “striking” effects on the metabolites circulating through the body and lead to improvements in a wide range of bodily functions.

Exactly how exercise could be directly helping the body fight cancer has been unclear. Now, a study led by researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet has discovered the way exercise can bolster the cancer-killing ability of certain immune cells.

Although there already are exercise machines that simulate skiing, rowing and other sports, they're usually separate devices that are fairly large. Whipr takes a different approach, consisting of a base unit that works with multiple attachments.

Newly published research from scientists at Harvard University has found that mice engineered to lack a certain enzyme showed significant increases in exercise endurance and fat-burning capacity as a result.

It's easier to keep pace or beat your personal bests when running with a partner, rather than alone. A new AR headset called the Ghost Pacer helps you do that even when your friends are busy, by pitting you against a virtual avatar only you can see.