Thrill seeker and intermittent faster Ryan Arnold shares his secrets. Read the full article for Chicago Magazine’s The Regimen feature.
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10 Simple Ways to Actually Enjoy Running
A few easy tweaks and handy tools can shift your entire attitude toward your workouts. Read the full article for Health.com.
How 8 Minutes a Day May Change Your Life
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As an overwhelmed first-year law student nearly 30 years ago, Victor Davich saw his classmates turn to medications to battle stress and stay focused. Davich, though, chose a different route. Read the full article on NowU.
Relax Your Way to Trouble-Free Periods
If you’ve ever taken a yoga class, you know how good a few minutes of relaxing in Shavasana feels at the end. Now, a new study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine finds that a longer and deeper form of yogic meditation—a practice called yoga nidra—could help balance hormone levels in women with menstrual difficulties. Read the full article in Prevention News.
3 Surprising Ways to Fight a Cold
Sometimes size does matter: A new study finds that the shorter your telomeres—snips of proteins and DNA at the ends of your chromosomes—the more susceptible you may be to catching a cold. Read the full article in Men’s Health News.