July 23, 2019 at 09:16AM by CWC Depending on who you ask, it takes between two weeks and 28 days to form a habit that feels like second nature. While that may not seem like a lot of time in theory, in the gym, it can feel like it lasts for a lifetime (speaking from personal experience here). To help you make your way through those 28 sweaty habit-making days ahead, below you’ll find tips from some of the industry’s top fitness instructors. From treating your workouts like board meetings and always having an empowering beat at the ready to bringing a friend along for the ride, these tips will help you refocus your health and wellness intentions to make those habits stick. Keep on scrolling for more intel. How to stick with your gym routine 1. Schedule early morning workouts: “I love to set a time to go early in the day that gives me enough time to get home, get ready, and go about my day with the rest of my plans,” says Rumble Boxing trainer Vicki Chimenti. “I work very well off of a schedule, so if I know there are brunch plans at noon, or I have to work all day, I set a time before that all happens, get it out of the way, and go on with my day.” ad_intervals[‘399514_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘399514_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); 2. Workout with a friend: “Having an accountability partner is everything when it
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Following a vegan Mediterranean diet is totally possible if you remember these 3 guidelines
July 23, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC Hot take: The Mediterranean diet is basically Taylor Swift circa “You Belong With Me.” Trendy eating plans like keto are the short skirt-wearing cheer captains in this scenario, while the Med diet is definitely wearing t-shirts and sitting in the bleachers. It’s been here all along, and (this is where my Swift analogy ends) it comes with a laundry list of science-backed benefits. So even if it’s not always at the top of mind, the Mediterranean diet will, to quoth Swift again from a different song, never go out of style. When I think of a typical meal on the Med diet, I imagine just like, a ton of salmon. So following a Mediterranean-style ethos when you’re also vegan may not seem particularly intuitive. But lo! It actually makes a ton of sense. “The Mediterranean diet is a great plan to follow if you’re vegan since the diet focuses mostly on plants, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables anyway,” says Rachel Berman, RD, general manager at Verywell. That’s because the popular eating plan is “more of a lifestyle than a diet, just like being vegan is,” she says. “It’s all about enjoying your food, paying attention to your hunger and fullness cues, and eating a variety of locally sourced wholesome foods.” ad_intervals[‘409544_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘409544_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); That said, there are some things you should keep in mind when trying to combine the two eating plans. Here,
Can you wear out your Birkenstocks, or are they totally invincible? A podiatrist weighs in.
July 22, 2019 at 03:00PM by CWC I don’t like feet. I am heavily grossed out whenever people post pictures of their pedicures or whatever on Instagram stories—like, I’m gonna need you to give me a warning so that I can skip your stories for the rest of eternity. This is also probably why I have such strong thoughts about flip flops (and sandals in general, TBH). But weirdly enough, I have been convinced that I definitely need a pair of Birkenstocks. Without a doubt these shoes are ugly, but are they also kind of… secretly cute? Team W+G has differing opinions about this, to say the least. So how did this happen? I am still asking myself this question. Did I suddenly become someone who chooses practicality over aesthetics? (I can hear my entire family LOL-ing as I type this.) My motivation to live la vida Birks isn’t totally clear, but I can tell you that podiatrists love these shoes. “The bottom of your feet is a very small surface area and it, and it supports everything above it, so the more we can stabilize your foundation, the better,” says Dr. Cary Gannon, podiatric surgeon and founder of Aila Cosmetics. “It’s like the foundation of your home—you build the foundation of your home at a cinderblock because it’s got to support everything above it. So if you think of the Birkenstock like a nice supportive foundation, it actually is an incredible shoe.” ad_intervals[‘408027_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready)
The 14-minute resistance band workout that will set your buns ablaze
July 22, 2019 at 08:22AM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TODHg9NL_1k] Welcome to Trainer of the Month Club, our fitness series, where we tap the coolest, most in-the-know fitness leaders to create a month-long fitness challenge. On Mondays, we have our “sweat drops” where you’ll get access to the week’s workout that you can follow along at home. This week, Bec Donlan’s firing up your glutes with a 14-minute butt workout. Butt exercises are the only moves I can do while feeling cute at the same time. Like, I’m not checking myself out in the mirror when I’m doing crunches at the gym or knocking out some chest presses. But(t) if I’m doing squats or donkey kicks, a glance over to the mirror certainly happens now and then. I don’t know about you, but whenever I’m doing butt-sculpting exercises, I blast my fave pop star of the moment and put some groove into my moves, making sure to secure a spot right by a mirror. And that’s exactly what I’m doing with this month’s Trainer of the Month Club workout from Bec Donlan. Her week-four installment is all about the peach, and it’ll have your rear fired up by the end of the first round (there are three rounds, mind you). ad_intervals[‘409692_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘409692_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); The best part of it all? You don’t need much floor space. Just your resistance band and some Beyonce playing in the background. Keep scrolling to try Bec
The cooling yoga poses to take when class gets too. dang. hot.
