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Elite athletes share with the rest of us a common underlying physiology and the capacity to adapt significantly to training. It’s never too late to start.
In today’s looksmaxxing culture, young men pursue a supposedly ‘ancient’ ideal that’s actually modern and pharmacologically constructed.
On top of the risks of injecting untested and potentially contaminated products, user error may make this runaway wellness fad even more dangerous.
For many people, the mental benefits of a runner’s high even outlast the run itself.
Although children sweat less than adults, they are able to regulate body heat in other ways.
The infamous 10,000 steps per day recommendation didn’t come from a research laboratory.
Pushing every set until you cannot do another rep may not improve strength or muscle growth, and can make recovery harder.
Exercising beneath infrared panels may feel good, but studies have yet to show that it outperforms the same workout without heat.
When runners ‘hit the wall,’ they experience sudden debilitating fatigue, difficulty keeping pace, and often, a shift away from their goal pace towards surviving until the finish line.
For some people, running inside is mentally harder. Here’s what you can do to make a treadmill more like running outside.
People who did around 90 to 120 minutes of strength training each week have a 13% lower risk of dying from any cause.
New research suggests that exercising together can improve parents’ and children’s health, thinking skills and motivation to stay active.
Between 2.3% and 5% of all cases of anaphylaxis globally are triggered by exercise.
Being fit is also associated with many cardiovascular benefits – including lower risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Honey may be a low-cost alternative to expensive energy gels and pre-workout supplements.
What actually is ‘fitness’? Research suggests it’s not as straightforward as you might think.
The unlicensed peptide market is expanding faster than regulators can keep up.
Two people of the same age can age very differently. Frailty helps explain why, and what can be done to reduce risk.
Aligning your workouts to your unique ‘chronotype’ may boost the benefits you see.
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Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University
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Professor of Nutritional Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East London
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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