Fitness
Leoni Jesner
Freelance Writer & Editor Covering Lifestyle, Fitness & Health
United States
An experienced contributing writer specializing in digital content for the fitness & health markets.
United States
An experienced contributing writer specializing in digital content for the fitness & health markets.
Fitness
Whatever you want to call it-weight bench, workout bench, strength training bench-this multifunctional fitness accessory is a handy add-on to any home gym. A weight bench could be what you need to step up your workout.
Your body undergoes several changes during pregnancy and postpartum. You may notice your hips widening, skin stretching, and changes to your abdominal muscles, such as splitting between the muscles-what's known as diastasis recti. Diastasis recti cause your rectus abdominis-your "abs"-to separate and your linea alba-a band of fibers and tissue that runs through your abs-to thin and widen.
You've probably heard the phrase "use it or lose it" - which implies that if you want to maintain a habit, function, or skill, you have to practice it regularly. Well, that motto is especially relevant when it comes to your mobility.
Exercise bikes have existed since the late 19th century, though the first models cannot compare to the sleek, cutting-edge machines we see today. One thing these bikes do share is function. Just as it was back then, cycling today is an enjoyable activity with proven health benefits.
With countless workout supplements on the shelves of supermarkets and health stores, as well as online, the choices can seem endless. Selecting a pre-workout in particular is even more puzzling as it's available in many forms including powders, pills and drinks.
Fitness influencer, queen of dance cardio, and mom-to-be Megan Roup has made a name for herself in the online workout space. Roup, who began dancing at a young age, previously danced for the Brooklyn Nets, worked as a fitness model, and taught dance on the side.
Are you struggling to maintain your weight, despite working out and watching your diet? If you feel like you've been giving it your all on the cardio machines, it might be time to consider focusing on strength training. Strength training promotes several metabolic advantages that together help burn fat both during and after working out.
Whether you want to tackle your next fitness feat or simply shake up your routine, workout challenges can be a welcome boost to your exercise plan, motivating you in new and engaging ways. You can improve your running distance, master a dance routine, increase your cycling speed, or develop flexibility.
If your day-to-day routine requires you to be on your feet for prolonged periods of time (say, if you work in a retail or a caregiving profession), you know it can be taxing. Hello, achy knees, and foot, heel, and back pain.
Whether you have big goals of rocking pull-ups or hanging leg raises, the hollow body hold is one of the best core exercises to have in your ab arsenal. As one of the hardest ab exercises, this deceptively difficult move torches your core through an isometric hold (no movement).
Also known as: Tolasana Level: Intermediate For the well-acquainted yogis, you may be familiar with Scale Pose- that's Tolasana in Sanskrit, the original language of yoga. This pose is one of the primary movements in the Ashtanga Yoga series, whereby each pose () links in a synchronized flow ().
Leoni Jesner is a contributing fitness, health, and lifestyle writer for publications including Byrdie and Culture Trip. Aside from her writing, Leoni has been simultaneously serving for five years as a personal trainer, mat Pilates instructor, and nutrition coach, promoting the benefits of personal wellbeing to a diversity of clients.
If you're a yoga enthusiast who loves being near the water, you may want to look into SUP (stand-up paddleboard) yoga, which is a combination of paddleboarding and yoga in one. This popular yoga session is designed to challenge your strength and balance as you float across the water.
Swimming is a popular activity around the globe for people of all ages and fitness abilities. In fact, given it reduces the risk of musculoskeletal issues, it's a safe form of exercise for most people.
A Pilates bar challenges and tones the body in dynamic ways, and especially helps strengthen the core. Our top choice is the Gaiam Restore Pilates Bar for its quality and functionality. We've also included options for beginners, those on the go, and more.
Recommendations from the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans outlines that the average adult requires 150-300 minutes each week of moderate-intense aerobic activity or 75-150 minutes per week of vigorous aerobic activity. Findings from an international study dispute these guidelines, finding that the recommended workout time varies, depending on how the rest of your waking day is spent.
The best stretches for adults over 60 are those that focus on flexibility of the spine, hip flexors and calves. Try these stretches to relieve tightness.
With a growing array of gym accessories to work the body from all angles, you are forgiven if those slam balls stacking the gym shelf go unnoticed. However, you might want to think twice during your next workout; this versatile piece of equipment has many benefits, from improving cardio endurance and building strength to improving your power.
Even though your workout routine may not look the same as it did before the pandemic, that's not to say you're worse off. For many people, working from home has provided the convenient opportunity to squeeze in a midday exercise swesh (which has legit benefits, BTW).
We naturally do it first thing in the morning, reaching high and long into the air to rid our body of tension and stress, yet many of us skip the stretching portion of our workout, promising to do it next time.
One of the tricky things about pandemic life is figuring out how to salvage your posture when we're all spending more time sitting, working from bed and scrolling through our phones more than ever. While all the hours you've spent slouching on your couch can't be undone, there are plenty of things you can do to course correct once you're aware of the problem.
Crunches: We've all heard of them, and most of us have probably thrown a set or two into a workout, but have you ever stopped to ponder how crunchesbenefit us? As a classic core exercise, traditional crunches are a dynamic flexion movement designed to target rectus abdominis muscles, one of the four abdominal muscles commonly referred to as the "abs" running along the center of the midsection.
Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links. There's no time like the present to get a kickstart on your fitness goals. And what easier way to motivate yourself than with a gym membership?
Whether you're watching the sun go down early every day, unable to hit your regular gym, or busy with work or kids, it's easy to miss a few workouts... and then more than a few. After all, exercise thrives on routine.
