Fitness and Exercise

Articles based on research and current thinking about exercise, body image, posture, endurance, sports, and living an active life at any age

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Overdoing It Could Reverse Your HIIT Gains

Lead balloon, awful good, small crowd, open secret… The list of oxymorons has a new member. Moderate high-intensity interval exercise. It’s what you should be doing if you are apt to overdo it.
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Pushups Save Lives; Here’s How to Do 40 Even If You Can’t Crack One Today

Pushups matter more than we thought. They may even predict your risk of suffering a heart attack in the next 10 years.
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4 Amazing, Unexpected Benefits of HIIT That You Probably Don’t Know

Work as hard as you can for a short while, take a fast break, repeat. That’s high-intensity interval training, HIIT, in a nutshell. It’s a simple idea with amazing results. Some of them may surprise you.