If you gave me some gels for fuel and a Ludacris playlist for motivation, I could probably dive into the exercise physiology journals and find you 100 studies with this general design: Group A ...

Intensity is a stronger predictor of reduced mortality than overall activity volume Cardiovascular mortality risk decreases by 41% with higher activity intensity Continuous intense exercise is more ...

According to a new systematic review, increasing volume is key for maximising muscle growth. It found that the best results came from 30-40 sets per muscle per week. However, there is also a minimum ...

In a follow-up to my last column (“Differing perceptions of training intensity,” (Aug. 3), I’d like to give readers some tools to address the concept of training to proper intensity in order to ...

For middle-aged and older men, new data suggest that it’s how hard they exercise, not how much, that may be contributing to the paradoxical increase in coronary atherosclerosis seen in athletes.

When Australian researchers conducted a study on high-altitude training, the results surprised them: Half the elite runners ran hard workouts at 6,000 feet and improved their race times by an ...

Objective Walking interventions in healthy populations show clinically relevant improvements for many cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. We aimed to assess the changes in CVD risk factors and ...

Sound familiar? You've been training for a while, sticking to your routine religiously, but you notice progress slowing down. The weights that used to go up easily now feel just as heavy, and the ...