The American Heart Association recommends that adults get "at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes per week of vigorous aerobic activity" — or a combination ...

There may, however, be a shortcut. High-intensity interval training ( HIIT) promises to get you fit with just a few minutes of work a week. It sounds too good to be true. But the evidence suggests it ...

Lack of time is often the main reason people don't exercise regularly. But a type of interval workout recently popularized by ...

A study involving 92 socioeconomically vulnerable elderly women compared the efficacy of different low-cost community-based exercise programs to improve and/or maintain cardiovascular and functional ...

For patients with heart failure and cardiovascular disease, high intensity interval training has a greater positive effect on cardiorespiratory fitness than moderate intensity continuous training.

Older adults who go beyond general physical activity guidelines and maintain or increase their moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels have lower risks for rapid kidney function decline, ...

Getting healthier – whether it is by losing weight, exercising more or scheduling those long-ignored doctor's visits – is one of the most common New Year's resolutions every year. One way that people ...

High-intensity interval training boosts fitness and muscle endurance more effectively than traditional home exercise programmes in people recently diagnosed with inflammatory muscle disease. That is ...

People who’ve had a stroke might worry about pushing themselves hard at the gym. New research suggests high intensity interval training (HIIT) can do more to improve fitness than moderate-intensity ...