Tag: exercise
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Getting Comfortable with Gym Going You don’t have to join a gym to get more exercise in your life, but you may find it helps you by providing a “third place” with fewer distractions from the work at hand, access to classes or trainers, or just the external nudge of knowing you paid money so…
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Too Much, Too Soon This is the year! You’re going to get in shape, and you’re off to a running start! And the next day, ow, ow, you can hardly walk, and the stairs might as well be a fortress wall. It’s probably just benign soreness — common after doing a particularly tough workout or…
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Fitness Motivationals There’s a lot of crazy messages out in the fitness world, welcoming pain and restriction, claiming that you can’t get better if you stay in your comfort zone. Sometimes it helps us reframe our assumptions if we deliberately do “something that scares us,” but that may not be the best way to begin.…
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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…
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Merry Christmas! And to those who don’t celebrate Christmas, Happy Thursday!
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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…
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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…
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In this engaging parody of “The Night Before Christmas,” a family is settling down to a meal of junk and other processed food when they receive a surprising visit — and an invitation to come out and play! Chances are good that the Santa Cows won’t show up at your house on Christmas Eve, but…
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The Health Benefits of Going Outside James Hamblin, MD, visits San Francisco to talk to two people who provide “ecotherapy,” which emphasizes using time in natural settings to enhance the value of the therapy experience. Fortunately, you don’t need a therapist to benefit from by spending time in a park. Being outdoors has lots of…