Health & Nutrition
Adjusting your meal plan to support your fluctuating hormones during your menstrual cycle may help you address premenstrual syndrome, painful periods, and other symptoms you might experience.
If you find yourself yawning profusely after a big meal, you're not alone. This feeling, known as postprandial somnolence or a " food coma," is often experienced after consuming a large volume of food, given the complex stages your body undergoes to break down everything you just ate.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that strikes around the same time each year, and usually begins and ends during a specific season. Affecting millions of Americans every year, SAD is often referred to in milder cases as the "winter blues," given it most commonly hits as the seasons shift to colder months.
Often times, the term "menstrual cycle" is used in relation to an individual's period. But technically the menstrual cycle lasts almost a month, and contains four different phases: menstrual (when a woman has her period), follicular, ovulation, and luteal. Each of these phases has different hormone dips and increases, implying that nutritional needs may vary in different phases.
Pre-workouts are marketed as supplements said to improve your performance on the gym floor by boosting your energy to power through a session. The first supplement, coined "Ultimate Orange," was developed in California by bodybuilder Dan Duchaine in 1982 and was a hit among the bodybuilding and weightlifting communities.
Because elite athletes, like Olympians and Paralympians, depend on their bodies to perform at their absolute best when that starting gun goes off, you can bet their self-care routines are winning strategies. Self-care is the steps you take to tend to your physical and emotional health to the best of your ability.
The foods we eat in the morning set the scene for our eating habits throughout the day, and what better way to rise and shine than with a breakfast of champions to fuel us with energy? Incorporating a mix of energy-boosting foods earlier in the day will not only help power us through to lunch but also sharpens our brains.
If you are like many people, you have likely experienced the unpleasant symptoms associated with a hangover. From a headache and dry mouth to nausea, stomach upset, or a combination of them all, it is a less than enjoyable experience.
Hailed as the "fountain of youth," collagen is a hot topic in the beauty sphere. As the amplest fibrous protein found within bones, muscles, tendons, and skin, it is the main component of connective tissue that provides the structure to hold our bodies together and withstand the stretching of tissues.
The buzz on fasted workouts has been the hot talk of science for some time, with research revealing a host of benefits-from enhanced energy utilization to improved insulin sensitivity. Whether it's a personal choice or simply hitting the gym first thing, working out on an empty stomach has grown in popularity.
The ketogenic diet, commonly referred to as "keto," is a low-carb diet that encourages the body to burn fat as its main source of fuel in place of glucose. Although it dates back to around 500 BC, in contemporary medicine, keto was introduced in the 1920s to treat drug resistant epilepsy, particularly in children.
Most people who menstruate will experience some sort of irregularity in their flow at one time or another, but more often than not, it's not a cause for concern. Remember, everyone's cycle is unique to them-some are like clockwork, and others fluctuate month to month.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder that comes with a list of unpleasant symptoms including abdominal pain, bloating, cramping, and fluctuations between constipation and diarrhea. In Western countries, IBS affects 10 to 20% of the adult population and is twice as common for women.
Tech & Innovation
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Israeli company ICI Vision has developed digital eyewear with the potential to give millions of legally blind people the ability to see. The company's Orama high-tech glasses are the brainchild of Haim Chayet, an Israeli optic physicist who was originally creating augmented-reality goggles for motorcyclists.
It may come as no surprise that the annual growth of the travel industry is negatively impacting the environment. In fact, a report by scientific journal Nature Climate Change estimates that tourism accounts for around 8% of international greenhouse gas emissions, with aviation contributing largely to this issue given the industry's excessive levels of air pollutants.
Our phones can recognize our voices, faces and movements, so why not our scents? Thanks to Israeli startup NanoScent, your smartphone could identify, recognize and analyze scent as easily as it takes a photo.
Travel, Tourism & Lifestyle
Shlomo & Doron is a family-run, fourth-generation Yemenite restaurant serving some of the best hummus in town. Located a mere five-minute walk from the city's most famous market, Shuk HaCarmel, Shlomo & Doron is open for breakfast and lunch and offers vegan versions of all of its dishes.
Though the movement originated in Germany, a wave of European immigrant settlers in the 1930s, including Bauhaus graduates Arieh Sharon, Shmuel Mistechkin and Shlomo Bernstein, brought Bauhaus to Tel Aviv - a city that was then in its infancy.
The first celebratory Pride Parade took place in 1989, two decades after the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village, New York, marking a monumental turning point in LGBTQ rights. Since then, the week-long Tel Aviv Pride celebration has been organising concerts, film screenings and street parties, and draws one of the biggest crowds in the world.
The cruise industry is experiencing success year upon year, with annual growth and operating at a capacity close to 100 percent. According to the Cruise Industry Overview 2018, 2017was recording break year with 25.8 million global cruise passengers, an increase of 4.5 percent on 2016.
The travel industry is undergoing constant change, driven by external elements forcing companies to rethink how their product best serves the needs of today's traveler. Technology, ease of travel and the reasons for travel are crucial areas challenging the traditional model, especially within the millennial demographic, who, according to the AARP report on 2018 travel trends, are more adventurous, have a greater thirst for experiential travel and spend more on travel than baby boomers.
When honeymooning in the Philippines, Noam Toister and his wife were faced with the challenge of reaching a world heritage site located north of the country. "We took a taxi to the main bus station, only to be told there was no space on public transport that day," Toister tells ISRAEL21c.
An insider look at luxury Israel - from wineries in the center to a renovated boutique hotel palace in the north.