Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. When it comes to staying active, the biggest challenge often ...

Maintaining motivation is key to making an exercise routine stick for years, but most people struggle to find what truly motivates them — after all, most New Year's resolutions are abandoned by the ...

Exercise has a lot of important benefits. But most people don’t exercise or don’t do it consistently or long enough to get those benefits. If you ask people why they dropped out of their program, I ...

“Change is the only constant in life” – The Greek philosopher Heraclitus Having had two kids not too long ago, I know how dramatically life can change. And it’s not just the big things that alter how ...

Good music becomes the propeller that thrusts my body into motion — I can't work out without it. And, there's something to be said about listening to motivational songs by women. (Because we rule, of ...

You know exercise is good for you, but your brain still resists it like it’s punishment rather than reward. The problem isn’t willpower or discipline – it’s that your neural pathways haven’t learned ...

A recent study suggests that resistance training improves exercise motivation and contributes to making exercise planning among older adults. Exercise motivation and exercise self-efficacy are key ...

You know you always feel better after working out—and this alone should vanquish any of that couch-laden inertia. But we're human. Sometimes lacing up the running shoes or grabbing the gym bag and ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Years ago, stress kept Hannah Eden up at ...

Years ago, stress kept Hannah Eden up at night before her CrossFit events. Beating her competitors “meant everything,” she says. But having a baby changed her mindset. Training for a half-Ironman in ...