Expert Answers: Resistance Training and Flexibility, Chiropractic Care, and More
We ask the experts if resistance training causes inflexibility, if drinking will derail workout efforts, and if chiropractic care can improve fitness.
10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Probiotics and Boost Gut Health
Your guide to making the most of your body’s beneficial bugs — for gut health, immunity, metabolism and more.
The 10-20-30 Interval Training Program
Researchers find that a new interval-training program improves performance and health in half the time.
Getting Past Toxic Gossip
Here’s how to discern between friendly chatter and mean-spirited rumor mongering.
The Strength to Sit Still: A Meditation Retreat
Fitness buff Jen Sinkler tests her limits — at a mountaintop meditation retreat for beginners.
A Life or Death Injury: Nicole Marquez’s Success Story
After a devastating accident left her paralyzed, dancer Nicole Marquez channeled her energy into rehabilitation and reimagining her dreams.
Playing it Cool: Ricky Rubio
A career-threatening injury taught NBA star Ricky Rubio to slow down, stay cool and have some fun.
The Healing Power of Sleep
New science shows that sleep is essential to our mental and physical health — and most of us aren’t getting enough.
Getting Things Done: “Process”
Learn from productivity expert David Allen how to organize your to-do lists based on what is doable and worth doing now.
How Food Saved Seamus Mullen’s Life
Struck by a devastating illness in the prime of his life, chef Seamus Mullen didn’t quit cooking — he started experimenting. Here, he talks about how nutrition saved his life — and shares a spring menu made up of some of his fresh favorites.
The Surprising Benefits of Taking Regular Breaks at Work
Random moments of “unproductive” time don’t just make you healthier, happier, and more resilient. They help you work smarter, too.
A Unilateral and Offset Workout to Improve Your Balance
Gym-goers often gravitate toward two-legged and two-armed movements. But intentionally embracing a one-sided imbalance can deliver whole-body benefits.
The Happiness Hypothesis
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt filters time-tested philosophy about happiness through a modern lens to help you access the good life — from the inside out.
PUMPING IRONY: The Beauty of the Routine
I'm beginning to understand the value of sticking to a daily routine.
The Impact of Fast-Food Logos on Impatience
Researchers discover that just looking at fast-food logos can affect attitude and judgment.
13 Strategies to Improve Our Food System
We think a broader collection of farmers, policy-makers, and eaters need new, bigger resolutions for fixing the food system — real changes with long-term impacts in fields, boardrooms, and on plates all over the world.
What Is the Good-Life Ratio?
Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson, PhD, shows how the right ratio of ratio of positive-to-negative emotions can affect happiness.