A study carried out by researchers at Yale University which was reported by New Scientist magazine has shown that endurance athletes, such as long-distance runners, burn up extra calories even when at rest. ...

As promised earlier in the year, the new exercise guidelines were released with a "more is better" theme. (read: Get your butts off the couch and do something...ANYTHING). The target number? 2 ½ hours per week, which works out to (whips out scientific calculator)... 30 minutes per day. Which is exactly the same as it has been for years,...

As promised earlier in the year, the new exercise guidelines were released with a "more is better" theme. (read: Get your butts off the couch and do something...ANYTHING). The target number? 2 ½ hours per week, which works out to (whips out scientific calculator)... 30 minutes per day. Which is exactly the same as it has been for years,...

Flickr: Raphie I'm sure most of us have been a member of some type of fitness club at one time or another. Most of the ones I've been to tend to blast some type of techno dance music in order to motivate their patrons to work up a big sweat. The theory that music motivates us to exercise harder has...

During a sports lesson, A short, chubby fourteen-year-old girl stares at the hurdles ahead. They look impossibly high; she'll never be able to clear them. But the teacher is blowing his whistle impatiently, so, with classmates lining the track, she runs, jumps as hard as she can, and trips at the first hurdle. She carries on, but falls over...

There continues to be a trend towards the convergence of 2 activities once considered diametrically opposed to one another: Playing video games and playing sports. Since the inception of the Nintendo Wii and more recently Wii Fit, much has been speculated as to how effective it is and more specifically how well it translates to the actual sport in...

So you've lost some of those extra pounds you've been carrying around since you started college/your career/a family/addiction to reality TV... Congratulations! Now get on that treadmill... for an hour! A new (and not terribly surprising) study has shown that it takes about an hour a day to maintain at least a 10% weight loss. I'll breakdown the study and...

How many have ever wondered at all the wasted energy in a gym? People pounding away on treadmills and stationery bikes. "All of this energy is summarily dissipated and ultimately exhausted for the sake of a single individual's wellbeing" says Mitchell Joachim - eco-designer. Joachim has the answer: A Human-Powered River Gymnasium. ...

This will likely be the battle cry from the U.S. Government when they release their policy on exercise later this year. William Kraus, a Duke University cardiologist and professor of medicine, is one of 13 fitness experts who helped compile information for the guidelines and summarizes the 638 pages of recommendations like this: Basically, don't sit around all day, and...

Treadmill Desks appear to be growing popularity. The TrekDesk takes it one step further with the addition of an exercise ball. At first I thought these things seemed rather gimmicky. However I'm beginning to notice more aches and pains from sitting in an office all day. I seriously wonder how difficult it would be to type at a keyboard...