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  • More Kettlebell Fun So you’ve got the kettlebell basics down, and you’re looking for more options. Check out this list from Greatist of 22 kettlebell moves. The list includes a mix of traditional kettlebell movements and other movements that are also familiar to dumbbell and barbell users. Kettlebells are versatile equipment — and easier to…

  • New Year, New Resolutions Or the same resolutions again, as the case may be! Here are a few articles from the past year about setting goals in a way that helps you succeed. I’ll be running a couple of more collections like this in the coming week. Set Good Short-term Goals — concrete, simple, accountable,…

  • “The Anti-Detox Diet” If you’re already comfortable in the kitchen and looking for something simple to start the year off with healthy eating, take a look at Julia Belluz’s Anti-Detox Diet. It combines a grocery list with meal-prep instructions to get you a week’s nourishing meals for a decent price. This plan works best for…

  • Happy New Year! How did you start 2015?

  • Merry Christmas! And to those who don’t celebrate Christmas, Happy Thursday!

  • How Is Gluten Trying To Kill You?

    Worth checking out! fakescience: Today we take a break from science fun for a serious quiz: How Is Gluten Trying To Kill You?

  • Holiday Vacation! I’ll be traveling for almost two weeks, so posting — if any — will be sporadic. Have a wonderful end of the year, and let’s meet back here in January! From the Go-Go’s “Vacation” video

  • Nine Simple Weight-Loss Tips People who are successful in making long-term changes to their bodies are different from other people. Mostly, they are more mindful — they are more aware of what they eat and their activity. Tara Parker-Pope famously argued in a New York Times aricle, “The Fat Trap,” that their diligence is onerous…

  • Weight and Health This illustration is for an opinion piece that ran in the New York Times last year, “Our Absurd Fear of Fat.” This piece comments on a study that showed that the risk of death overall (from any cause) is actually lower in people whose BMIs are over 25 to 30. We don’t…