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Sore muscles after a workout isn’t really a sign you’ve worked hard.
There’s little evidence that the ingredients in most of these supplements work at the small doses they’re normally taken.
Adjusting your goals may be the best way to stay motivated in the long term.
There are many reasons why people may feel intimidated, but that doesn’t have to stop you from working out.
What are the best recommendations that would help mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission in sport and recreation facilities?
The amount of exercise you need to do depends on your training goals.
But more intense exercises – such as weightlifting – are still important for health and fitness.
Research shows that the gaps in physical exercise have widened substantially between men and women, whites and non-whites, rich and poor and educated and less educated: especially during the pandemic.
Static stretching — stretching and holding muscles — was once an essential part of sports warm-ups, until studies suggested it reduced performance. New research shows it should be making a comeback.
The restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a boom in online fitness opportunities. Here’s what to look for in online classes.
Your most important piece of exercise gear may be the friends you buddy up with to work out.
Our bodies need fuel both for exercise and recovery.
Exercise can improve mood and mental health, which may drop during the winter months.
Focus on “being” an exerciser, instead of seeing exercise as something you “should” do.
The truth about the pros and cons of stretching.
Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you’ve the right genes.
Turns out taking antioxidant supplements after exercise doesn’t do much to help reduce muscle soreness after all.
Exercise practitioners are taught to help us set goals to get active. But the way we set goals may be unhelpful, or worse, make it even harder for us to exercise.
The advice on the sides of protein tubs may have to change.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Loughborough University
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Lecturer in Sport, Health & exercise Science, University of Stirling
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Simon Rosenbaum is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate professor & Scientia Fellow, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Exercise Physiology Across the Lifespan, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health & Exercise Science, University of Stirling
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Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University
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Head of Sport Science, University of Aberdeen
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Reader in Exercise Physiology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Human Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
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Senior Lecturer and Sport Nutrition Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University
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Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Science, Coventry University
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Senior Lecturer, Strength and Conditioning, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
