Inactive people started moving more if they received daily step targets that exceeded their usual number by about 500 steps. By Gretchen Reynolds Want to exercise more this year? Then adopt workout ...

The cardiovascular implications of physical exercise can be improved by helping individuals design and set out to accomplish key goals, resulting in lasting benefits and improved behavioral changes.

Simon Rosenbaum receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship. Christian Swann does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

In my personal training sessions, I ask clients to set an “intention” at the beginning of each workout. That intention is a short-term goal for that workout. It can be whatever the person wants to ...

Do you have a goal that you've set aside to some dark corner, telling yourself it's not the right time or you're not up to it? Whether it's starting your own business, asking for a raise, or training ...

Some folks like to count their daily steps, while others prefer exercising for a certain amount of time during a day or a week. Luckily, either approach boosts health, a new study finds. Exercise ...

It’s that goal-setting time of year. We dream big. We visualize where we want to be. We write lists of the things we want to accomplish, and the habits we want to change, and make action plans for how ...

2 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Centre, Cape Town, South Africa Background Non-communicable disease (NCD) is increasing, but management remains mostly curative, disease-centred and ...

Background Most studies of exercise-induced muscle injury have focussed on eccentric contractions, which are known to produce damage and delayed soreness. It is less well known that isometric ...