ELKINS PARK, Pa. -- Nearly 50 years ago to the day, Monty Python aired a sketch titled, "The Ministry of Silly Walks." Little did they know their physical comedy routine would come to inspire a trend ...

There’s nothing like a great training montage to inspire you to get in shape (the one from the 2005 Batman Begins with Christian Bale is a personal favorite). But there’s nothing like a 1970’s British ...

Fitting regular walks into your daily routine can be a great way to get some active minutes into your day, but what if you make those walks as inefficient as possible? A new study has explored this ...

More than half a century after first airing on the BBC, Monty Python’s famous “silly walk” sketch has inspired a group of researchers at Arizona State University to see how effective it might be for ...

Every December, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) editors put together a light-hearted Chrismas issue that contains playful evidence-based scientific studies that are rigorously researched and ...

Doing the John Cleese "Silly Walk" just 11 minutes a day could get you past the 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week threshold that the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

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The coronavirus pandemic is serious business, but people are trying to find ways to laugh and keep a sense of humor. A request inspired by the iconic 1970s “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” series is a ...