Benefits of exercise

Most people exercise because they hope to lose weight. In truth, our bodies have not evolved to burn more calories the more physically active we are.

Research shows that people who are more physically active don’t burn more calories necessarily than people who are more sede...

Diet and exercise are two separate tools with two separate jobs. You can’t trade them back and forth. 

If you don’t exercise today, you can’t just watch your diet, or if you don’t want to diet, you can’t just exercise more. You need to diet to watch your weight. You need to exercise for eve...

Hunter-gatherers typically live about seven decades. They become grandparents but don’t retire; they stay very active.

Staying active helps turn on all kinds of repair and maintenance mechanisms of the body that keep us healthy as we age. 

Recent studies show that our metabolism slow...

Ensure that exercise is not only necessary but also fun and social.

You don’t have to run a marathon or climb Mount Everest. Just climb the stairs in your building or walk to work instead of driving or walking your dog. These things have huge benefits.

• Physical activity is just moving, such as sweeping the floor or making dinner.
• Exercise is an intentional physical activity that’s done for the sake of health and fitness.

We can survive by sitting in chairs and pushing buttons and never having to break a sweat. But our a...