Our bodies move in various directions to perform tasks such as picking up a child, carrying luggage, or getting up and down ...

If you’ve ever held a plank, paused at the bottom of a squat or pressed your palms together in front of your chest, you’ve ...

Isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic exercises can all help you progress toward better physical fitness, but through very different techniques.

America has an obesity problem. The National Institutes of Health estimates that two in five adults are overweight and one out of every three adults are obese. Though a healthy diet has the biggest ...

Whether you’re looking to improve athletic performance, increase skill level, or boost overall fitness, applying the principle of specificity can help you get the results you need in a timely manner. ...

Range of motion (ROM) refers to how far you can move or stretch a part of your body, such as a joint or a muscle. It’s different for each of us. For example, some people can do complete splits, but ...

Aerobic exercise is cardiovascular conditioning that strengthens both your heart and lungs. The word “aerobic” means “with oxygen,” as this kind of exercise is fueled by the oxygen that you get from ...

“Pairing strategic changes to your diet along with exercise can help boost your calorie burn slightly and help maintain a ...

Eye exercises can help alleviate vertigo. Examples include gaze stablization, or keeping the gaze fixed while moving the head, and pursuit, where the eyes move but the head stays still. Vertigo is not ...

For people who don’t already exercise, short bursts of deliberate activity significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness.

One important question is whether the magnitude of PEH depends on the general BP status of the individual. Greater PEH in individuals with particularly high BP status would offer even more support for ...