Exercise is often praised as a simple way to lift your mood. But new research shows the story is more complex. How, where, and why you move may shape your mental health as much as — or more than — how ...

Exercise releases endorphins and lowers stress hormones, which can boost your happiness. Regular exercise can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve sleep. Aerobic exercise and resistance ...

Movement helps your mood, but it's not one-size-fits-all. Exercising for fun, with friends, or in enjoyable settings brings greater mental health benefits than simply moving for chores or obligations.

Running fights junk food’s mental toll—healing the gut, balancing hormones, and protecting the brain.

A grant of £11,000 has funded new fitness equipment, helping patients at mental health wards across Leicestershire to ...

Beyond building muscle, strength training has emerged as one of the most effective ways to improve stress resilience, mood, ...

A comprehensive review confirms the benefits of exercise for treating depression, even if the exact reasons remain unclear ...

Just light exercise—10 or 20 minutes of walking a day—can be enough to take the edge off. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. That’s the question debated in a ...