The metabolic ceiling represents the maximum number of calories that a body can actually burn. For humans, it is believed to ...

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher ...

Individual athletes ran an average of 4,000 miles over a year to help define the human body's limit for energy expenditure ...

Four months on from winning Britain’s toughest ultra-marathon, where she ran 268 miles across uneven Pennine terrain, Anna ...

People have said Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, was the toughest wooden vessel of its age. A new study proves ...

When it comes to whether strength and endurance training should be combined in a single workout session, opinions differ.

On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, Ernest ...

Designed to promote physical challenge, community connection, and inclusivity, the event will also raise critical funds to ...

A new study reveals a metabolic ceiling - an upper limit to how much energy the human body can sustain over time, no matter ...

Chances are you know someone who is training for a marathon or another endurance race. Harry Bullmore asks athletes and adventurers whether these events will really satisfy our deep-rooted desire for ...