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

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 ...

A vibrating device could make workouts feel easier—helping people push harder without feeling the strain so badly.

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 ...

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

You know exercise is good for you, but your brain still resists it like it’s punishment rather than reward. The problem isn’t willpower or discipline – it’s that your neural pathways haven’t learned ...

Carol Maher receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Medical Research Future Fund, the National Heart Foundation, the South Australian Department for Innovation and ...

You start a workout routine with genuine enthusiasm, but within weeks you’re finding excuses to skip sessions, feeling unusually tired, or mysteriously losing motivation. You blame laziness or lack of ...

With Peloton leaderboards, or Strava badges, or Apple Watch rings, it's easy to lose the plot on your health goals.

No matter how dedicated you are to your workout routine, there will inevitably be days when hitting the snooze button, grabbing dinner with friends or literally anything else sounds better than ...

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

Zumba outlines what it takes to start a fitness instructor career, emphasizing training, skill development, and creating ...