Exercise has a lot of important benefits. But most people don’t exercise or don’t do it consistently or long enough to get those benefits. If you ask people why they dropped out of their program, I ...

Here's a simple strategy I use with my personal training clients to help boost their exercise motivation in each session and ...

Fitness expert Betsy shares simple, practical tips for staying motivated to work out during dark, cold winter months in this ...

It’s early, it’s dark, it’s freezing cold, and all you want to do is pull up the covers and go back to sleep… but your alarm is insisting that it’s time to get up for your Tuesday morning Zumba class.

Years ago, stress kept Hannah Eden up at night before her CrossFit events. Beating her competitors “meant everything,” she says. But having a baby changed her mindset. Training for a half-Ironman in ...

Does the hype really help? Can words really pump you up? Personally, I think words make a difference. As a writer, of course, ...

You know you always feel better after working out—and this alone should vanquish any of that couch-laden inertia. But we're human. Sometimes lacing up the running shoes or grabbing the gym bag and ...

A recent study suggests that resistance training improves exercise motivation and contributes to making exercise planning among older adults. Exercise motivation and exercise self-efficacy are key ...

Good music becomes the propeller that thrusts my body into motion — I can't work out without it. And, there's something to be said about listening to motivational songs by women. (Because we rule, of ...

You’ve vowed that 2021 will be different. This will be your year: You’ll walk a 5K, or you’ll lose 25 pounds, or you’ll improve your overall wellness. But as anyone working toward fitness goals knows, ...

Staying consistent with fitness is rarely about willpower alone. Research in behavioural psychology shows that motivation, ...