July 22, 2019 at 06:49AM by CWC We’ve officially reached the point in the summer where it’s gone from “fun in the sun” weather to “too damn hot to be outside.” As I type this, it is 103-degrees in New York City, there is sweat in places I didn’t know it was possible to sweat, and I am legitimately praying to the air conditioning gods to make mine work more efficiently. While you likely have your own tips and tricks for dealing with these rising temps (personally, I’ve been sleeping with a cup of ice next to my bed), there’s a wellness-savvy way to beat the heat that you may not have tried yet: yoga. We tapped Wanderlust Wellest Challenge instructor, Andrew Sealy to tell us how. When it’s hot, a few different things happen to your body—aside from sweat, that is. “When it’s super hot outside blood vessels widen and blood flow increases,” explains Sealy. So where does yoga come in? “Yoga helps your body regulate heat on those super hot days,” he says, adding that the process can also be used as a means of “cooling the body and reducing inclination when the temperature outside becomes overbearing.” Here, he shares three poses that can help with the process. ad_intervals[‘409612_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘409612_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); 1. Child’s pose: This is one of the best cooling poses there is—there’s a reason why so many teachers use it as a resting pose after an intense
The secret to controlling your emotions has nothing to do with ignoring them
July 22, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC Starbucks, the G Train, the L Train, the E train, Penn Station, diners, public parks—those are just a slim few of the many places I’ve cried this year alone, largely because I have no idea how to control my emotions. I’m in therapy, and consider myself a constant work in progress, but Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I would love to learn how to have better emotional control. Wouldn’t we all? Though being able to express your feelings is a divine and important life skill, sometimes there’s a time and a place. For example, only a couple of the places on my cry list are actually appropriate (or, rather, not totally inappropriate) venues for outbursts. Generally speaking, when you’re in a public setting, like work or a party, it might be wise to dial down your extreme negative feelings to, like,…a 7. Because I’m clearly no expert in the art of learning how to control your emotions, I sought advice from someone who is. Carla Marie Manly, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who tackles the very subject of emotional regulation in her book, Joy From Fear, and to me she revealed a fascinating truth that I contend could quell even the most chronic cryer: most humans suppress and express feelings in extremes. ad_intervals[‘406831_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘406831_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); “Most of us are never taught how to understand and manage our emotions, so we often
Is sustainable shopping doing more harm than good?
