Elite athletes often push through pain to achieve victory. But, everyday exercisers need to distinguish between soreness ...

The work reveals that the brain — in mice and, presumably, in humans — is actively involved in the development of endurance, ...

While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to the best routine, there are some best practices to keep in mind.

Bodybuilder Rebecca Vizi refuses to let her disability define her.

Airmen recently spent three days on the streets of San Francisco practicing how to avoid being captured as part of “Exercise Sourdough,” the Defense Department’s largest urban evasion training event, ...

If you’d like to age well, these are the five exercises for you. I’ve been reporting on the science of fitness for more than 20 years, and these are the five exercises that researchers and trainers ...

Experts detail the benefits of swimming, from strengthening your muscles to reducing inflammation and boosting your mental health—and how to get started. Swimming offers a low-impact exercise with ...

Exercise physiology is both a basic and an applied science that describes, explains, and uses the body's responses to acute exercise and its adaptation to chronic training to maximize human physical ...

Put simply, aerobic and anaerobic refer to the different ways in which your body produces energy while you’re running. We use the words to distinguish between different running intensities and to ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago. Half a dozen University ...

A study exploring the mechanisms behind why cognitive performance improves in response to exercise, has found that dopamine plays a key role. A study exploring the mechanisms behind why cognitive ...