No special equipment — or supercharged motivation — needed: Old-school, simple bodyweight exercises can boost cardiorespiratory fitness, researchers find.
In the midst of the pandemic, many people have extra time to exercise, but stay-at-home directives and physical distancing provisions have limited access to space and equipment.
Prolonged pandemic-related isolation, physical distancing and workplace closures are leading a McMaster University researcher to raise concern over the health impacts of inactivity -- especially for older people.