The Sesame Street character known as The Count would love modern exercise. That’s because there is a lot of counting. But should we count the steps or the time we spend when it comes to chasing ...

Some folks like to count their daily steps, while others prefer exercising for a certain amount of time during a day or a week. Luckily, either approach boosts health, a new study finds. Exercise ...

Share on Pinterest A new study looks at how exercise is measured. Tom Werner / Getty Images Step counts and minutes are both useful ways to measure physical activity, a new study suggests. A greater ...

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital evaluated whether it's better to measure exercise goals in minutes or steps. bignai - stock.adobe.com Just for good measure, researchers at a Boston ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts researchers say it's equally beneficial to measure exercise by how long you exercise and how many steps you take. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital looked at data on ...

A new study suggests that both step and time-based exercise targets are equally useful in protecting against early death and cardiovascular disease. In the age of smartwatches, monitoring step counts ...

Making exercise resolutions for the new year is easy. It’s much harder to follow through. But these seven tips offer some surprisingly simple and practical ways to establish exercise habits that stick ...

It’s widely believed that 10,000 steps a day is the gold standard to aim for to boost health – but is this just an old wives’ tale? A new study, led by academics from the University of Sydney in ...

How fast can you put one foot in front of the other? Walking might seem like a no-brainer, but when it comes to fitness, your step count over a short burst of time can reveal a lot about your health ...

Researchers say choosing a way to measure progress on exercise should align with personal preferences. They report that people who exercise the most live the longest and have a lower risk of ...

Step counts and minutes are both useful ways to measure physical activity, a new study suggests. A greater number of steps per day or minutes of exercise per week are both associated with lower health ...