As the name suggests, HIIT is all about alternating short bursts of intense exercise with periods of rest or low-intensity activity. Numerous studies back its effectiveness in boosting calorie burn ...

Recently, researchers have been studying whether shorter variations of HIIT, involving as little as 4-min of high intensity exercise per session (excluding a warm up and cool down), also improve ...

Maybe you’ve tried high-intensity interval training (HIIT) as a way to balance out your running and didn’t love it. But have you tried SIT? A recent study in the journal Psychology of Sport and ...

About two decades ago, neuroscientists identified a correlation between aerobic exercise, cardiorespiratory fitness, and adult-born neurons in the hippocampus. Since then, brain-derived neurotrophic ...

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a specialized protein that promotes neuroplasticity and neurogenesis (the birth of new neurons). Higher levels of BDNF are associated with better overall ...