A personal trainer breaks down a study of 74,000 exercisers, and what it suggests about the kind of motivation that keeps people going.

In a 26-week home exercise trial involving older adults, researchers found that baseline psychological differences in ...

If you struggle to stick to exercise, think about your values. When your exercise habits and values are aligned, it's easy to ...

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 ...

Why do some people maintain exercise habits for years while others quit within weeks? Emerging research shows that enjoyment, autonomy, positive emotions, and social support are often more important ...

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 ...

An important new study of exercise motivation offers some potential answers and gentle reassurance. Published in BMC Public Health, the research found that a common mindset about exercise, known as ...

Are you trying to get more regular physical activity? Here are the tips our community relies on to help them stay motivated. We asked our in-house editorial team at Healthline how they stay consistent ...

Your gut may help motivate you to exercise. Or it might nudge you to skip your workout. Which direction you take appears to be influenced by your diet and the health of your microbiome, the name given ...

We all know exercise is important for health, but finding the motivation to do it is easier said than done. According to scientists, though, mindfulness training might provide the solution. In a new ...

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 ...