January: Make Your Doctor Earn That Co-pay
It’s time for a head-to-spleen checkup. Here, Max Silvestri reveals how to make the most of that appointment
Everyone loves to say they’re "going to the gym." But with so much useless equipment and so many opportunities for distraction, burning more than just time takes knowledge, willpower, and a real game plan. Here’s yours
So you want to keep an eye on the old waistline, but you hate diets. Join the club. Rather than give you recipes for "yummy" quinoa-kelp granola, we suggest following these simple rules, rituals, and metabolic sleights of hand. You’ll eat better, eat less, and burn calories all day long, even while checking your e-mail
Wanna know why your gut still jiggles despite hours of exercise? It’s all that tedious, molasses-pace jogging. If you want to go shirtless by Memorial Day and cut your workout time in half, say good-bye to five-mile runs and hello to high-intensity interval training
Pretty much everyone says they’re not getting enough z’s, and we can relate: Who’s got time between work, family, and Game of Thrones? But you can get the kind of deep, restful, just plain better sleep that will make your waking hours a whole lot happier. Turn out the lights and prepare to upgrade your downtime
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Six months into your fitter life and you’re looking to break the monotony of wind sprints and power squats. That’s when you follow the lead of Luke Zaleski, who discovered that if you’re willing to try something newlike, say, karate at 40you’ll get plenty of the glory, and lose some of the gut
You spent the first half of the year training for this very shirtless moment, so don’t squander it by loafing through vacation. Every beautiful stretch of sand doubles as a gym
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You want to get into cycling, but wow, when did buying a bike become so tricky? And why are cyclists so weirdly intense? And is DayGlo spandex that necessary? We’ve got answersand the only info you actually need to burn up the road (and the calories)
And while you’re at it, would you like some guacamole? New science shows that all the foods we try to avoidfats and carbs and even brewskisare exactly the workout fuel we need to get the most out of a sweat-slinging, pec-blasting gym session
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Your brain needs as much upkeep as the body you’ve been honing all year. And just as you wouldn’t ask your poker buddy to be your CrossFit coach, you need an impartial pro to help keep you sane. Here’s how to find yourself a therapist and then make every single session count
Don’t panic, but right now, in your own cozy house, you’re probably breathing polluted air, eating off bacteria-laced dishes, and sleeping in an invisible pile of dust-mite crap. It’s gross, and it may be hurting your healthbut it’s also easy enough to fix, once you know how
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You spent 2014 getting into shape, so how do you carry that momentum into 2015? Sign uplike, todayfor a race next year. And not an electrified mud bath with some tough mudderfuckers, but a competition you’ll actually enjoy, held in a city where you can eat, drink, and recuperate like a champ.
Without a tangible goal, exercise can start to feel like a grueling, pointless slog. (Abstract concepts like "feeling better" and "living longer" make for poor motivators.) What you need is an organized race, something to stoke your competitive instincts, push your regimen forward, and test just how fit you really are. Seeing that race date on the calendar will keep you honest about working out in dreary-ass winter. And if you plan it right, the big day won’t be something to dreadit’ll be a launching pad into a vacation.
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