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Fitness & Exercise (Page 4)

All of the science on healthy movement and keeping fit (with none of the junk).

Latest in Fitness & Exercise

a blond woman with lots of muscles flexes for the camera
Fitness & Exercise

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about muscles

By Claire Maldarelli, Sara Chodosh

art illustration of person reaching for their toes
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Why can’t we all touch our toes?

By Claire Maldarelli

squat barbell muscle
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What muscles do squats work?

By Sara Chodosh

woman helping man build muscle
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This protein may hold one of the secrets to predicting muscle growth

By Sara Chodosh

kettlebell weighted carry
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The three strength exercises everyone should do

By Sara Chodosh

How does menstruation affect my muscle performance?
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How does menstruation affect my muscle performance?

By Claire Maldarelli

Kid in pink bathing suit doing a flip in a lake
Fitness & Exercise

Swimming is the ultimate brain exercise. Here’s why.

By Seena Matthew/The Conversation

What extreme heat means for the future of the Summer Olympics
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What extreme heat means for the future of the Summer Olympics

By Isobel Whitcomb

What actually works for muscle recovery—and what doesn’t
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What actually works for muscle recovery—and what doesn’t

By Claire Maldarelli

How to choose the perfect workout routine
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How to choose the perfect workout routine

By Harry Guinness

Compression tights might not actually help tired muscles
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Compression tights might not actually help tired muscles

By Claire Maldarelli

jump rope
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Jumping rope is an unbeatable cardio workout—if you do it correctly

By Rob Verger

An illustration of a person with footsteps
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Why 10,000 steps a day isn’t the secret to better health

By Claire Maldarelli

Astronaut Scott Kelly taking a selfie in space
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Spending time in space could shrink your heart

By Hannah Seo

Three paratroopers walk across a snowy field.
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The Army put fitness trackers on paratroopers in Alaska to fine-tune its training

By Rob Verger

Strong woman lifting weights and a barbell at the gym
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A complete guide to vegan muscle building

By Amy Schellenbaum

eggs
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Here’s how much protein you really need

By Sara Chodosh

NFL quarterback Tom Brady with an ear piece and in a blue rain jacket on a football field
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Tom Brady is headed to the Super Bowl at 43 years old. How?

By Dana G. Smith

A woman rubs her neck with her fingers in front of a pink and blue background
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A step-by-step guide to giving yourself a massage

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

woman lifting weights
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BCAA supplements can enhance your fitness routine, but should you take them?

By Amy Schellenbaum

a gym full of exercise equipment
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You should definitely rotate your workouts

By John Kennedy

a man stretching out and warming up before exercise
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There’s a better way to warm up than stretching

By John Kennedy

People looking at smartphone and working out
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Use TikTok to build the perfect workout

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

person stretching doing yoga
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The best thing for back pain is actually more movement

By Sara Chodosh

A US Army National Guard soldier does a push-up in front of a drill sergeant
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Burpees are a great full-body exercise—but there are other options

By Purbita Saha

People running marathon
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Buddy up for a longer, harder workout

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Girl doing yoga with dog.
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The safest ways to exercise during a pandemic

By Sara Kiley Watson

a woman in child's pose, which is a basic stretch
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5 stretches you should do every day

By Rachel Feltman

man running down stairs
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How to get a six-pack (or even an eight-pack)

By Sara Chodosh

Push up
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Working out at home? Here’s how to keep your house from smelling like a gym.

