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2019 Health Yoga

7 free at-home abs workouts that are better than a personal training sesh

6 min read

July 16, 2019 at 07:17AM by CWC This morning, I slept through my workout. My alarm went off, I pressed snooze, and then fell back asleep, assuming that it would, as per usual, re-awaken me from my slumber in exactly eight minutes so that I could head to my morning class. But nope! Forty-five minutes later, I jolted awake to realize that I had completely missed it. So in order to get my workout in before I went to work, I had to get creative. Enter Instagram—an unexpected destination for some of the best abs workouts on the internet. Not only are the videos completely free, but you can string a few of them together to create a full-blown, equipment-less workout that you can do on your bedroom floor. Let me tell you, it was awesome. A few tips for using the ‘gram as your very own at-home personal trainer, care of our resident Insta-fitness guru Kells McPhillips: Follow trainers who you love who regularly post full workouts (a few of her favorites are Meg Takacs, Amanda Bisk, Maillard Howell, Charlee Atkins, and Natacha Oceane), and save photos in different folders depending on what you want to work out—like “arms,” “abs,” “lower body.” ad_intervals[‘401794_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘401794_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); To make things even easier for you (and to help keep your thumbs from getting sore from scrolling before you begin), we rounded up seven of the best core workouts on Instagram —which might just

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2019 Health

4 signs you need a haircut that *aren’t* split ends, according to a stylist

4 min read

July 16, 2019 at 04:00AM by CWC It’s one of the most basic beauty rules around: If you’ve got split ends, you go and get a haircut. Even if you’re trying to grow your strands to Rapunzel lengths, once that telltale sign of dead-ness kicks in, it’s time for a trim. But as I recently learned at the hands of famed stylist Jon Reyman, owner of Spoke & Weal Salon, split ends actually aren’t the only sign that you should be hitting up your hairstylist. When you think about your hair, there are three things to consider: length, which is (obviously) how long your hair is; density, which is the amount of hair that you have and its weight; and texture, which is your hair pattern and how it moves. “So when somebody gets their hair cut because their ends are are damaged, they’re really just trying to cut length,” explains Reyman, adding that you should be taking the other factors into consideration come cut time, too.  ad_intervals[‘403978_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403978_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); There’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to how often you should get your haircut. Ahead, here are four signs you may want to call the salon and book an appointment. 1. Your hair is too thick “A lot of people confuse density with length, but it’s not that your hair is too long, it’s that it’s too thick or too dense,” explains Reyman. This could be because it wasn’t

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2019 Health City Yoga

How crying cathartic tears of joy in an Australian koala sanctuary set me free

5 min read

July 16, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC I spent my first public crying session surrounded by strangers in Australia—but also by adorable marsupials in at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Last year, I went through a bad breakup, followed by a friends-with-benefits situation that got emotionally out of hand for me, followed by a string of bad dates and disappointments. (Lots of disappointments.) Needless to say, my romantic life was kind of a dumpster fire, which, coupled with my all-time-high anxiety levels, led me to make some bad decisions. Though I managed to outwardly appear “with it,” on the inside? Not so much. So when I had the opportunity to escape the country and go down under to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, I could not have met the situation with a more enthusiastic yes. I needed a break. My most enduring goal for the trip was to see a koala bear, and I was in luck: 12 kilometers from Brisbane is a place called the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. It was founded in 1927 to help injured, sick, and orphaned koalas and is now is home to about 130 of these cute marsupials, plus other native Australian animals, like kangaroos. The spot is accredited by Eco Tourism Australia and the Zoo Aquarium Association, which basically means it’s independently audited to ensure the welfare of the animals and ecologically sustainable practices. There’s also a science and research facility on the property that assists with conservation efforts. ad_intervals[‘407317_div-gpt-ad-6934292-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready)

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2019 Health EDITORSPICK

Taking fish oil? Here’s how to make it more effective (and less burp-inducing)

2 min read

July 16, 2019 at 02:00AM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE-pPrlowHE] Want to learn why fish oil is a swimming addition to your diet? Watch the video. Taking a daily fish oil supplement is a lot like ordering a salad topped with raw onion and garlic: you (and anyone within spitting/kissing/talking distance to you) has to live with with smelly consequences of your choices for the rest of the day. If you’re physically burping the exhaust of the healthy fat-loaded supplement all day, every day, however, Tracy Lockwood-Beckerman, RD, host of Well+Good’s You Versus Food series, has some sage advice for keeping your friends around and making the most of your omega-3s. “Take the fish oil with a meal that has fats, like nuts, seeds, or avocado—my fave!—to help increase and promote better absorption,” the dietitian says in the most recent episode of the show. (Research published in the Journal of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found as much back in 2006.) When you wash the pill down with other things, your body better soaks up the benefits of the omega-3s, as well as DHA and EPA—the combination of fats that makes up the remaining 60 percent of the pill. If the fish-flavored belching persists despite your efforts, Beckerman says to stop fishing for success with your current brand of supplement and try another instead. Before you get hooked on fish oil supplements, it’s important to note that they should be an addition—not a replacement—to all the healthy fats in your life. “It’s

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