In a world flooded with fitness fads and “quick-fix” workout plans, solid evidence can often get drowned out. Yet the science is clear: jogging for just five to ten minutes a day can lower your risk ...

In sport, the margin between success and failure is often measured in milliseconds. It could be a cricketer adjusting their foot positioning, a runner refining their sprint start or a footballer ...

Action is urgently needed to address the dearth of older women in sport and exercise science, not only for the sake of the growing numbers of female athletes, but women’s health in general, urge a ...

UNC professor of exercise physiology Abbie Smith-Ryan said she thinks "estrogen is a superpower." Director of UNC's Applied Physiology Laboratory, Smith-Ryan currently researches practical ...

Why do some people find a short jog exhausting, while others seem to run effortlessly? Of course, part of the answer lies in ...

Working out over the holidays isn't easy—but don't let your lapse last long. Sports scientists says this much time off could be detrimental.

In the 1990s, Lee Sweeney, a physiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrated that inserting the gene encoding insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) into the muscle cells of mice increased ...

The newly expanded Sports and Exercise Medicine Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is now open to serve patients of all activity levels. Supported by the departments of Family and ...