The Healthy @Reader's Digest on MSN

Intensity vs. Amount: This Type of Workout Is More Likely To Lengthen Lifespan, Found Recent Study

Is it just showing up, or how hard you muscle it out? Sports science research studying American adults is proposing an answer ...
Prevention

Study Finds Certain Types of Exercise Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Research linked exercise with a lowered risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The researchers found that an hour of moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise a day has the most benefits. Doctors say a ...
Military.com

Increase Your Workout Intensity with AMRAPS (As Many Rounds As Possible)

Intensity is not a feeling or an emotion. Intensity is effort level. Use the fitness principles FITT (Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type) to create changes to your usual workout by simply changing ...
The New York Times

What Types of Exercise Reduce Dementia Risk?

Several large studies have confirmed that vigorous exercise, walking and even doing household chores can greatly benefit the brain. By Rachel Fairbank Experts had long believed that exercise could ...
BMJ

Aerobic exercise interventions for promoting cardiovascular health and mobility after stroke: a systematic review with Bayesian network meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Ada Tang, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada; atang{at}mcmaster.ca Objective To determine the superiority of ...
WebMD

What to Know About Low-Intensity Workouts

High-intensity exercise has many advantages, but it's not for everyone. Older people, people with chronic health conditions, and those with disabilities can't perform vigorous exercise. Low-intensity ...