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 ...

Making time for exercise can feel like a chore, especially when you’re struggling to balance multiple work-life demands. How do you get yourself pumped about pumping iron, excited to go for a quick ...

Workout motivation can be a fleeting emotional state that is difficult to harness over a long period of time. Dedication and ...

Need a little push to get you moving? Fitness experts share their tips for staying motivated. (Getty Creative) We all need exercise — at least 150 minutes a week, in fact — but let’s face it: Working ...

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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, ...

Feeling unmotivated to exercise? It might not be your fault but in fact gut microbes in your body, according to a recent study published in Dec. 2022, by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.

Why do so many of us lack motivation to exercise in winter? As the months get colder and the days get shorter, we lose motivation in many aspects of our lives and exercise is definitely one of them.

Limiting access to food in mice increases levels of the hormone, ghrelin, which may also increase motivation to exercise, according to a new study. The study suggests that a surge in levels of ...

If it were easy to stay motivated to work out, then we’d all have rock-hard abs. Alas, the drive to get out of bed for an early morning sweat session is elusive, except for those infectiously positive ...