GuideFitness
Balance Training: A Smart Way to Prevent Falls
A Cochrane review of 59 trials found exercise cut falls by about 23 percent in older adults. What balance training looks like and how to start.
Latest articles
Fitness
Workouts, fitness crazes and what actually works.
GuideFitness
Stair Climbing: A Short Way to Build Fitness
A large pooled analysis links stair climbing to lower risk of death, and a small trial found short climbs improved fitness. Here is how to start safely.
GuideFitness
Is Running Bad for Your Knees?
A large review found recreational runners did not have more hip and knee arthritis than non-runners. The details and the caveats.
GuideFitness
A Short Walk After Meals: Is It Worth It?
What randomized trials found about short walking breaks and the blood sugar rise after eating.
GuideFitness
Exercise Snacks: Can a Minute or Two Really Count?
A large study of short bursts of vigorous activity in people who did not exercise, and how to try it.
GuideFitness
Strength Training and Bone Health: Why Lifting Helps Your Skeleton
When people think about strength training, they usually think about muscle. Your bones respond too. Bone is living tissue that adapts to the loads…
GuideFitness
Light Weights or Heavy Weights? Both Can Build Muscle
A common belief in the gym is that you must lift heavy to build muscle. Another is that light weights are only for “toning.”…
GuideFitness
How Often Should You Lift? Frequency, Volume and Finding What Fits
Once people decide to start strength training, the next question is how often. Three days? Five? Do you have to hit every muscle once…
GuideFitness
Short Bursts or Steady Miles? Interval Training and Body Fat
Interval training and steady cardio changed body fat about equally in a major review, and one took less time.
GuideFitness
Cardio, Weights or Both: Which Is Better for Fat Loss?
A trial compared eight months of running, lifting and both. Here is what changed in fat, weight and muscle.