A new study has found that interrupting prolonged sitting with a minute of half-squats every 20 minutes improved blood flow to the brain and, with it, cognitive functioning and concentration. This ...

If you are sitting down to read this article, you may be doing your resting wrong, according to a fascinating new study of hunter-gatherer tribespeople and how they idle. The study finds that ...

If you’ve spent hours hunched over a desk or sprawled on a couch, you’re not alone. Modern sedentary lifestyles often leave us with tight hips, weak lower body muscles, and poor posture. But what if ...

I was recently on a vacation with a friend that involved a great deal of walking around a new city. During a moment of respite, I noticed she dropped into a deep squatting position, rather than ...

If you are sitting down to read this article, you may be doing your resting wrong, according to a fascinating new study of a hunter-gatherer tribal people and how they idle. The study finds that ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images You've probably heard that sitting is the new smoking, and to a certain ...

First off, when triathletes think of squats often they think of a bulking, grinding, and potentially dangerous exercise reserved for football players and gym rats. But not every squat has to be the ...

In contrast to your typical, “I learned this in PE class,” air squat, the box squat places a bench or box behind your butt to sit on at the bottom of the movement. This allows you to push your hips ...