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...
You could smell like 2,000-year-old mummy juice and have no idea. Conversely, your quarantine partner could smell like 2,000-year-old mummy juice, and you could detect them from a mile away (or at least the other room). This is because our noses and brains are designed to detect...
Going outside on a clear summer day is a good reminder that the sun is indeed a blazing fireball of unfathomable heat. Even from 94.486 million miles away, you can feel the ultraviolet rays from that enormous star beaming against your delicate skin. You may even feel...
Many apartment hoppers, accustomed to ancient appliances and sputtering sinks, can only dream of someday having a dishwasher. When that day comes, they hope, life will finally feel comfortable. In the time they’d normally spend scrubbing plates and soaking utensils, they can instead read a book, water a plant or whatever else people...
Excessively bushy eyebrows can be troublesome, sure, but at least they provide something to work with; a carving stone to sculpt as you so choose. For those with thin eyebrows — or God forbid, no eyebrows at all — their options are much less straightforward, and not...
After years of showering on a daily basis, you’d think stepping out completely clean is a given. Some body parts, however, are easy to miss, and so are often left unwashed for weeks at a time. Below is a list of every hard-to-reach body part, how to...
There are some pretty compelling reasons to make sure your butt looks nice, and for some guys, that includes keeping the fur in check. But how the heck are you supposed to go about removing hair from an area you can barely even see? Melanie Mari, owner...
You’ve thought about it, sure, but the idea of shaving your balls sounds better on paper than it does in reality — mainly because they’re fragile, and, well, your balls. But it’s not impossible, either. “It’s easier to shave your balls when they’re loose-y goose-y [which they’ll...
Studies have long suggested that eating properly, in addition to making your body feel good, can improve your overall mental health. For example, one study found that people who eat hardly any fruits and vegetables can experience a boost in happiness equivalent to what an unemployed person feels when...
Life as we knew it paused when the pandemic appeared, and that may have included your attempts at mashing lips, falling in love and everything else that lands under the broad umbrella of dating. After a few months of quarantine, you might be feeling especially alone, antsy...
We can thank shoes for many things: They keep our feet clean, comfortable and protected (and most importantly, they prevent stubbed toes). There is, however, something to be said about the glorious, godlike sensation of stepping outside barefooted every now and again. The sunbathed concrete warms your...
I remember my first chip-filled sandwich like it was yesterday. My friend and I — both early adolescents — had just endured a routine, but strenuous water polo practice at our community pool. As we stepped out of the modest aquatic center, our hair still damp and...