IOWA CITY — For 40-plus years, the U.S. Army gauged the physical fitness of its soldiers on pushups, situps and a 2-mile run test. But the Army wanted a better measure of “soldier physical readiness.” ...

Mind-body practices such as meditation and mindfulness are increasingly recognized for their capacity to calm the nervous ...

The core components of health-related fitness include cardiovascular and muscular endurance, flexibility, and your body’s ratio of fat compared to muscle and bone. It’s well known that being ...

New research from a large study demonstrates that low cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength have a significant association with worse mental health. Share on Pinterest Luis Alvarez / Getty ...

When it comes to the modeling industry, fitness models are the cream (or perhaps the protein shake) of the crop—their work requires stringent levels of physical demands. If you want to start working ...

Firefighting is the most physically demanding job in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracked the physical requirements of about 480 jobs at more than 56,000 workplaces ...