Fitness Studies

Club members who are never spoken to cancel memberships at a rate 2.8 times higher than those who are spoken to, equating to an additional 21 cancelled memberships per month for every 1,000 members, according to a new survey by the Customer...

Approximately 35 percent of teenage boys participate in at least one hour of daily physical activity, while only 18 percent of girls do, according to the report. Physical activity also appears to decline as children age and live in high-crime...

On curved treadmills, test subjects consumed 32 percent more oxygen, displayed 38 percent worse running efficiency, reported a 16 percent higher heart rate and a 2.5 percent greater running cadence, according to a study published in the Journal of...

Researchers found that less than one hour per week may offer as much benefit as longer workout sessions.

A new study of 15,000 American adults suggests that moderate, not high or low, carbohydrate intake is an indicator of greater longevity.

About 25 percent of Americans who tan do so in health clubs, and those individuals tan 67 percent more frequently than those who tan outside of health clubs, according to new research published in the JAMA Dermatology Journal