A trainer offers a tip for whether you should opt for cardio or strength training when you only have five minutes to spare.

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Indoor walking workouts are a great way to work up a sweat and add to your step count without leaving the house. Walking is one of the most accessible, low-impact ways to get more active and improve ...

If you equate step aerobics with leg warmers and spandex, well, you’re not wrong—but you’re stuck in the 1980s version of it. As TikTok videos that have amassed millions of views show, the retro ...

There are tons of misconceptions around fitness that can sabotage you before you even step foot into a gym, from believing your body needs to look a certain way to glorifying soreness as the mark of a ...

Quick workouts might be the fitness world’s best-kept secret. If you’ve been telling yourself you don’t have time to exercise, that excuse just evaporated. Those brief bursts of movement you can ...

Federal guidelines say U.S. adults should get at least 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity, or 150 minutes of less-intense activity, each week. But over the past few years, a slew of studies have ...

It doesn't matter how fit you are; the debate about short versus long workouts will always be tricky to resolve. Is it better to jump into a short and sharp session, ramping up the HIIT and getting an ...

In the fitness world, there are three types of people: those who love cardio, those who don’t, and those who also aren’t fans but choose to do it anyway. If I were going to put myself into a category, ...