On the other hand, if you hear the phrase “With all these deadlines, presentations and working weekends, I wonder what the effect will be on her health,” most likely the word “health” refers more to mental health than physical health (although the two are often linked).
Let’s face it—none of us has a ton of time to cook. By relying on ready-made bases with simple, easy-to-pronounce ingredients, you can quickly, easily prep a healthy breakfast. Having the base handled also makes it that much easier to customize the resulting breakfast to your own needs, whether it’s adding adaptogenic superfoods to keep …
Recent research has put forth a dubious concept called “metabolically healthy obesity.” Basically, it’s a term used to describe obese people whose metabolism performs like that of a person with a normal weight, and who don’t seem to have signs of health problems that often plague obese people (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and insulin …
Want to quiet your racing mind? Take it to the gym: Weight training can help relieve your anxiety, a new meta-analysis in the journal Sports Medicine suggests. That’s what researchers concluded after crunching the numbers from 16 previous studies on 922 participants. The lifting routine varied in each study, but ranged from two to five …
You know you can score plenty of protein just from plants. (At least that’s what people keep saying). But have you ever seen a meat-free meal that you’d actually want to eat? Paleos, prepare to have your mind blown. We asked five vegan athletes to share a few of their go-to recipes for when they …
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Your grooming routine might be packing a punch below the belt: Common additives found in personal care products might be wrecking your sperm, a new study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggests. In the study, researchers collected sperm and urine samples from 325 men with normal sperm concentrations who attended an …
Since the early 2000s, the United States Army has been devising a new series of fitness tests to better prepare their soldiers for the battlefield. For years, the military’s current standard, the Army Physical Fitness Test, has been viewed as an inadequate measure of the muscles and movements that a soldier can expect to implement …
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At times, it’s hard to wrap our protein-obsessed heads around the idea that someone can be meat-free and muscled up. After all, the vast majority of low-carb, high-protein foods come from, y’know, animals. But between movies like What The Health (which argues that we’re slowly killing ourselves by loading up on chicken, eggs, and steak) …
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Given that the first dietary change most people make when they start doing strength training is to eat more protein, it’s a relief to find out that scoffing more protein does indeed help build bigger muscles. A review of 49 studies covering a total of 1,863 people who regularly undertook resistance training has found that …
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Whether it’s their choice of shoes or what they eat for breakfast, runners are always seeking a competitive edge to shave another minute off a personal record. While gear and diet choices are important, they’ll never be enough if your body is out of balance. Learning your body’s cues will give you the direction you …
No athlete masters double-unders, muscle-ups, and handstand push-ups on day one of CrossFit. Getting these moves down takes practice, patience, and of course a killer training strategy. To give you a leg up, we talked to three CrossFit coaches about the best ways to approach each of these moves. Build strength and endurance with these …
Men love to lift heavy dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells and make use of many of the machines in the gym. But, you don’t always have to train that way. In fact, there’s one piece of equipment you may be neglecting that could seriously help you to improve your lifts: “The TRX Suspension Trainer improves functionality …
Some people age as much as three times faster than others, according to a study from New Zealand. Researchers checked in on 954 people born between 1972 and 1973 at ages 26, 32, and 38. They found that some of the subjects’ “biological age” stayed practically the same over the course of the twelve years—while others aged …
Few men get help. Fewer men know impotence is a warning sign of heart disease, diabetes, or worse. Hong Kong doctor, and another who did first US penis transplant, talk about why men need to take their health more seriously Men are notoriously reluctant to visit doctors, even more so for help on intimate below-the-belt …
A lot of us repeat the mantra “No pain, no gain” over and over in our heads as we sweat, grunt, and strain through our workouts. Whether you’re a resistance trainee, a CrossFitter, a runner, or an HIIT nut, you may feel that exercise is only truly effective when you are pushing yourself to the …
Sperm count is in steep decline. A large review has found a 40-year plunge in sperm count, specifically in men from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand — and the reason may be associated with common factors in our daily lives. Scientists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Icahn School of Medicine in …
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