Month: August 2019

August 27, 2019 at 03:01AM by CWC More than 20 percent of women have a condition called Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), which causes leakage of pee smack dab in the middle of a workout, estimates The National Association for Incontinence (NAFC). SUI is characterized by a weakening of the pelvic floor or sphincter muscle that often happens as a result of childbirth. It places an increased pressure on your bladder that, when paired with coughing, sneezing, or hitting up your favorite fitness class, may cause leakage. Omar Duenas, MD, an OBGYN at Rinovum Women’s Health, explains how to avoid SUI by making bladder retraining part of your daily exercise regimen. “Bladder retraining is a behavioral therapy technique that helps women regain control over urination,” he says. “Oftentimes, it’s necessary for women who have delivered children, endured significant fluctuations in weight, or experienced chronic back issues.” Over time, your pelvic floor gets stretched out and weakened. “Exercise—like any other sudden pressure on the bladder including sneezing, laughing and coughing—can result in incontinence. At the end of the day, no exercise is a bad exercise. But core workouts certainly increase the chances for more leakage and prolapse,” explains Dr. Duenas. ad_intervals[‘418333_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘418333_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); Fortunately, both Dr. Duenas and NAFC have recommendations for strengthening up your pelvic floor muscles. The OB/GYN says that Kegel exercises are by far the number one thing he recommends to patients. “Kegel exercises are probably the most common

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August 27, 2019 at 02:00AM by CWC My name is Hilary, and I am a former Floridian. However: despite spending roughly 18 years of my life in the sunshine state, I rarely ever wore hats. Sunny, humid, 90-something degree summers? “Bring on the rays!” declared teenage me. Fiercely squinting my eyes, I forever loved basking by the pool without a rim to block the sun, because who wanted their face and body to be different shades? Not this woman. But nearly a decade later, with no desire to cause wrinkles (both by sun, and, you know, by scrunching my face in order to lessen the light penetrating my eyeballs), I am now in favor of the accessory that covers my head. And more importantly, my face Truth be told, I first reconsidered the idea of wearing hats while marathon training (read: running outdoors for hours and hours each week). Frankly, sunglasses—however chic, sporty and stable they may be—were just not cutting it. And so, I decided to take a deep dive into the head accessory I would normally wear only to conceal my hair on its greasiest days. ad_intervals[‘418419_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘418419_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); On my mission to minimize the sun in my face, here are the cute and functional hats I found that work best, whether you’re exercising or walking outside, or simply want some shade while sitting still. Photo: Athleta Athleta Stealth Camo Training Cap ($38) Specifically for running short and

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August 27, 2019 at 01:00AM by CWC How do you feel when you’re turned on, and what is the exact mechanism by which you feel aroused? These complicated questions welcome many possible answers: Maybe you need to shower, do your hair, put on that outfit, and look in the mirror. Maybe you need to see and touch your partner. Maybe you need to be touched yourself. Or maybe it’s something else entirely because when it comes to how to get aroused, options really are limitless. But to help you better understand the nuances of your own libido, having a better understanding of your primary arousal type can help, according to relationship and sex therapist Petra Zebroff, PhD, who adds that arousal is the pathway by which you get turned on. In fact, it’s best to be aware of all five primary arousal types so that you can know how to get yourself in the mood and also understand what might excite your partner(s). (Take this quick quiz to get a hint on which type best aligns with you.) ad_intervals[‘416468_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘416468_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); Want to know how to get aroused? Read up on 5 different arousal types below. 1. Sensualist If you’re a sensualist, the best answer to “how to get aroused?” is to use the five senses. Think: The way you smell like vanilla and lavender. The sounds you make, like moaning. How you feel soft as the sheets you’re between.

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August 27, 2019 at 12:00AM by CWC Ask any beauty expert to share their thoughts on toner, and you’re pretty much guaranteed two things: 1) they will have a strong opinion about it; 2) those opinions will be vastly different across the board. I have been team “toner is a scam” for the last year, ever since a dermatologist told me that, as long as I was using the right cleanser, there was no need to tone. Her logic made sense: Historically, toners were used to rebalance your skin’s pH after cleanser disrupted it. The science behind it? The pH scale runs from 0 (acidic) to 14 (basic). Soaps of yore were basic and worked by agitating skin’s natural pH, which falls at about 5.5, to get rid of gunk and grime. Then, acid toners came back in to save the day and recalibrate skin. It was kind of like a chemistry equation, TBH. As cleansers became more and more advanced, and less disruptive of the skin’s pH, acid toners sort of lost their job, in a way. So what did they do? Diversified their resumes. Over the past decade or so, the “toner” has come to mean something completely different than what it used to. What was once a singular type of product has now become an entire category that can be used for a whole lot of things besides re-balancing your skin’s pH. ad_intervals[‘415809_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘415809_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); Similar to

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August 26, 2019 at 08:49PM by CWC It feels like I’ve spent the better part of the past decade in a Goldilocks-style search for the perfect sports bra. I’ve tried dozens of them. Some are too flimsy. Others are too booby (AKA my cleavage pours out during spin class). A few are a combo of the two. But, until now, exactly none of them have been jussst right. The Wolaco Walker Crop ($74) is, however, perfect. It’s made of compression fabric, so it really holds my boobs in so that they don’t bounce around during trampoline classes, but isn’t so tight that it feels suffocating. It’s high cut so that I can bend over my spin bike without having to worry about flashing the instructor, and long enough that I can wear it on its own (instead of with a shirt over it) and not feel wildly exposed. All of this was no accident: The bra was thoughtfully designed to help women avoid any sort of “mid-burpee boob slips” as the brand puts it (my personal nightmare), and then some. The fabric is made from recycled yarn, and doubled for extra support so that you’re not flopping around all over the place during your HIIT workout. It’s also meant to be super breathable thanks to perforated fabric and a low-cut back, which means the boob sweat situation is far more manageable than with other sports bras on the market. It’s also got an extra-strength elastic to hold it in place around

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