By Harry Guinness

Lynda Gehrman demonstrates a seated calf raise
Fitness & Exercise

Six seated exercises to keep you limber at your desk

By Hannah Seo

countertop pushup
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This quick workout will help your sore hips and back

By Joy Puleo/Working Mother

winter ultramarathon
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These ultramarathoners say life is easier after running 40 miles on frozen backwoods trails

By Sara Scoles

Bike riding
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7 mistakes beginner cyclists make, and how to avoid them

By Candice Wang

Two yoga practitioners posing on a roof
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Five beast-mode workouts PopSci editors are doing from home

By Popular Science Team

Lone biker in the woods
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A guide to safe outdoor activities during the coronavirus pandemic

By Ula Chrobak

Person working out in a hotel room.
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How to fit in a workout while you travel

By Harry Guinness

Caster Semenya on track with south african flag around her
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The complicated truth about testosterone’s effect on athletic performance

By Sara Chodosh

Here’s what would happen if you worked out like a strongman
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Here’s what would happen if you worked out like a strongman

By Sara Chodosh

Eliud Kipchoge just ran a marathon in less than two hours—how much faster does science say humans can get?
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Eliud Kipchoge just ran a marathon in less than two hours—how much faster does science say humans can get?

By Claire Maldarelli

Why are humans good at endurance running? The answer is murky.
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Why are humans good at endurance running? The answer is murky.

By Timothy F. Kirn/Undark

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop
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The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

By Popular Science Team

How elite drivers train to endure the punishing conditions of pro racing
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How elite drivers train to endure the punishing conditions of pro racing

By Dan Carney

The weirdest things we learned this week: Feminist butter sculptures and America’s first favorite pastime
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The weirdest things we learned this week: Feminist butter sculptures and America’s first favorite pastime

By Popular Science Team

What running ultramarathons and giving birth tell us about the limits of human endurance
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What running ultramarathons and giving birth tell us about the limits of human endurance

By Kat Eschner

Muscle stiffness can be an athletic superpower
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Muscle stiffness can be an athletic superpower

By Philip Anloague / The Conversation

running on the treadmill
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Try this illusion on the treadmill and running will never be the same

By Nicole Wetsman

Hate the gym? Grow a garden instead.
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Hate the gym? Grow a garden instead.

By Sara Chodosh

older woman stretching exercise
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Late-blooming exercisers may get the same benefits as lifelong gym rats

By Sara Chodosh

Science helped me run my first marathon in 3 hours and 21 minutes
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Science helped me run my first marathon in 3 hours and 21 minutes

By Claire Maldarelli

I zapped my muscles to get swole and it sort of worked
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I zapped my muscles to get swole and it sort of worked

By Rachel Feltman

a man doing a squat on a beach
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How to work out your pelvic floor (and why everyone should)

By Rachel Feltman

woman holding nose
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Here’s why gym clothes smell so rank—and how to freshen them up

By Jessica Boddy

woman exercise depression mood
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Exercise really does seem to help with depression

By Sara Chodosh

Rocky movie screengrab
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7 iconic movie training montages ranked by professional trainers

By Eleanor Cummins

an old drawing of a surgery
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The weirdest things we learned this week: killer surgeons and mysterious floating feet

By Rachel Feltman

Here’s how much exercise you should get—and why it’s okay if you fall short
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Here’s how much exercise you should get—and why it’s okay if you fall short

By Sara Chodosh

the statue of liberty
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The weirdest things we learned this week: Lady Liberty’s big secret, the ultimate exercise hack, and a penis in a bottle

By Rachel Feltman

human body sweat
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The weirdest things we learned this week: eating organs, celebrating sweat, and banning dogs

By Sara Chodosh

Sorry, hot yoga fans. Sweating doesn’t cleanse your body.
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Sorry, hot yoga fans. Sweating doesn’t cleanse your body.

By Mara Altman

A young woman doing a lunge stretch by the side of a river under a gray cliff.
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How to stretch for any type of workout

By Sara Chodosh

a bottle of chocolate milk
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Why chocolate milk is a great post-workout snack (but maybe not the best)

By Sara Chodosh

Why (almost) everyone needs to stretch when they exercise
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Why (almost) everyone needs to stretch when they exercise

By David Prologo/The Conversation

These charts reveal America’s complicated relationship with exercise
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These charts reveal America’s complicated relationship with exercise

By Sara Chodosh