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1 week ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Andrew Heffernan |Henry Emmons |Michael Dregni
Occasional stress is both normal and healthy, but when it lingers, it can wreak havoc on your mind and body. Chronic stress increases your risk of developing anxiety, depression, insomnia, high blood pressure, and more. Movement tackles stress from multiple angles, explains Brie Vortherms, LMFT, a therapist and senior director of Life Time Mind. It works at a chemical level, pumping out endorphins that help you relax.
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2 weeks ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Elizabeth Millard |Gina Wagner
Self-confidence can help you handle setbacks and failure without falling prey to depression or anxiety. It can also make you happy and improve your quality of life. Movement matters if your self-confidence is lacking. Finishing a workout, especially one you were dreading, affirms that you can set and achieve goals. This can build confidence over time.
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3 weeks ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Andrew Heffernan |Lauren Bedosky |Maggie Fazeli Fard |Body-Weight Workouts
If you play basketball, volleyball, or pickleball, you’re all about jumping. It’s the skill that lets you pull down a rebound, block a spike, or smash a lob before it sails over your head. Serious athletes work for months to increase their vertical, knowing every centimeter they gain gives them an edge over their more earthbound opponents. The ability to propel your body weight off the ground — and land safely afterward — isn’t just an advantage in athletics.
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3 weeks ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Andrew Heffernan
On the night of April 7, 1997, Scott Strode had an epiphany. For years, the Boston native had been living three parallel lives: By day, he was Scott the blue-collar shipyard worker. By night, he was Scott the happy drunk. And by midnight, he recalls, he was Scott the hardcore addict, scrounging for cocaine in East Boston. “I had a series of really dark nights that sort of kept progressing,” says Strode, author of Rise. Recover. Thrive. How I Got Strong, Got Sober, and Built a Movement of Hope.
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3 weeks ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Lauren Bedosky |Nicole Radziszewski |Sarah Tuff
A basic bodybuilding move, the dumbbell pullover primarily strengthens the latissimi dorsi, the wing-shaped muscles of the back commonly known as the lats. It also works the pectoral muscles of the chest and activates the abdominals. This powerful accessory movement can improve posture, offset the effects of sitting for long periods, and complement compound movements that require back strength, like squats, deadlifts, and pull-ups.
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3 weeks ago | 
everydayhealth.com | Lauren Bedosky
DiabetesExplore This TopicShareDiabetesLearn more about diabetes, including the types, symptoms, causes, and treatments. Medical experts share how to know whether you have it, what foods to avoid if you do, and how to manage your blood sugar levels. LEARN MORE1What Is Diabetes? 2Is Diabetes Hereditary? How Your Genes Can Play a Role3Is There a Cure for Diabetes?
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4 weeks ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Samantha McKinney
“Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals that regulate many of the functions of our body,” says sports dietitian Hillary Ake, MS, RD, CSSD. Your cells use electrolytes — which include calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium — to spark the electrical charges your muscles need to contract. Those electrical charges also support many chemical reactions, including the ones that help your body maintain healthy fluid levels.
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1 month ago | 
bodi.com | Lauren Bedosky
The information provided on this website (including the Blogs, Community pages, Program Materials and all other content) was originally intended for a U.S. audience. Regulations in your country may vary. +Results vary depending on starting point, goals and effort. Exercise and proper diet are necessary to achieve and maintain weight loss and muscle definition. The testimonials featured may have used more than one Beachbody product or extended the program to achieve their maximum results.
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1 month ago | 
aarp.org | Lauren Bedosky
A dash of table salt to liven up a bland dish here and there may not seem like a big deal, but you’re probably getting more salt than you think. While the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends no more than 2,300 milligrams (mg) of sodium per day, most Americans are getting 3,400 mg a day on average. “Salt adds flavor to food, but eating too much of it can lead to some health issues,” says Laura M. Ali, a culinary nutritionist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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1 month ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Lauren Bedosky
For the better part of 30 years, I belonged to a ragtag collection of basketball junkies who gathered once a week for a couple of hours to demonstrate to each other why we were never skillful enough to earn a place on our high school squads. I maintained some level of (relative) proficiency into my late 50s and sank my last midrange jumper more than a decade ago at the age of 62.
