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How to Measure Your Sleep Satisfaction
Calculate your sleep-related health risks by considering these six factors.
In Praise of Healthy Hobbies
Optimal health means working out and eating well, but it also involves making time for activities like reading, art, and music. New research makes the case for these not-so-trivial pursuits.
How the Power Paradox Shapes Everyday Relationships
Fresh perspectives from a preeminent social psychologist on how we gain influence — and how these new ideas can improve our relationships.
How to Calculate Your Anaerobic Threshold
With a few simple steps, you can determine the optimal level of intensity for your workouts.
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.
Play to Your Strengths
Focusing on your finest traits rather than your flaws may boost your quality of life. A popular survey tool can help you get started.
Expert Answers: 4 Exercises for Pain-Free Pushups
Learn how to fix wrist and shoulder pain when performing a pushup.
Overcoming Fear Through Ski School
Determined to face her fears, our editor in chief clicked into a pair of skis for the first time and confronted a mountain. The mountain almost won.
Top 20 Fitness Trends for 2017
An annual survey of health-and-fitness professionals predicts the coming year’s movements.
No Pain, Big Gain: Kristina Bonnici’s Success Story
How one woman overcame nearly two decades of chronic pain and found the fit life she’d been missing.
Expert Answers: How to Assess Baseline Fitness
New to exercising? Before you begin, our expert recommends these tests to assess where you are now.
Culture Club
Sandor Katz has been extolling the benefits of live-culture foods for a decade — and it’s changing the world.