FITNESS & NUTRITION NEWS
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April 26, 2022
Pro Climber Sasha DiGiulian Enters Energy Nutrition With ‘Send Bars’
Sasha DiGiulian should know the value of quality nutrition. The first American woman to climb 5.14d/9a in 2011, the 29-year-old has stayed at the top of her game for more than a decade. Now, she’s launching her own energy bar company. Send Bars arrives after a decade in the making,...
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April 23, 2022
The most physically active cities in the U.S.
A study conducted early in the pandemic found that overall physical activity for adults was significantly lower than prior to the pandemic. Researchers ranked cities and states by the share of adults who self-reported engaging in leisure-time physical activity—such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise. Rapid City...
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April 4, 2022
Apple Fitness Plus now includes post-childbirth exercise routines
After giving birth, postpartum exercise is something that should be navigated consciously and safely. Apple Fitness Plus is stepping in with a new workout program tailored to this period, called 'Get Back to Fitness After Having a Baby'. Mashable
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February 24, 2022
Why The Conversation About Women’s Performance Matters
Feisty CEO Sara Gross talks about how more knowledge about female-specific performance can accelerate fitness success. Team USA
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February 14, 2022
How Thru-Hiking the AT Affected My Body Image
Initially I was drawn to before-and-after photos of thru-hikers, but after I finished my first long trail, I saw these posts for what they were: unhealthy Before my first thru-hike, I didn’t own a scale and never knew what I weighed. I enjoyed beer and bread, and running and hiking. People...
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February 1, 2022
How 9 Olympians and Paralympians Practice Self-Care
Self-care is the steps you take to tend to your physical and emotional health to the best of your ability. By definition it refers to all the things you do for your body and mind that keep you functioning optimally, explains Susan Masterson, PhD, a psychologist in Lexington, Kentucky, whose...
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January 31, 2022
Eating disorders and professional cycling: the thin end of the wedge
Former Slovenian pro Janez ‘Jani’ Brajkovič raced in the Tour de France, the Vuelta and the Giro, but in private he was battling a series of harrowing eating disorders. As a bulimic, Brajkovič would routinely make himself sick after eating. But Brajkovič is not alone: a recent study in the...
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September 8, 2021
Exercise for 3 Minutes, Every Half-Hour, to Counter the Ill Effects of Sitting
Sitting for hours at a desk can play havoc with our metabolic health, contributing over time to high blood sugar and high cholesterol, even in people who otherwise seem mostly healthy. But a practical though small new study shows that standing up and moving every 30 minutes for about three minutes...
