Exercise adherence is driven primarily by autonomous motivation, enjoyment, self-efficacy, positive emotional experiences, ...

A group of researchers in the UK recently released the findings of a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, designed to determine whether your personality can influence the enjoyment of exercise.

Are you becoming increasingly concerned or obsessed with looking good? Do you exercise to enhance your appearance or do you exercise for sheer enjoyment? Are you influenced by the media, which often ...

Female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone fluctuate monthly across the menstrual cycle, affecting moods and energy levels. New research from the University of Oregon finds that those fluctuations ...

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 ...

Your gut may help motivate you to exercise. Or it might nudge you to skip your workout. Which direction you take appears to be influenced by your diet and the health of your microbiome, the name given ...

Female subjects are excluded from over 90% of studies on exercise performance and fatigability because hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle are thought to affect exercise capability. Peruse any ...

Exercise and digestion can have profound impacts on the body. Ricardo Da Costa experienced that first hand. His first job out of high school in the 1990s in Portugal was as a professional ...