Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Doing cardio daily can boost endurance, heart health, ...

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Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

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The hardest part of working out consistently? Getting started. Once you do, though, you start feeling (and soon, seeing!) the positive impact on your mind and body. But with so many workout options ...

Which exercise machine burns the most calories? The one you enjoy and will use the most. Here are our all-time favorite cardio machines we have tested at Live Science. When you purchase through links ...

Walking is easy for most people and limits stress on joints. Swimming gives muscles a workout and helps with joint pain. Cycling can help reduce joint pain and improve balance. If you have joint pain, ...

There are 206 muscles in the human body, and each one is important. Most bodybuilders like to focus on the ones they can see, training them several times a week to make them bigger – a process called ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart condition where the heart muscle becomes thick and cannot pump blood normally. HCM symptoms can include shortness of breath, chest pain, and abnormal heart ...