Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

"Running: Because it’s cheaper than therapy." — as seen on a bumper sticker In one of my first jobs after graduating from college, I worked for a gentleman named David. Most days during lunch, David ...

When we think about the value of exercise, we tend to focus on the physical benefits: lower blood pressure, a healthier heart, a more attractive physique. But over the past decade, social scientists ...

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This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you have a desk job, you know it’s all too easy to get stuck in your seat for hours. Before you know it, it’s five p.m., and you’ve ...

Hate going to the gym? Resent the time it takes to exercise after a hard day at the office? So does Dr. James Levine, a Mayo Clinic obesity researcher in Rochester, Minn., who rattled off two sobering ...

Share on Pinterest How to find, and stick to, an exercise routine that works for you, according to a sports medicine expert. Image credit: Maskot/Getty Images As we age, our bodies and our busy lives ...