Short Bursts of Exercise as Good as Hours of Training

Staying in shape doesn't have to be a time-consuming affair. Less really can be more when it comes to exercise, scientists have discovered. Short bursts of exercise as good as hours of training.

The body can get as much benefit from a short but intensive bursts of exercise lasting ten minutes than it can from ten hours of moderate training.

The technique not only takes less time but also involves much less physical effort.

Researchers believe their findings "blow away" the belief that staying in shape is a time-consuming affair. Read more

Another Reason to Exercise

If you need another reason to exercise, how about cutting your colon cancer risk by a quarter?

Taking exercise can cut the risk of the most common kind of bowel cancer by a quarter, research suggests. Read more

Your Brain on Exercise: How Working Out Makes You Smarter

Exercise improves your body, but it also improves your mind. Regular exercisers learn faster, remember more, think more clearly, and even recover more easily from brain injuries.

Athletes and people who exercise not only have better bods — they have better brains too, a host of studies have now firmly established.

A review of studies published earlier this month, in fact, found that a balanced diet and regular exercise can protect the brain and ward off mental disorders.

Other research has focused just on the effects of exercise. The bottom line: Exercisers learn faster, remember more, think clearer and bounce back more easily from brain injuries such as a stroke. They are also less prone to depression and age-related cognitive decline.

But why should a mindless half-hour on a treadmill affect your brain? Read more