Upending conventions about how best to strength train, a new study finds that people who lift relatively light weights can build just as much strength and muscle size as those who grunt through sessions using much heftier weights — if they plan their workouts correctly. Strength training has long be...
A researcher who specializes in exercise recovery finally explains whether there is a point to the cooldown When you finish your workout, you’re probably anxious to get on with your day. You’re not alone in wondering: Do you really need to cooldown? It depends on how hard your workout was, says John...
It’s a paradox: After a blazing high-intensity interval training class that left you in a puddle on the floor and spent hundreds of calories, you’re not the least bit hungry. However, you’re ravenous after an hour and a half of yoga. Culturally, we kind of panic when we feel hungry: it’s a maj...
It seems like simple, obvious advice: Eat your vegetables, get some exercise, and, of course, take your vitamins. Or not. Decades of research has failed to find any substantial evidence that vitamins and supplements do any significant good. And our obsession with vitamins masks a much bigger problem...
Supramaximal Interval Training Better Than HIIT? The higher the exercise intensity, the greater the metabolic impact. (1) Case in point, a 2008 study showed that high-intensity exercise sessions over 6 weeks (3 times per week) are a powerful method to increase whole-body and skeletal muscle capaciti...
