Exercise has a lot of important benefits. But most people don’t exercise or don’t do it consistently or long enough to get those benefits. If you ask people why they dropped out of their program, I ...

A recent study suggests that resistance training improves exercise motivation and contributes to making exercise planning among older adults. Exercise motivation and exercise self-efficacy are key ...

You know you’re supposed to exercise regularly, but finding the motivation to do it can sometimes be tough. After all, work and general life obligations are really good at getting between you and the ...

No matter how dedicated you are to your workout routine, there will inevitably be days when hitting the snooze button, grabbing dinner with friends or literally anything else sounds better than ...

For people who don’t already exercise, short bursts of deliberate activity significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness.

You want to develop a regular exercise routine, but you lack motivation. Promises to yourself are quickly broken, and you never establish enough of the workout habit to experience any rewards.

You know exercise is good for you, but your brain still resists it like it’s punishment rather than reward. The problem isn’t willpower or discipline – it’s that your neural pathways haven’t learned ...

Approximately 1.8 billion adults globally are at an increased risk of non-communicable diseases, such as heart attack and ...

Sometimes, it also helps to operate on autopilot: I’ll set out my running gear on my bedroom floor the night before, and I ...

Limiting access to food in mice increases levels of the hormone, ghrelin, which may also increase motivation to exercise, according to a new study. The study suggests that a surge in levels of ...