cardiorespiratory news

While strength training gives valuable muscular gains it doesn’t give the heart health benefits of aerobic exercise, according to new research from Iowa State University. ... More

Orangetheory has introduced a new AI-powered heart-rate tracking system called MaxHR to boost the personalisation and efficiency of members’ workouts. Based on a proprietary algorithm, ... More

UK Active and Nike have launched the 2022 Open Doors programme. The scheme provides children and young people with the opportunity to connect, be active, ... More

A new study has suggested that strength training can result in people losing around a similar amount of body fat as they do when undertaking ... More

People should concentrate on exercise and staying fit – rather than dieting and weight loss – when it comes to cutting the risks of living ... More

Vulnerable young people will be given opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity over the summer holidays by utilising school sports facilities that ... More

Children aged between 4 and 6 who have better cardiorespiratory health than their peers also do better on cognitive tests and other measures of brain ... More

What are the effects on public health of gyms and leisure centres being shut during lockdowns? Could more people be suffering worse symptoms – or ... More

ukactive has published six 'policy calls', which it says are crucial in order to help the physical activity sector survive and recover from the financial ... More

The government has pledged to invest more than £10m to open school sports and swimming facilities in England to the public in the evenings, at ... More

A major seven-year study of more than 150,000 people has found that those with higher levels of aerobic fitness and muscular strength are significantly less ... More

Taking part in regular aerobic exercise could decrease the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease in adults who are at higher risk of generating the illness. ... More

The UK government is looking to create more physical activity opportunities for children by helping schools open up their facilities outside regular hours – and ... More

A study has offered new evidence of the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain health – particularly in the regions of the brain involved with ... More

Wattbike has secured a deal to supply more than 30 Bupa Health Clinic sites across the UK with its indoor bikes. The partnership deal will ... More

A hard-hitting new study claims that living a sedentary lifestyle is more detrimental to health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease. The findings are based ... More

School summer holidays are creating a class divide between the fitness levels of deprived children and their more affluent peers thanks to a lack of ... More

Exercise in any form can play a key role in helping diabetics to reduce body fat and control glucose, even among so-called ‘non-responders,’ a study ... More

A new study has said that extended sedentary behaviour of two or more hours could be as harmful to fitness levels as short workouts are ... More

A new report has suggested that obesity alone may no longer be linked to a high risk of death in women. Research published in the ... More

A new study has found links between cardiorespiratory fitness and lower death rates in women. The study, published in the Medicine & Science in Sports ... More

Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that people who perform resistance training while regaining the pounds after weight loss can help maintain strides ... More

Big and Fit is a new lifestyle initiative which aims to get more people who are classified as overweight or obese – 24 million in ... More