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Power up your abs and arms with this 20-minute standing dumbbell workout which will improve your balance and core strength.

You don’t need planks or sit-ups to build a stronger core, just this 20-minute standing abs and arms workout

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The health benefits of a daily walk are well-established. From aiding digestion to boosting mood, getting your steps in is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. 

A low-impact alternative to running or other high-intensity workouts, walking is effective, accessible and may help you live a longer, richer life. Recent research finds that walking 5,000 steps three times a week for two years could add three years to a person’s life expectancy and decrease their health-care costs by up to 13%.

Matthew Nolan, a chief instructor at Barry’s in NYC, told HuffPost this week that walking is beneficial for cardiovascular health...

4 ways to burn more calories and make the most of your daily walk

Walking backwards for exercise, also called retro walking, has many research-proven benefits that can help improve flexibility, strength, and brain health. As an exercise drill, retro walking can be part of a physical therapy rehabilitation program, or you can incorporate walking backwards into your fitness routine. You might consider walking...

What Are the Benefits of Walking Backwards?

An avocado a day keeps the doctor away.

New research has found that eating one avocado every single day is associated with health benefits, including improved sleep and diet quality.

“We do know from prior work that avocado intake is linked to lowered risk of cardiovascular disease,” Penn State University postdoctoral scholar Dr. Janhavi J. Damani, who was involved in the study, told Healio.

The research, presented recently at the conference Nutrition 2024 in Chicago, builds upon past studies that examined the health benefits of avocado, suggesting that avocadoes can “improve cardiovascular risk factors by reducing total cholesterol and LDL-C without adversely affecting body...

Eating this one fruit every day leads to better sleep, heart health: new research

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For many people of a certain age, high school gym class began with reaching for their toes. Then, over the years, we were told it was better to stretch after exercise. It turns out, both those things can be true, but the differing advice has created some confusion. Stretching can...

Should you stretch before exercise? After? Never? Here’s what to know

If we’re lucky, we age. If we’re active, we may be able to avoid getting old. 

Increasing our physical strength and flexibility while improving posture and balance can pave the way for aging well and maintaining independence in our later years.

“From the age of just 35 onwards, we lose bone density and muscle mass; research repeatedly shows that exercise and daily movement are essential to combat this. Putting in the effort now, there’s no reason why we can’t be healthy in our later years,” Caroline Idiens, a UK fitness coach specializing in home strength workouts, recently wrote in The Telegraph....

5 simple exercises to do at home to test how well you’re aging

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

A high caffeine dose improves jumping and sprinting performance among basketball players, a new study suggests. The new research was published in the journal Scientific Reports. It was the work of researchers associated with Wuhan Sports University in Hubei, China. History of caffeine research. Using caffeine to boost sports performance...

High-dose caffeine boosts jump performance, study finds

A new study reveals that regular physical activity may significantly mitigate the health risks associated with prolonged sitting among adults. The study, published in July in the journal Diabetes Care, was conducted using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which followed more than 6,300 U.S. adults with diabetes for more than a decade and monitored their mortality rates through 2019.

Here's how much exercise you need to offset the effects of sitting too much

How many times have you been walking along, minding your own business, when all of a sudden a short flight of stairs takes all the breath out of your lungs? I'd like to consider myself in good shape, but I can barely hold a conversation with my walking-mate while climbing any staircase more than one story.

Getting Winded After Walking Up the Stairs? Here's How to Stop It

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If you’ve ever wondered why your partner or mate was so gosh darn easy to love, or on the flip side impossible to love at times, their sun sign could give you some important clues! I’ve definitely been in relationships that have tested my patience to the limits and other ones that have been a smooth sailing ride. The answers just may be in the stars! Read on to discover the zodiac signs according to Astrology.com that are the easiest to the hardest to love.

The Zodiac Signs Ranked Easiest to Hardest to Love

Sleep is essential for physical and mental health and overall well-being. Yet many people struggle regularly to fall asleep. More than 14% of adults have trouble falling asleep every day or most days, and over 25% of adults don't get the recommended minimum of seven hours of sleep per night.

How to Fall Asleep Fast: 6 Tested Strategies

While sleeping pills may provide a short-term solution, these natural sleep aids are better at improving overall sleep health. It's 2 a.m. and you're still up. Frustrated, you grab a sleeping pill. While effective in the short term, sleeping pills can cause memory problems, muscle weakness and drowsiness, among other side effects.

6 Sleeping Pill Alternatives for a Good Night's Sleep

Abdominal muscles are part of a more extensive system from which all of your body’s movements originate. This system is your core, which many confuse as only consisting of the abdominals (or even just the “six-pack” rectus abdominus muscles). Your abs are just part of the picture...

Build a Strong, Stable Core With This Standing Ab Workout

Here's how to do the grounded Copenhagen plank, the benefits, and what happens when you do it for two minutes every day for one week.

I tried a 2-minute grounded Copenhagen plank every day for one week — here’s what happened

While the term "hot girl walk" isn't necessarily trending anymore, the practice hasn't gone anywhere. People are still walking and loving it. And while there's no doubt that taking a nice walk while blasting your favorite playlist or podcast can feel amazing, you may wonder if walking can actually impact your health. Also, should you really be aiming to hit that "10,000 steps a day" number? And isn't that kind of a lot — how many miles is 10,000 steps, anyway?

Why Walking Is a Total Game Changer

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When I trained for my first marathon, I saw it as the perfect opportunity to eat as much as I wanted to. Gummy bears for breakfast, cookies and ice cream with lunch, pizza for dinner more nights than I care to admit. Not surprisingly, I gained 8 pounds and felt pretty terrible heading into my marathon after 4 months of eating like a teenage linebacker. I have learned a lot since then about how to avoid weight gain while training for a marathon.

Avoid Weight Gain While Marathon Training: Tips & Strategies

The scapula push-up is a bodyweight exercise that develops shoulder strength, mobility, stability, and injury-prevention. A personal trainer explains how.

Forget push-ups — the scapula push-up is the best bodyweight exercise to strengthen your barbell bench press

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

The floor-seated overhead shoulder press builds stronger upper body muscles. Here's what happens when one writer takes on 50 reps a day for one week.

I did 50 floor-seated shoulder presses every day for a week — and it wasn’t just my arms that got a workout

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Review: Stealth Cycle

The Stealth Cycle adds gaming to exercise, making cardio workouts more enjoyable for users of all fitness levels. Assembly is simple, and the games, though lacking...

Review: Stealth Cycle

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