Tag: skills
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What Is an Empty Calorie? Empty calories are found in simple foods with little to no nutritional value, like chips, candy, or sugary sodas. Empty calories contain energy but are “empty” of nutrients that support our bodies — you may also hear this referred to as “low nutrient density.” Fluffy — like a marshmallow! Many…
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Now THAT’s an Active Commute Pull-ups and chin-ups are advanced bodyweight moves that make many people’s lists of Blue Sky Goals — "I’d love to be able to, but I don’t think it will ever happen.“ They are doable! Check out these options for pull-up progressions: — Nick Janvier’s Start Bodyweight has several progressions available, including…
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A Range of Human Excellence We have a fairly narrow general idea of what “in shape” looks like — generally slim, at least from the hips down, with strong cultural ideas about how men and women “should” look. And few people have a clear sense of performance needs separate from looks. In Athlete, Howard Schatz…
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Accounting Without Counting One of the most polarizing issues in healthy eating is counting calories. Some people say it’s the ONLY thing that works; other people say it ALWAYS steers you wrong. Whether you find it easy or get anxious just thinking about it, calorie counting is definitely a complex skill. It’s also very hard…
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What’s Your Sport? Here is a fun little tool from the UK’s National Health Service. It says “Olympic sport” in the title (I think it was developed as part of London 2012), but it’s really about exercise more generally. This tool asks you some questions about your interests and invites you to do a couple…
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Making It Easier to Get Your Vegetables Farmer’s Fridge is a company in Chicago that sells salads in vending machines. It packs the salads in jars (dressing in its own packet) early in the morning, delivers to a fleet of vending machines, and moves all its product within 3 days. The salads are made from…
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Yoga Modifications for Larger Bodies Yoga is a wonderful practice. It’s easy to do in lots of different settings. In most cities, there are classes readily available. It offers a range of activities from simple beginner movements to remarkable feats of strength and balance. Almost everyone who attends a yoga class for the first time…
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Sometimes you need a quick — and reasonably good-for-you — snack, or want something that doesn’t lend itself to making a big batch ahead of time and parceling out into servings, but it can be tough to cook for one. Greatist has published this nice list of suggestions (and recipes) for easy, small meals with…
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If Plan A Doesn’t Work, Stay Cool Sometimes Plan A isn’t the right plan. Or it’s a good plan, but you’re not ready to really commit to it. Or the basic idea is a good, but it needs to be adjusted to work well for you. That’s OK. Just keep working on it. Ask yourself…