Getting Better One Step at a Time
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A Nice Twist on “No Excuses”
The fitness industry is full of bluster and posturing — “no excuses,” “obsessed is how the lazy describe the dedicated,” and so on. Kimberly Snyder offers a nice twist on that often mean-spirited attitude: “No Excuse Not to Try,” and a series of simple yoga poses that pretty much anyone can do. See the whole…
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Snow Days!
The United States is seeing lots of snow (and ice) days lately, sometimes in places that aren’t accustomed to it at all. If it’s safe to do so, you should still try to get outside to get some exercise, and prepare for extra time using transit as you go about your day. Don’t go out…
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Google Nutrition Information
Google has a handy feature built right into its search engine: for some foods, it will give you a side-by-side comparison of nutritional information. It shows a snapshot by default, and selecting the down arrow gives you many more components to compare, such as dietary fiber content and content of different vitamins. It works best…
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Joining the Circus As you think about ways to make exercise fun and engaging, how about running away and joining the circus? The circus once meant sideshows and animal acts — with perhaps indifferent safety and ethical considerations. Today’s circus productions are generally focused on dramatic and other performing arts, a movement that gathered steam…
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Soylent Meal Replacement? It started with a young software engineer looking to feed himself as easily and cheaply as possible, leading to a blog entry about his experience, “How I Stopped Eating Food.” It continued with a crowdfunding campaign that raised over $750,000, and Soylent is now a company with $20 million of new investment.…
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Take a look at men’s and women’s magazines, and you see a lot of (large) size and strength sold to men, but strength is sold to women mainly for hair and nails. What if that lash-strengthening mascara really DID make lashes strong? From the wonderful sketchshark, “How I would advertise lash-strengthening mascara”.
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Breakfast Foods Chocolate? Meat? Fruit? Cereal? I like to tell people to think about having “lunch for breakfast” — so they can start the day with some energizing protein instead of a sugar pastry or donut. When we look at breakfast foods around the world — especially for kids — we see a very different…
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Happy Valentine’s Day! What are you doing for your heart today?
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Online Versus In-Person Training Molly Wood produced an article and video for the New York Times, “Test of Strength: Fitness Apps vs. Personal Trainers,” comparing her experience with a workout app called FitStar and in-person sessions with a trainer. She also recorded her meals on MyFitnessPal and got nutritional advice from the same trainer. App…