Achieving your fitness goals is a great feeling. Losing your progress sucks. But staying the same for a long period of time can be pure torture. Stagnation in fitness is a real problem and one that you might need to try different things to break. Whether you’re trying to lose
High blood pressure is a common and dangerous health problem. Over time, high blood pressure can lead to heart disease, so it’s important to keep it in check. When you go to the doctor, they measure blood pressure by pumping up a cuff and checking two numbers: systolic and diastolic
The summer can be the hardest or easiest season to lose weight, depending on how you look at it. The motivation to slim down increases with each layer of clothing that you shed as summer approaches. At the same time, you’re probably going out to eat and drink more than
Humans were not meant to live forever, but average lifespan has increased dramatically in the developed world over the past 100 years or so. Advances in technology, healthcare and education all contribute. Living longer sounds good, but there’s a difference between quality of life and quantity of life. Ideally, the
Perhaps you’ve been in a situation where you’re trying to be strict with your spending and only buy essential goods, but you see something on Amazon.com or in the store that you can’t resist. Or maybe you’ve set strict goals for a diet but break your own rules after you
The average person living in a developed Western nation spends 90% of their time indoors, according to a study published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. That number has risen for decades, and doesn’t seem to be improving. Think about how much of your day is spent indoors. You most likely
New Yorkers tend to walk more than people in other cities. While the Big Apple isn’t the healthiest city in the US, it’s usually in the top 10. One of the main reasons is the amount that people move around during the day. It’s not hard to walk a mile
Plant-based diets are becoming increasingly popular. Some people switch from meat to plants to be more environmentally conscious. Others do so for health reasons. If you’ve decided to cut down on animal products and add more plants to your diet, one of the biggest concerns is: how will you get
When you’re doing an intense weightlifting workout, sometimes you have to stop an exercise because your muscles burn too much. Most people who exercise know the feeling. Perhaps you’ve even felt the burn in your legs from walking up a long flight of stairs. What causes this burning sensation, and
Before getting into too much detail, it should be said that the best workout for you is the one that you enjoy the most. This is particularly true when it comes to aerobic training. If you like to play sports and can do so once or twice per week, that