When you first hear that alarm beep in the morning, are you raring to go, or do you just roll over? Theoretically, after a good night’s rest, you should be full of energy and ready to face the day. Of course, it’s not always that easy. We can’t do anything without energy. Take it away […]
Whatever sport you practice and whatever your level, your biggest goal is probably going to be improvement. You want to be better tomorrow than you were today, whether that’s to beat a competitor or just to challenge yourself. There are so many factors that affect sports performance, and some of them are easier to measure
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One of the great frustrations of age is how it damages mobility. You get slower and stiffer until activities that you used to enjoy easily become dreaded challenges to avoid. Luckily, if you start taking care of your mobility while you are still young, getting older will hopefully be less of a burden. Think about
One of the most basic measures of your health and fitness regimen is your daily performance. You’re not going to achieve anything without a plan, and that plan is probably going to involve tracking what you do on a day-by-day basis. This doesn’t mean you have to do something every day. Rest days are just
There can be a bit of a catch-22 when it comes to looking and feeling better. Making the effort to look good requires you to have energy and motivation; in other words, you need to feel good first. Of course, sometimes it’s the boost of looking better that makes you feel able to face the
Beauty means different things to different people, but nearly everyone wants to look their best. And that generally starts with the skin, which is, after all, one of the first things we see when we look at someone. It’s also pretty important. The rest of the body can’t be held together without it. Skincare starts
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From the moment we’re born, we start to age. It’s inevitable, but that doesn’t mean we have to like it. That’s why such a huge industry has built up around products and behaviors that claim to contribute to anti aging. Just which products and behaviors actually work is another matter entirely. To start with, there
The average human lifespan has grown significantly in the past century. We’ve conquered diseases that were once death sentences, we’ve reduced maternal and infant mortality, and we know a lot about factors like hygiene and nutrition that can make such a big difference to life expectancy. Longevity shouldn’t just be about living long, but about
You don’t have to be one of those people who ties their whole body in knots to be flexible. You just need to keep your joints moving. Everyone struggles a bit as they get older, but there are ways you can improve your flexibility and slow down the effects of aging. The joints are the
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If you’re a physicist, energy is something that exists and changes but cannot be created or destroyed. It could be kinetic or potential, then broken down further into mechanical, electric, gravitational and a dozen other forms. What is sure is that it’s essential to everything that lives and moves on Earth. I’m not a physicist,
