There are a million reasons to ride your bike: Enhanced cardiovascular fitness; improved muscle strength and flexibility; increased joint mobility; reduced stress levels; upgraded posture and coordination; reinforced bones; decreased body fat levels; prevention (or management) of disease as well as reduced anxiety and depression. It’s also...
In a phrase widely attributed to Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (He never actually said this and it’s also not true anyway, but moving on). Point is, when it comes to working out,...
Maybe you don’t pee in the shower. But you almost certainly know someone who does: A recent study found that a minority of 48 percent of Americans claim to never do this, while 52 percent of us readily admit to it. And for good reason—peeing in the...
The average American consumes more than 23 pounds of ice cream every single year, which may help explain why obesity rates have hit an all-time high. Of course, reducing our intake isn’t an option—you can have my dipped cone when you pry it from my dead, sticky...
In the interest of looking beach-ready, you may well be thinking about embarking upon a regular plan of at least the G (gym) and T (tan) in GTL. But if you’re vaguely aware that the sun is bad for your bare skin and wondering, “How can I...
Growing up, it wasn’t uncommon for my dad to tell me to pull my head out of my butt — it was his way of saying, “Use your brain.” Well, dad, turns out I was using my brain, because according to new research, we all have a second brain...
Summer, it seems, is the season for all the things that can potentially kill you. The sun? That gives you cancer. Lounging around? That gives you cancer. And that other staple of summer, grill-charred meat? Yeah, that’ll give you cancer, too. “Charring,” according to Alex Roher, M.D.,...
Having a cold during winter doesn’t always feel like as much of an ordeal as a summer cold. You expect to get sick in winter, so you’re more mentally prepared to spend a day wrapped in a cocoon of blankets, guzzling cough syrup until you feel better...
Last month, a Florida man died after his vape pen exploded in his face. According to the New York Times, this marked the first death by a vaping product in the U.S. “The man, Tallmadge D’Elia, was at his home in St. Petersburg, Fla., on May 5...
The post-workout protein powder shake is a staple of gym bro culture. In fact, almost the moment a man gets into weightlifting, he also starts scouring Bodybuilding.com and Reddit forums for advice on the right protein supplements to take, and in which amounts. He stalks the aisles...
Laptops are so named because they’re designed to sit on your lap — no surprise there. So surely we’re fine to keep doing that, right? Turns out: Not so much. Convenient as it is to slump on the couch with your computer, creating a heat-sink by your scrotum is never...
There’s something undeniably Shakespearean about a hangover poop. It may not be a tragic love story between two people per se, but it’s undeniably harrowing, climactic and humorous, and its irreverence is open to myriad interpretations. For a more recent literary endorsement, Charles Bukowski dug them too...