A cascade of beneficial effects hits the brain during exercise — with new data on strength training. Helping your patients ...

I’ve seen growing research on the benefits of exercise for your brain. Even after a light yoga session or a jog around the block, I can personally attest that I feel more focused and productive, so ...

New research suggests that the fitter you become, the more powerful each workout is for your brain—not just your body.

Increasing our level of physical fitness leads to a bigger release of brain-boosting proteins following one session of exercise, finds a new study led by a UCL researcher. The study, published in ...

Health experts will wax lyrical about fitness' impressive physical impact, but its effect on the brain and subsequent benefits for cognitive function and mental health can't be overstated, either.

In earlier times, movement was inherent in being human—our ancestors were foraging, running, walking, stretching, lifting, and bending throughout the day. In our modern world, however, many of us lead ...

You lace up your sneakers, hit the pavement for a run, or grab those weights for strength training, thinking mostly about how your muscles will respond. The burn, the pump, the eventual definition or ...

By improving how muscles use and store energy, creatine may influence myokines that support cognition, mood, and neural ...

Over the past several decades, we’ve learned more about neuroplasticity, which is the intrinsic property of the brain that allows it to adapt and reorganize itself. Neuroplasticity allows an aging ...