The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends we get 30 minutes of moderate to intense exercise 5 days a week. Most of us do not even workout 30 minutes 3 days a week. With today's schedules it seems the only exercises we do is with our fingers on the keyboard. If you are stuck at your desk all day at work there are some simple exercises you can do through out the day they will help you burn calories and make you feel better too.

Men who exercise hard are less likely to die from cancer, according to a Finnish study published in the July 2009 issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. According to the American Cancer Society some 294,000 men died of cancer in 2008. According to the organization, some 270,000 women died from cancer-related causes.

In Baghdad, a city of darkness, gyms and health clubs may show the light. In a city riddled by war, divided by ideology and plagued by corruption and extremism, fitness has emerged as a unifying force as near 300 health clubs and gyms operate in Baghdad.

It appears that fitness and health have done what none of an economic recession, the threat of global warming nor two current wars could do: bring Republicans and Democrats together in a unified front.

Expert reveals why stretching hurts Your muscles and how to do it the right way.

"You should be taking 100 steps each minute for half an hour a day if you want to achieve "moderate" exercise by walking, a study shows."

For the past few years, the buzz has begun that high intensity interval training (HIIT) is the latest “miracle” for losing fat fast.

MBody Strength, a fitness company based in Orange County, California, has launched a detailed 12-week kettlebell workout plan called the MBody Strength Kettlebell Fat Loss & Strength Building Plan.

Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer span of active life and are half as likely as aging nonrunners to die early deaths, the research found.

In breaking news from the world of medicine, eMaxHealth is reporting today that diet and exercise are the key to maintaining weight loss. Did you know about this?

Video games, such as Wii Fit, designed to provide a workout are becoming big business.