The Sesame Street character known as The Count would love modern exercise. That’s because there is a lot of counting. But should we count the steps or the time we spend when it comes to chasing ...

Nov. 17 -- MONDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The amount of energy adults expend playing active video games may equal that of moderate-intensity exercise, according to a new study. Japanese ...

Sure, you might be hot, sweaty, and slightly short of breath after your latest steamy session, but does that mean sex actually qualifies as a legitimate workout? The short answer: yes and no. See, ...

As a nation, we are obviously getting fatter and fatter. Not only are we ever more confused about how to lose weight, we’re particularly fuzzy on the question of how big a role exercise plays and ...

Have you met your step goals today? If so, well done! Monitoring your step count can inspire you to bump up activity over time. But when it comes to assessing fitness or cardiovascular disease risk, ...

Counting calories, joining a gym, and taking part in exercise programmes are popular methods used by people in the UK who want to shed some pounds, but they seem to be fairly ineffective strategies, ...

Many people measure their physical activity by the amount of time they spend exercising, but new research makes a case that counting steps is similarly beneficial. Meeting fitness goals measured by ...

Sex isn’t only a pleasurable experience, with some reports claiming the act also has health benefits that can be compared to those of exercise. In fact, the physiological response to sex is similar to ...

This article originally appeared on Medical Daily. We've all heard that to lose weight we need to do two things: eat less, exercise more. This makes sense: Burning more calories than we consume will ...