If you struggle to motivate yourself to exercise, try this science-backed strategy that can help you follow through on your ...

A master’s degree is an investment. It’s no secret that it can be an expensive one, too. Because of that, you want to make sure that the degree you’re earning is worth the time, money, and energy ...

Are you ready for the internship? If you answer NO to any of the following questions, you’re probably not ready to start the exercise science internship and should see your academic advisor or speak ...

Changing your rep range and your workout intensity can help you build more muscle, says an exercise scientist with decades of gym experience.

Gabe McMurtrie grew up immersed in video games until the fateful day in middle school when he discovered wrestling. Wrestling led to football and, then, weightlifting. By high school, he was hooked on ...

You’re looking for your future major—but let’s be honest, you don’t know what half of them actually entail. This series fills you in on what these majors mean at a liberal arts college, so you can ...

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 several ...

Prepare for a future in health, movement, performance and rehabilitation with a science-based degree focused on how the human body moves, adapts and responds to physical activity. The B.S. in Exercise ...

Exercise appears to trigger dopamine release in the brain, and researchers found that this increase was linked to faster reaction times. The effect occurred during voluntary exercise but not when ...

Join a field that’s growing, evolving, and making a difference in people’s lives. At Willamette, you’ll study how the body moves, gain hands-on skills in labs and clinics, and learn to support better ...

If you are interested in careers involving exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, biomechanics and kinesiology, health promotion, and cardiac rehabilitation, as well as research, academia, or ...

Lucky are those for whom the benefits of vigorous exercise are more or less the unintentional effects of something they love to do. I am not one of them. My friends have heard me declare that I like ...