[ad_1] Your muscles, fat and other cells respond differently to exercise depending on the time of day Panoramic Images/Alamy Usain Bolt smashed the 100-metre sprint record at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin in a floodlit stadium under an inky night sky. This was no coincidence: when it comes to sporting prowess, timing matters. … Read more
[ad_1] Shutterstock/Paolo Paradiso For many runners, going fast is the whole point of pulling on their kit. But recently, the opposite approach has been booming: the slow-running movement, in which people meet for social, unhurried jaunts. This might be fun, but surely if there’s no pain, there’s no gain? Not so fast, says a growing body … Read more
[ad_1] FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images I have never attended the same gym as Eric Drinkwater, a sports scientist at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. In fact, we live over 1000 kilometres apart. But as soon as we start talking on the phone, we discover that we share the same gym instructors, located on the other … Read more