Here’s a question for you: what do you do when it’s January, it’s cold and you don’t want to leave your home to exercise? If social media is anything to go by, you roll out a mat and try out the best ...

Pilates is an ideal at-home workout for plenty of reasons. It’s a beginner-friendly, low-impact workout that doesn’t require much space. Pilates exercises tone the core and strengthen muscles in the ...

‘It’s kind to your joints and muscles since it doesn’t include any high-impact movement,’ Nolan explains. In fact, Pilates is often used as a form of injury rehab, and research shows it’s also an ...

You may want to sit down for this—on the wall, that is. If you are looking for the single best set of exercises to lower your high blood pressure, isometric exercises such as wall sits and planks may ...

Wall sits have never been my favourite. In fact, bar the times my PT would make me do them years ago, I could count on one hand how many times I’ve done them, but it turns out they tick all my boxes ...

Static isometric exercises—the sort that involve engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks—are best for lowering blood pressure, finds a pooled data analysis of the available ...

Don’t move a muscle. There’s plenty of medical advice on how to lower your blood pressure — exercise is right at the top of the list, along with a healthy diet, losing weight and quitting smoking. But ...

When it comes to lowering blood pressure, studies have typically shown that aerobic or cardio exercises are best. Recent research suggests another type of physical activity is worth including as an ...