Individuals with type 2 diabetes may benefit from curating their exercise routines, particularly by strategizing the time of day they work out and the type of workouts they do. Working out in the ...

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How much exercise is enough? It depends on your health and goals. “How much exercise is enough for what?” asks David Bassett Jr., PhD, a professor and the department head of exercise physiology at the ...

Anaerobic exercise uses glucose for energy, instead of oxygen. Aerobic (cardio) and anaerobic exercises both improve health, but only anaerobic exercises build muscle mass and strength. Anaerobic ...

You can exercise at home without any equipment by practicing yoga poses and strength training exercises that use your body weight for resistance. At-home workouts that focus on body weight exercises ...

Trainers often joke about the difference between “show” muscles and “go” muscles—in other words, muscles that look pretty versus muscles that can actually pull their weight when it counts. Whenever ...

If your shoulder workouts have begun to feel more like maintenance sessions, with few results to show for your endless reps, it might be time to change things up. Despite the dizzying list of shoulder ...