Tag: exercise
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Stop Making Sense, and Start Getting Strong!
Do you like getting swole? Do you also enjoy the band Talking Heads? Then do we have the workout video for you! There’s plenty of snow on the ground in the Northeast right now, making home workouts more appealing than ever. And it turns out anything can be a workout DVD — even a concert…
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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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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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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…
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Nine Habits That Can Hold You Back Harvard Business Review posted an article summing up some research by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, who run a leadership consultancy. They examined perceptions of the behaviors of 50,000 people in leadership positions, and came up with this collection of behaviors that lead to bad decision making. It’s…
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Jogging: Does It Keep You Healthy?
The short answer is yes. But you could be forgiven for thinking it doesn’t, given the popularity of articles like “What’s Up With That: Why Running Hurts Every Part of Your Body” and news reports like “Training very hard ‘as bad as no exercise at all’.” Both of these represent pretty terrible news for people…
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Screen Time Makes You Fat James Fell’s latest blog post lists 5 ways TV makes you fat. Most are the usual suspects, but visit the post to see his links and comments about them. The thing I’d add to this is: don’t think your Internet habits are a lot better. Especially if you use more…
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A Love Letter for Your Heart Or maybe more of a roller-coaster ride…? Valentine’s Day is coming up, so how about planning for some intervals-oriented workouts to get that heart beating? (What is a good heart rate, anyway? Why does it matter?) Couch to 5k is a program for people who have no running experience.…