What Are the Health Benefits of Intense Exercise?

There are oodles of articles that list out the benefits of high intensity exercise from various studies. We are going to give a quick summary. Imagine the infomercial we will run. The announcer will list: Burns calories efficiently. Short bursts of exercise raise the heart rate quickly, so an intense[…]

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Why 9,815 is the Magic Number When it Comes to Exercise

We all know that a lot of good things come from exercise that we can’t see. But even then, it was surprising to see a new study showing that our molecules — 9,815 of them in this instance — changed during exercise. Stanford researchers and others took 36 men and[…]

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Can Exercise Help You Sleep Better?

We love a good night of sleep. Goldilocks style: not too long, not too short. Studies show that exercise or a good sports outing will help with a good night of sleep as long as it’s not within an hour of bedtime. And a new study shows that simple light[…]

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Fight the COVID Blues with Exercise

For many of us, the COVID-19 pandemic remains a daily reminder that our lives are not back to normal. And now that it’s been months of social distancing and other struggles in life, you would be forgiven for feeling some extra doses of stress. But a new study points to[…]

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How Exercise Makes You More Optimistic

People who exercise all the time may seem like they’re faking happiness — after all they have to get sweaty, it takes up time in their day and they’re sore. So why would they be smiling? Well, according to a new study there is something called a cascade of positive[…]

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