Everyone's body will respond differently to exercise. Experts say muscles indeed provide benefits but they are not an indication of overall fitness.

If it would be nice to trim your waistline this season, research suggests you exercise during these particular hours.

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have found that studying blood flow in leg ...

A number of players, including Arsenal's Kai Havertz and Chelsea's Nicholas Jackson, have suffered hamstring injuries - how do they happen?

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

You can always slightly cut back on your active exercise time to incorporate flexibility work. For example, if you usually ...

Bunny hops are a great gateway exercise to help build momentum and power to transition into a handstand, but they work well as a cardio exercise, too. The hopping action requires core stability and ...

(With an obesity rate of 38.9 percent, adults 60 and over don’t fare much better.) “When we’re older, we tend to be more sedentary, so the weight we gain starts being more and more fat and less and ...

I learned how to prepare to let go. I learned real fast that my little gym muscles wouldn’t cut it on this job. So I learned the importance of functional fitness and mobility work. But I can ...

We’ve likely all seen cats or dogs prick up their ears to focus their attention on certain noises. Humans have muscles in our ears, called auricular muscles, which research suggests helped humans ...

Humans have muscles in our ears, called auricular muscles, which research suggests helped humans living millions of years ago to do the same. Scientists had previously thought these muscles became ...

Although these tiny muscle movements likely don’t improve hearing, they may provide an objective measure of listening effort. Further research could help understand their role in individuals with ...