Forget the 10,000-step myth; your ability to cover a specific distance in just ten minutes is the ultimate indicator of your ...

A long-term study shows peak fitness begins to decline after 35, but regular physical activity can significantly slow losses ...

Aerobic fitness has a favorable effect on cognitive functions. For example, physically active elderly people are less prone to aging-related cognitive decline than those who lead a sedentary lifestyle ...

Aerobic exercise capacity has proven to be a good indicator of health. A recent article uses a rat model to show that innate exercise capacity can be linked to longevity. Aerobic exercise capacity has ...

The drastic increase in the number of obese patients with insulin resistance has become a medical and public health crisis in industrialized countries. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) characterized by ...

This interval-based walking technique can help to enhance your strength, aerobic fitness and resistance to illness and injury ...

This piece was adapted from David Epstein’s new book The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance. It was January 2002, my senior indoor track season at Columbia ...

This encyclopedic article explains how prolonged inactivity affects cardiovascular, muscular, and connective tissue systems ...

Gainesville, FL - In an unusual study that saw elderly men and women doing bicep curls and leg presses, researchers have found that resistance weight training can improve aerobic capacity in older ...

Chances are that if you’re not a competitive endurance athlete, you’re probably not that concerned about your aerobic or anaerobic status during training. You may not even know the difference between ...

Scientists in Spain have published a paper examining the fat-burning potential of coffee before exercise, and how its consumption at different times of the day may influence the end result. Albeit ...