He and his colleagues have found that even five- to 10-minute bursts of an exercise with an intensity like running, and as ...

Sore muscles don’t build strength – recovery does. While most gym-goers obsess over workout intensity, elite athletes know the real gains happen between sessions. Understanding how to accelerate ...

RUNNERS CAN EASILY fall into a basic routine for their workouts: Lace up, hit the pavement, then cruise at a comfortable pace for as many miles as planned. This might feel good, but it’s not always ...

Short on time? You don’t need an hour-long block on your calendar to work out. You don’t even need a gym membership. But you do need a plan. Bench-pressing for half an hour isn’t the best use of your ...

The conventional wisdom that effective exercise requires lengthy gym sessions has dominated fitness culture for decades. Yet emerging research challenges this time-intensive paradigm, revealing that ...

In order to get faster, you have to practice running fast. Of course, this isn’t as simple as tackling all your miles at a higher pace. Instead, you need to incorporate running speed workouts into ...

WHEN YOU FIRST get into running, your routine probably looks something like this: Lace up the best running shoes you own, hit a quick warmup, and then hit the road for a set time, distance, or route.