fitness

  • How to Keep Up Strength Training in Lockdown

    How to Keep Up Strength Training in Lockdown

    If you’re among the millions in lockdown, ask yourself: when was the last time you did some strength training? Many of us are regularly going for walks or runs during lockdown but, with gyms closed in a lot of places it’s more difficult to lift weights, and we may neglect bodyweight exercises like push-ups. Unfortunately,…


  • How Short Can a Workout Be and Still Be Effective?

    How Short Can a Workout Be and Still Be Effective?

    Ultra-short exercise protocols tend to have a life cycle like this: First, a researcher comes up with a question to which an unbelievably short workout might be an answer. Then, they do a study that shows people improved some aspect of fitness while doing it. Next, the New York Times writes about it. And last…