Exercise has a lot of important benefits. But most people don’t exercise or don’t do it consistently or long enough to get those benefits. If you ask people why they dropped out of their program, I ...

Need a little push to get you moving? Fitness experts share their tips for staying motivated. (Getty Creative) We all need exercise — at least 150 minutes a week, in fact — but let’s face it: Working ...

You’ve vowed that 2021 will be different. This will be your year: You’ll walk a 5K, or you’ll lose 25 pounds, or you’ll improve your overall wellness. But as anyone working toward fitness goals knows, ...

When you take a small step toward your goal, your brain releases dopamine, giving you a little boost and making it easier to ...

A recent study suggests that resistance training improves exercise motivation and contributes to making exercise planning among older adults. Exercise motivation and exercise self-efficacy are key ...

Not even the most avid of exercisers are immune to a loss of exercise motivation when the mornings are still dark and Spring seems a lifetime away. And, even if your start-of-the-year spirit is still ...

Olfaction may play an important role in the motivation to seek voluntary exercise, according to a new study. The University of California, Riverside (UCR) researchers speculate that "individual ...

Workout motivation. You don’t have any. You know exercise is good… and you still don’t do it. You’re not alone. We all want a magic pill that makes us smarter, happier, and better looking. Good news ...

Carol Maher receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the National Heart Foundation. Tim Olds receives funding from the ARC and the NHMRC. This article is part of our ...

Eating a healthy diet and being active are essential elements of any weight loss or weight maintenance program. The science is pretty straightforward: when we burn more calories than we eat, we lose ...