You don’t need a gym. You don’t need an app. You don’t even need to change clothes. All it takes to join the hottest fitness trend sweeping across the globe is a pair of sneakers, a basic stopwatch, and 30 minutes of your day. Welcome to Japanese Walking—a smart, simple, and surprisingly effective interval walking method that’s all about short …
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Lindsay Herriott, 40, had an easy pregnancy, giving birth in September 2022 to her baby, Davis, who weighed a considerable 10lbs. The labor and delivery went smoothly and she was discharged quickly. But within about a day of returning home, she noticed that when she lay down, her heart began to race. Her chest felt like there was a heavy …
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Our desks keep us glued to chairs for hours, yet our bodies keep score. After meals, our blood sugar spikes, particularly if we remain sedentary. Two fresh studies have now analyzed the respective benefits of walking and doing squats, in terms of their ability to lower those glucose surges. One test pitted simple body‑weight squats against walking sessions of different …
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