Low-intensity exercise, such as cozy cardio, is as good for your brain as it is for your body. Regular easy exercise can help alleviate stress, reduce anxiety, and improve your mood (3). In contrast, high-intensity exercise can cause stress, especially if you dread your next workout, or...
The downside of our set up is we can’t ride and race at the same time. I’d love a direct drive set up–wheel off rather than wheel on– except it’s a lot more work swapping bikes. Right now this is a pretty good set up for us and the trainer is used most days for a cou...
But within that headgear is embedded one of the devices known to modern exercise science when it comes to doing things like making a hard, voluminous workout feel shockingly simple and short, allowing you to acquire skills like a tennis serve or golf swing at double or triple the speed you'...
But, whichever one you do, make sure you use good form and also do your best to increase the load or the number of reps you do week by week. If you don’t, you may find yourself stuck in a workout rut as your progress grinds to a halt. So, there is no clear winner in the ...
somegood painful interventions, whereas you seem to be arguing from a couple of examples that there are almost none). People don't currently make those interventions because the rewards aren't high enough, but they would if the rewards of academic work were more heavy-tailed, like they are ...
given what we know about transmission of the Covid-19 virusinside vs. outside. In all honesty, I am starting to get a bit bored with the virtual workouts. I do love the park workouts and I will always love my long runs. But being bored with my virtual workout hasn’t been enough ...
After getting up, I take him out for a quick walk and then head to my workout. After getting my endorphins high, another thing I try to do every day is come up with one good idea in the shower; usually it hits me without my having to think too hard, and it’s honestly my ...
Also, while pull-ups and chin-ups are undeniably good exercises, if that’s all you ever do, you’ll soon find yourself in a workout rut. For some people, these exercises can be a source ofelbow paintoo. The good news is that there are plenty of alternatives you can use in place ...
Not permitted: devices, communication, work. I came home from my workout on Friday after picking up a new artwork, a lovely painting called “One Can Always Tango” by my talented friend Kim Kaitell. The firs thing I did was hang that painting with some music playing in the background ...
This year, I’ve been alternating taking Emma for extra-long no-snow walks in and around our many protected escarpment woodlands, riding my bicycle trainer while watchingThe Good Placeon Netflix, and walking the escarpment stairs for a nice glute and quad (not to mention cardio) workout. ...