Author: Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport and Exercise Physiology, University of Westminster

Artem Bestsenny/Shutterstock It is easy to assume that harder training always produces better results. In resistance training, which includes lifting weights or using resistance machines, taking every set to the point where you cannot complete another repetition may create more fatigue without producing better results. A repetition, or rep, is one complete movement of an […]

Dmitri T/Shutterstock Infrared saunas are increasingly marketed as a post-exercise recovery tool that can reduce pain and fatigue, but the scientific evidence supporting these claims remains limited and conflicting. So do infrared saunas cause physiological changes that accelerate recovery, or do they simply reduce the feeling of aching muscles? Traditional Finnish saunas heat the surrounding […]

Your chronotype plays an important role in many bodily processes. we.bond.creations/ Shutterstock While some people can spring out of bed at six in the morning and go straight into their day, others prefer to wake up later as they’re most productive in the afternoon or evening. This difference is due to your chronotype – the […]