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Why Is Everyone Going Crazy for This TikTok Walking Workout? Tanner Garrity, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail A TikTok posted by 23-year-old social media personality Lauren Giraldo, in which she stumps for something called the “12-3-30” workout, currently has 2.7 million views. It’s the most popular fitness trend to hail from the platform in 2021, and likely won’t be the last. TikToks had the youths sweating all quarantine. What’s fascinating about this particular craze, though, is t...

Trey Anastasio of Phish to Open Addiction Treatment Center in Vermont Evan Bleier, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio and his Divided Sky Foundation will be opening a nonprofit substance use disorder treatment center after purchasing a home in Vermont to house the facility. Located in Ludlow, the treatment center will be managed by Ascension Recovery Services and is slated to open at the end of this year. The goal of the facility is “to be a local asset not only...

Forget Foam Rollers. A "Deep Tissue Wheel" Will Fix Your Spine. Tanner Garrity, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail At this point, the recovery fitness boom is fully under way. The most popular connected fitness machines, like Peloton or MIRROR, offer restorative yoga and mat Pilates classes. Fitness wearables like WHOOP don’t just track daily effort — they keep track of rest, too, in order to give users an idea of how much their bodies can take. And the world of recovery toys has grown from ...

Toward an Understanding of the Very Real Health Benefits of Watching Sports Evan Bleier, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail While he was coaching the Celtics around the turn of the century, Rick Pitino coined the phrase “the fellowship of the miserable” to refer to the legions of Boston sports fans who loudly vented their frustrations with the team and his performance as coach (102-146, .411) via the town’s sports talk radio airwaves and internet forums. Pitino, who was familiar with the n...

Save 40% on Performance Joggers From Under Armour Tanner Garrity, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail A variety of performance pants are currently discounted at Under Armour’s outlet store. Find joggers for lounging, “speed” pants for track workouts, and water-resistant slacks for spring hikes — all up to 40% off. Sizing is a little spotty (it’s an outlet of a respected activewear brand, after all) but there’s a decent chance you strike gold. Find a few of our favorites from the sale ...

Why We Still Arent Talking About Mens Eating Disorders Kayla Kibbe, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In a room decorated with butterflies and inspirational quotes from female celebrities, a doctor hands a patient information about his recent eating disorder diagnosis. Using female pronouns, the pamphlet explains how the patient’s menstrual cycle will resume with recovery. Even for James L. Downs, “a gay yoga teacher who is in touch with his inner goddess,” this feels alienating. “I can...

Comedian Chris Gethard Is the Unexpected Mental Health Champion We Need Right Now Danny Agnew, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail His podcast As a society, we’re in the midst of a redefinition of what it means to be “smart.” The dehumanizing effects of relentless algorithmic optimization and data-driven thinking have brought into sharp relief the value of emotional intelligence (commonly referred to as “EQ”) as a key leadership skill and a springboard to not only individual success, b...

Is "Zoom Dysmorphia" Giving Rise to a Plastic Surgery Boom? Michael Stahl, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail For years, Marie, a pseudonymous woman living in the Bay Area, subjected herself to extraordinary levels of vulnerability: She taught English to high school freshmen. “Fourteen-year-olds are some of the most judgemental people on the planet,” Marie says. “I stood in front of them for hours every day and I did not feel the level of self consciousness that I started to feel when I ha...

Gwyneth Paltrows False Remedies Will Not Protect You From "Long COVID" Tanner Garrity, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Last week, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a new initiative to study a phenomenon known unofficially as “long COVID.” You likely know of someone grappling with it. It refers to those still struggling with symptoms of COVID-19 — especially brain fog, fatigue or shortness of breath — in the weeks or even months following their initial bout with the...

Jonah Hill Offers a Refreshingly Honest Take on Male Body Shaming Tanner Garrity, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Daily Mail thing, posting intrusive beach paparazzi photos of actor Jonah Hill surfing in Malibu. There are images of him catching waves, wiping out and changing out of his wetsuit into a sweatshirt. That last bit, in the Daily Mail‘s estimation at least, seemed to be the collection’s calling card — they describe a “clinging black wetsuit” and a “sprawl of tattoos as ...