Research is revealing that fitness trackers alone can be helpful facilitators toward changing a sedentary lifestyle but don’t motivate people to increase their physical activity.
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Whole-body vibration training is gaining interest as it’s easier to do than regular exercise.
Overall muscle fitness among children and teens hasn’t declined over the past several decades, but by some measures it’s not improving, either.
From step counters and active video games to apps for exercisers and tech-enabled gear, there are a lot of ways to combine your workouts with your digital life.
Your most important piece of exercise gear may be the friends you buddy up with to work out.
Older adults, who are at a higher risk for COVID-19 complications, can strengthen their immune systems by exercising.
All exercise is beneficial for our overall health – regardless of age.
The confinement brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has made many wonder how to keep their kids physically and mentally healthy. Here are some ideas.
The tip-top physical condition of J.Lo and Shakira shouldn’t cause women to throw up their hands and stop working out any more than Olympic cyclists should inspire us to quit riding our bikes.
Is grunting a sign that we’re ageing fast? Or is it just one of those things that come with the middle years, like reading glasses, greying hair and ‘dad jokes’?
It probably sounds bad or uncomfortable to you. But stiffness is part of what gives elite athletes the spring in their muscles.
Women and adolescent girls say that being outdoors in nature offers opportunities to gain confidence in physical activity.
Kids’ fitness has declined for several decades, but kids in rich countries are showing improvement. What does this suggest for kids in poor countries?
Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you’ve the right genes.
Physical activity is considered an important way to lower risk for breast cancer. But what if your ability to be fit is influenced by genes you inherit? Would that raise your risk? In rats, it did.
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Professor of Kinesiology, University of North Dakota
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Postdoctoral fellow, Carleton University
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Director Cancer Prevention Laboratory, Colorado State University
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Professor and Dean | College of Arts, University of Guelph
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Chair and Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Dayton
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Professor, Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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enseignante d'ÉPS au secondaire, professeure invitée, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Westminster
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Professor, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University - Newark
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