While walking, hiking or doing other cardiovascular exercise, you might focus on your breathing or heart rate to gauge how hard you’re working. That’s a perfectly good approach, but it won’t tell you ...

Being in good physical shape when you’re younger can reduce the risk of cancer — at least for men, new research suggests. The study, published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found ...

Heart rate tracking is increasingly common among fitness enthusiasts, and understandably so. Whether it is a rugged outdoor smartwatch or a discreet smart ring, smart wearables can help you determine ...

High fitness was associated with lower dementia risk, even in people with genetic predisposition. Across all age groups between 39 and 70, higher fitness was tied to better cognitive function.

Correspondence to Dr Rebecca A G Christensen, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; r.christensen{at}mail.utoronto.ca Objective To examine the association between ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For postmenopausal women, cardiorespiratory fitness may help protect against breast cancer. However, the effects ...

Boost your fitness, slash cancer risk! A major study reveals that higher cardiorespiratory fitness significantly lowers the chances of developing urinary tract cancers, especially in men. Highly fit ...

When people think of fitness, one of the first markers you might consider is weight. However, there are many misconceptions about weight, including that the number on your scale always indicates how ...

The onset of all dementia was delayed by 1.48 years in people with high cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). CRF could serve as a routine health monitoring tool or an indicator of health conditions. High ...

In the world of fitness, visible abs are often held up as the ultimate sign of health and fitness. But current research is challenging this assumption. Modern fitness science emphasizes that abdominal ...