Americans are now health-conscious and planning fitness programs. It is important to check fitness levels before starting.

First things first. Scheduling a physical with your primary healthcare provider can go a long way in helping you set fitness goals that factor in your current age and fitness level. Are you aiming to ...

You’ve probably read countless times that exercise can extend your lifespan, lower the risk of cancer, heart attacks, and ...

“I was expecting you to give me a workout program, what is this?” My client was confused about the advice I had just given ...

Every year at this time we turn our attention to New Year’s resolutions, promises that often are extreme and rarely, if ever, kept. Heading the list are resolutions to get healthy and that often means ...

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. Whatever your age or experience, ...

We all know exercising can improve our lives, but many of us don’t do it nearly enough. Work, stress and lack of time all get in the way of getting to the gym. Only 24% of Americans meet the ...

New to the Richmond area, Betty Siler was painting some rooms in her Brandermill-area house last fall when she hurt her back. She went to a chiropractor, who gave her some of the usual recovery ...

The alarm clock blares, and you reach for your running shoes without thinking about it. Next thing you know, you’re jogging through your neighborhood on the same route as every other morning. You are ...

Women are at higher risk of bone loss than men. But a few simple workouts can help to keep your skeleton strong and resilient. By Danielle Friedman When Barbara Hannah Grufferman was in her early 50s, ...

Running is one of the most popular ways to exercise—and among the most polarizing. For every person who happily sets 4:00 a.m. alarms on race morning, there’s another convinced the sport is too hard, ...

The trial, in people treated for colon cancer, showed clear evidence that an exercise program lowered the risk of disease recurrence and death. By Nina Agrawal A first-of-its kind study adds powerful ...