Year: 2019

April 25, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC I’ll admit—I love sitting. I’m a fitness devotee, sure, but when I’m not dying in SLT or getting my steps in by walking around New York City, I prefer to sit. Of course, I’m also well aware that a sedentary lifestyle is no bueno and comes with a slew of negative impacts on your health. So thankfully, there’s a new study that calculates exactly how much working out you have to do in order to combat the all too common sit-heavy lifestyle. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, asked 149,077 men and women to fill out a questionnaire about their physical activity over the course of 8.9 years. And they found that those who were constantly sitting without moving were at a higher risk of cardiovascular mortality. In other words, if the participants were sitting for six or more hours per day and were getting less than 150 minutes a week of exercise, they were at a higher risk of dying of a heart attack. But it wasn’t all bad news: Researchers discovered that those who exercised for roughly 150 to 200 minutes per week countered those cardiovascular risks to some degree. But the risks were “all but erased” for participants who engaged in at least 300 minutes of physical exercise per week, which nets out to roughly 45 minutes per day. The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommends 150 to 300 minutes per week of “moderate

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April 25, 2019 at 02:00AM by CWC If you’ve ever had any kind of relationship with someone who frequently needed validation, had trouble establishing trust, or felt distant (and who hasn’t?!), you’re already familiar with some hallmark signs of adult attachment styles—whether or not you’re aware of it. The relationship-personality test de rigueur, the 5 Love Languages (you can take the quiz here to learn yours!), can help you understand the ways in which you and your S.O. experience love. But adult attachment theory outlines certain styles—secure, anxious, fearful avoidant, and dismissive avoidant—that provide a framework for understanding how you relate to others and your ability to establish intimacy, says licensed clinical psychologist Dina Wirick, PhD, who has done research on attachment style. “Your attachment style develops in infancy through your bond with your primary caregiver,” says Dr. Wirick. “This forms the way we see ourselves, others, and the world. It becomes part of who we are and is part of our personality.” “[Attachment style] forms the way we see ourselves, others, and the world. It becomes part of who we are and is part of our personality.” —clinical psychologist Dina Wirick, PhD Basically, your attachment style is part of your subconscious, but pretty important to your everyday life—kind of like a GPS for navigating interpersonal relationships, says social worker Erica Cramer, LMSW. “It helps us determine which relationships we want to pursue and which ones we should avoid. When we reach a crossroads in a relationship, it enables us

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