You’re working hard at the gym, and here’s how you know: you’re sweating, your heart rate is in the zone, you’re feeling “spent” and exhausted, and everything hurts.
Wait a minute—is your body supposed to hurt while you’re working out? And while we’re on the subject, what about afterward? Let’s take a look at the body language of pain.
There are as many reasons that you might want to do a better job tracking your time as there are ways to track it, and now, digital apps that will help you in your efforts.
Maybe you’re trying to balance your work and personal time, or work with a team that splits time on tasks. Sometimes you can’t figure where your time went. These apps help.
If you’re trying to lose weight, there are several approaches you might take to weighing yourself. Advice ranges from “every day” to “don’t go by the numbers on the scale.”
One recent study at Cornell University suggests that self-monitoring helps people lose weight and better sustain the loss. But should it be a daily ritual to step on the scale?
The holidays are famous for key ingredients like turkey, stuffing, football, family and fun. But even with so much to be grateful for, there’s also winter weight gain to watch out for.
Since it all starts with a Thanksgiving feast, during which average Americans may eat up to 4,500 calories and 229 fat grams, it’s a good time to take a look at how a clean eating approach can serve you this season.
From the perspective of our genetic history, we can see that we evolved from ancestors that were extremely active. Our hunter/gatherer predecessors literally moved to live.
But due to the conveniences of modern life, we no longer rely on those daily movement skills, so our bodies don’t function as well. That’s what makes functional training so valuable.
Fresh citrus fruit shipped in from warm-weather climates is a special treat for most northerners in winter. Bright and tasty, citrus also offers us many health benefits.
When we think about oranges, limes and grapefruits, we might think first of Vitamin C, but there’s more goodness there to be found, including fiber, minerals and antioxidants.
