In an old podcast interview and his book Exercised, Professor Daniel Lieberman debunks the myth of constant intense exercise. He explains that evolutionary biology favors walking and rest over running ...

Chronic stress raises blood pressure. New research from Juntendo University, Japan, reveals that voluntary exercise prevents hypertension (high blood pressure) by restoring STAT3 levels in the ...

More information: Zoe Thompson et al, Effects of food restriction on voluntary wheel-running behavior and body mass in selectively bred High Runner lines of mice, Physiology & Behavior (2024). DOI ...

Voluntary wheel running is also “… a well-established model for human health-beneficial voluntary exercise,” the team further explained.

Abstract: The design and implementation of a rodent voluntary wheel-running exercise facility for use in the study of changes in muscle structure and composition arising from different exercise ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting ...

Here are five ways to make running more enjoyable, from a former hater. Skip to main content. Open Navigation Menu. I Used to Hate Running. Here’s How I Learned to Actually Enjoy It.

INDIANAPOLIS — A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a woman accused of running over her boyfriend outside a Castleton bar, killing him. Gaylyn Morris was found guilty Thursday evening of ...

The mice that were given a voluntary running wheel experienced less weight gain than the mice who ate a high fat diet but did not exercise. If you’re having trouble with the diet part, exercise ...

A new research paper was published in Aging's Volume 15, Issue 2, entitled, “Body weight influences musculoskeletal adaptation to long-term voluntary wheel running during aging in female mice.” ...

Once again, voluntary wheel running was reduced in the antibiotic group by 22 percent, and was 26 percent lower in the germ-free group. Here’s what their daily mileage tallies looked like ...