Maintaining a healthy lifestyle usually involves a balanced diet, regular physical activity, stress management and getting quality sleep. But when it comes to keeping your ticker in tip-top shape, ...

Among the many benefits of exercise is its research-backed ability to lower blood pressure. Research suggests that getting regular exercise, even in 10-minute increments, can drop your systolic blood ...

Regular aerobic exercise may help improve the duration, frequency, and intensity of future migraine episodes. But high intensity can sometimes trigger a migraine or primary exercise headache. You can ...

I’ve been writing about the brain benefits of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness for over a decade. Every week, it seems there is new research that helps us better understand why exercise ...

But the term has taken off to mean anything where you incorporate a much lower “dose” of something – and still reap the benefits. So, does this work for exercise? If you can’t make time for a ...

It may seem hard to believe, but snacking several times a day can boost your health and fitness — exercise snacking, that is. “Exercise snacks” are short bursts of activity — 30 seconds to five or 10 ...

Movement can be a powerful medicine for people with diabetes and other forms of insulin resistance. But intensity and timing can make a difference. By Hilary Achauer These days, more and more of us ...

There are tons of different stretching exercises—you can stretch the whole body, or just focus on specific areas like the legs or hips. There are also static and dynamic stretches. The choice between ...

Okay, quick show of hands: who else is finding life just a teensy tiny little bit ~stressful~ right now? From the heavy news cycle to the cost of living crisis, we (and our nervous systems) are all ...