July 20, 2019 at 10:00AM by CWC It seems that for the conscious consumer, it’s never been a better time to shop. H&M touts its “Conscious” collection (made with pineapple leaves!). Ikea plans to shave 80 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Everlane is turning plastic bottles into jackets. Dasani bottled water is now made with plastic “partially sourced from plants.” On the surface, it’s easier to make a better social and environmental impact—from carbon footprint to materials sourcing to packaging—as you shop for everything from clothing to kitchenware. And yet, even sustainable shopping and conscious consumerism won’t pull us out of the climate crisis. “I tend to be somewhat pessimistic about sustainable consumerism as a real solution to our environmental problems,” says professor and sociologist Brayden King, the Max McGraw Chair of Management and the Environment at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. “The only way that we can actually aggregate consumer choices to make a real dent on our carbon footprint is if nearly everybody makes sustainable consumer choices.” ad_intervals[‘385321_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘385321_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); Part of the challenge, King says, is that consumers are creatures of habit. We might intend to buy the carbon-neutral $70 organic cotton tee, for instance—but it’s hard to resist the $9 tee with free shipping. Most people don’t know where to find sustainable products, or they might not be able to afford them. Even among people who want to buy sustainably produced products,
The modern dos and don’ts for dating a coworker without compromising your job
July 19, 2019 at 08:30AM by CWC Many years ago, I fell for a colleague. I felt weird and strangely even bad about it, but my mom, who’d worked in human resources (HR) for 35 years, assured me that dating a coworker is common, as many people meet a significant other in the office. Still, things didn’t go well for me when my relationship was discovered rather than revealed, and I felt, in retrospect, that I’d navigated the situation poorly. Ultimately, the whole thing was traumatizing, TBH. A decade later, in a post-#MeToo world, intra-office relationships seem like trickier territory than ever. That issues of sexual harassment are moving closer and closer toward zero tolerance rather than a pretty normalized event to simply endure is a great thing—please don’t get me wrong—but for the appropriate, happy, consensual, unions, the inner-office spotlight can feel negative and taboo. So what, exactly, are the modern guidelines to follow for dating a coworker? Should your office crush remain just that until one of you leaves the company, or can you responsibly engage in a workplace romance without it blowing your career? Because we don’t live in the Mad Men world of flagrant office flings anymore (*prayer emoji*), but the newest rules feel largely undefined. Experts weigh in below. ad_intervals[‘406643_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘406643_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); Experts say it’s totally possible to stay employed while dating a coworker. Here’s how. Don’t: date someone below or above you on the
Derms’ fave skin-care ingredient is getting *so* much easier to buy
July 19, 2019 at 08:12AM by CWC These days, it’s nearly impossible to step into a New York City subway car without seeing 15 different advertisements for products promising to change your skin. And while the branding might be different in every case, they’ve all got one thing in common: they’re selling retinoids. Retinoids are the umbrella term for vitamin A derivatives that promise to speed up cell turnover, increase collagen production, and when used diligently bring an all-over glow to skin by squelching acne, obliterating dark spots, and making fine lines yesterday’s problem. You can get them over the counter in the form of retinols, which vary in strength and potency depending on the one that you slather. However, stronger, more potent formulas are also available with a prescription from a doctor. That’s where these direct-to-consumer brands come in, making prescription-strength retinoids available en masse. It’s important to note that they’re not the first to do this. When Differin gel ($11) was approved to be sold over the counter in 2016, it allowed prescription-strength adapalene (an active-strength retinoid that’s great fighting acne) to be available, without a prescription, at a drugstore price. Now, tretinoin, a different vitamin A derivative is being introduced in new ways that add to its mass appeal, as well. ad_intervals[‘406589_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘406589_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); “Tretinoin helps cells on the skin’s surface and deep in the pores mature in a more normal fashion, meaning they can be shed
6 genius tricks for keeping your favorite white t-shirt stain-free all summer
July 19, 2019 at 03:00AM by CWC While I don’t personally prescribe to the thought that white can only be worn between Memorial Day and Labor Day (hey, winter whites are a chic trend I’m not letting go of anytime soon!), it must be acknowledged that my whites—especially my white T-shirts!—definitely get exponentially more use during those summer months. What’s more? There are also a ton of obstacles that make it decidedly harder to keep them pristine than there are during fall and winter. Sweat, grass stains, BBQ condiments, rosé spillage…the list goes on. As such, I’ve developed a rule book of sorts to try to help keep them working overtime all summer long. Below, my favorite tips and tricks to not only help minimize (and dare I suggest prevent) staining your bright white T-shirts, but also a little help if you do run face-first into one of those aforementioned sticky situations. 1. Clean your whites often Even if you don’t think you sweat at all, let alone “all that much,” wash your white T-shirts after nearly every wear this summer. Sweat has a pesky way of remaining totally clean and clear for weeks until you pull that would-be clean tee out of your drawer the next time you’re looking for something classic to wear and realize that the underarms and neckline have begun to turn a less-than-flattering shade of yellow. ad_intervals[‘408899_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘408899_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); 2. Prioritize your white t-shirts