Among adults – including millions of baby boomers – water aerobics is becoming a popular way of keeping fit. For people of any age who’ve sustained joint injuries, have arthritic pains or osteoporosis ...

Warm-up exercises are those low-impact exercises that are done for 5-10 minutes before a more intense workout session, which ...

Over the past 20-30 years, fitness and sports training programs have evolved in a way that yields exceptional human performance results. You may remember in the 1970s and '80s that a 4.5-second, ...

Besides serving up respite from sweltering temperatures, a backyard pool offers refreshing cardio alternatives to that muggy mid-afternoon jog. The most obvious opportunity is simply swimming from ...

Warming up significantly improves muscle performance, particularly speed and power, by increasing muscle temperature. Both passive heat methods and light exercise warm-ups work, but mimicking the ...

A cold muscle is a muscle at risk. If you’re the guy who breezes into the gym and immediately sits down to start lifting, bad news: You’re putting yourself at serious risk. “Warm-ups are crucial to ...

When fitness centers across the state were closed in the spring due to COVID-19, exercise instructors like Carol Carson found themselves in uncharted waters. Though she had decades of experience and a ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Fitness pro Chaila Gilliams brings the energy with a capital “E” to her Aqua Zumba classes at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven. “So with the water, you’re not feeling ...