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LIFE, UNEDITED: When Your Closet Runneth Over

In whittling down the wardrobe, what’s the sweet spot for what goes and what stays?
By Courtney Lewis Opdahl
Life, Unedited
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PUMPING IRONY: Can Eating Less Help You Live Longer?

Periodic fasting is gaining traction among the longevity-obsessed, but I’m having trouble seeing how it differs from yo-yo dieting.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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PUMPING IRONY: Aging and Uncertainty

A new book offers sage advice on the value of embracing the unknown as we age.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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LIFE, UNEDITED: Why Exercise for the Sake of Exercise Isn’t Worth It

Our fitness editor attempts Month 2 of Pat Davidson’s 16-week “MASS” program.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Life, Unedited
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PUMPING IRONY: The Secrets of Sleep

There are lots of reasons why older folks struggle to get a good night’s sleep. Just don’t expect much consensus from the scientific community.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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PUMPING IRONY: The Dopamine Made Me Do It

People my age tend to avoid risky situations, so why is my brain so good at convincing me to put it all on the line?
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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PUMPING IRONY: The Upside of Suffering

When you accept adversity as a normal part of life, growing old doesn’t have to be so bad.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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How to Make Macerated Onions

This flavorful ingredient adds a tangy pop to any dish and takes only 30 minutes to create.
By Laura Lineburg
Cooking & FoodFood Culture
Bahram Akradi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life

On Respect and Gratitude

Bahram Akradi on how gratitude shifts your mindset in a positive direction and helps you focus on the good — in your own life, and in those around you.
By Bahram Akradi
Columns
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PUMPING IRONY: The Great Statin Conspiracy

Has Big Pharma hatched a nefarious scheme designed to hook every American on cholesterol-lowering drugs — despite their dangers?
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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LIFE, UNEDITED: What Makes You Feel Confident?

Our fitness editor considers challenging questions around confidence and power.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Life, Unedited
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PUMPING IRONY: Social Studies

Creating and maintaining relationships is a key to a healthy life as we grow old, but it took my son’s wedding to convince me it was worth the effort.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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Let Go and Grow

Editor in chief Jamie Martin on rising up to meet new challenges.
By Jamie Martin
Columns
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PUMPING IRONY: Requesting Immunity

With flu season in full swing, I’m more curious than usual about what geezers like me can do to strengthen our immune systems. Science, however, offers surprisingly little help.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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PUMPING IRONY: Working Without a Net

Our declining life expectancy may not be as mysterious as experts think.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
Bahram Akradi, founder, chairman, and CEO of Life Time — Healthy Way of Life

Reflect and Grow

An approach to looking back that can help you move forward.
By Bahram Akradi
Columns
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PUMPING IRONY: Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

Recent attempts to clarify aspirin’s ability to prevent heart disease and cancer is succeeding only in giving this geezer a headache.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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See the Difference

Editor in chief Jamie Martin on the value of empowering and educational media messaging.
By Jamie Martin
Columns
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Travel-Friendly Kettlebell Workouts

Our fitness editor shares four easy-to-adapt kettlebell circuits that kept her sweaty through the holiday weekend.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
CardioEquipment-Based Workouts
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PUMPING IRONY: A Stroke of Luck

It seems I was born into a mini-generation of boomers that is less susceptible to brain attacks than younger folks, a fact that I find more ironic than reassuring.
By Craig Cox
Pumping Irony
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LIFE, UNEDITED: Dance Dance Revolution

How Zumba gets me back on my feet.
By Courtney Helgoe
Life, Unedited
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