Considering Concurrent Training and the "Interference Effect""If you want to build muscle, you shouldn't overdo aerobic ...

In the July 2026 issue of Women’s Fitness, we spoke to endurance athlete and fitness coach Esmée Gummer, 34, about her biggest challenge yet: to get one million people across the UK walking, jogging ...

Becoming a better, stronger runner isn’t just about upping your mileage. In fact, logging too many miles can be counterproductive. A more strategic approach is to dial into your efforts – and that’s ...

Endurance training can cause a number of changes to the heart, including enlargement of the heart chambers. Known as “athlete’s heart,” these adaptations can occur in runners and non-runners alike, ...

Becoming a better, stronger runner isn’t just about upping your mileage. In fact, logging too many miles can be counterproductive. A more strategic approach is to dial into your efforts – and that’s ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? Yep, a new Scientific Reports study found that endurance exercise (think: long ...

No runner can excel at every distance. We all sit somewhere on a spectrum between speed and endurance. Some athletes thrive on long, steady miles, while others perform best over 400m, 1500m or the 5K.

Endurance running attracts a diverse population of recreational and competitive athletes driven by a complex interplay of motives. Core drivers range from intrinsic factors such as the pursuit of ...

Women have beaten men in some high-profile endurance events in recent months - are they better suited to these challenges?

Even the best athletes in the endurance and strength worlds tend to excel in one area and perform poorly in the other. Even the best athletes in the endurance and strength worlds tend to excel in one ...

If you are looking to shave seconds (or even minutes) off your run times, the answer is not simply to run more miles per week or push harder on your goal-paced intervals. If you are looking to shave ...