Fitness

Studies indicate that doubling, and even quadrupling, the government recommendations for exercise can significantly reduce your risk of mortality.

Psychologist Devon Price deconstructs the myth that we’d all be better off if we were a little less idle.

Hybrid disorders of the brain, mind, and body once confounded physicians and researchers. Today experts are beginning to uncover the conditions’ complexities — and how to treat them.

Harness your personality’s basic instincts to build a sustainable, effective exercise routine you’ll love.

Our fitness editor explains what your muscle soreness is trying to tell you. (Hint: It has nothing to do with the quality of your workout.)

Jonah Kest shares insights on the power yoga has to support, nourish, and transform our lives.

Performing this combination of strength and mobility exercises will help ease shoulder pain, make everyday tasks easier, and even improve athletic performance.

Have you done a sit-stand test? The ability to get up off the floor with minimal support is a marker of longevity. Practice these moves to improve flexibility, balance, motor coordination, and muscle power.

An MD shares her gradual, tiered exercise-recovery process.

Improve shoulder and thoracic-spine mobility with this unilateral move.

A man shares how a double-bypass surgery at age 54 inspired him to prioritize his fitness — and how he’s reaping the rewards at 91.

Learn how to minimize fitness plateaus and perform your best by using periodization.