For physical fitness results, take one capsule with food. Is this the future of exercise? No longer sweating it out at the gym but simply popping a pill?

Researchers at Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found that they give mice a pill which stimulates their body so that they can run around a little mouse treadmill for long periods of time without prior training. Will this translate to positive effects for humans?

Maybe, but it's too early to tell at this stage. While the results have found that in mice, endurance is improved, there has not yet been detail released on whether the drug will have a positive effect on cardiovascular fitness or strength.

The "exercise pill" may have a beneficial impact on people who are unable to be physically active due to disease or disability. For example, it may be able to be used to ensure that muscle wastage does not occur when a person breaks a bone.