Every exercise in your strength program has a purpose — to help you build strength and muscle, burn fat, and improve your fitness. While there’s a time and a place for nearly any exercise under the right circumstance, some movements are simply more effective than others. And it should be no surprise that the ones that build a foundation for skills that you’ll use in real life will be the most beneficial for improving your fitness and quality of life. So...
The Ultimate 20-Minute MetCon Workout
Can you transform your body in 20 minutes? Unlikely. But can short, but intense workouts get you results over the course of several weeks? The answer is yes. You may have heard of HIIT (high-intensity interval training), but that’s not the only interval game in town. Enter: metabolic conditioning, aka MetCon, a specific type of interval training designed to improve the delivery of nutrients to the body with set rest and work ratios. This increase...
12 Fast Food Drinks That Aren’t Worth the Calories
In 1955, the standard “large” fountain drink cup at McDonalds was seven ounces. Today, the smallest cup — a child’s size — is 12 ounces, and the adult cups range in size from 16 to 30 ounces. Head to other fast food joints, and you can find servings as large as 64 ounces. (For those counting at home, that’s more than double the capacity of the average human stomach!) That means you can order up a vessel of soda that’ll cost you up to 700 calories...
5 Ways to Fat-Proof Your House, No Willpower Required
Think you’re immune to temptation? Let’s be honest: Even the most disciplined healthy eater will occasionally give in to runger (running hunger). One minute you’re walking past a box of granola sitting on the kitchen counter; five minutes and 500 calories later, you probably wish you’d hidden that box in a cabinet instead.Staying a step ahead of yourself by keeping food out of direct sight is just one of the many ideas in Brian Wansink’s new book...
6 Surprising Health Benefits of Pumpkin
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Pumpkin: It’s yummy and it’s seasonal. And we’re in the middle of a full-on flavor takeover. There’s pumpkin in your bagels, beer and coffee. Starbucks has sold more than 200 million Pumpkin Spice Lattes in the past 10 years. Even the makers of Pringles are getting in on the action. While most pumpkin-flavored treats should be added to the once-in-a-while list, pumpkin itself (not to be confused with artificial pumpkin spice flavoring) is actually...
7 Free Tutorials on How to Cook Practically Anything
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Love the idea of cooking, but don’t have the slightest clue what to do in the kitchen? You’re not a hopeless case, nor should you feel compelled to shell out the big bucks for a fancy class. We’ve rounded up the best free online cooking tutorials to help you transition from cooking rookie to kitchen connoisseur.
From video tutorials on how to sharpen your knife skills (pun intended), to primers on the best way to prepare fish, you’ll find everything...
