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Edna Barton

This Is How Much Protein You Need to Gain Weight

This Is How Much Protein You Need to Gain Weight

No doubt about it, protein is a nutritional powerhouse.Like the other macronutrients, carbohydrates and fat, protein plays a unique and vital role in both your overall health and your day-to-day functioning. It’s essential for building and maintaining muscle and other tissues, like bones, ...
Introverts and The Holidays: a Survival Guide

Introverts and The Holidays: a Survival Guide

The holiday season is always full of hustle and bustle—two things that can make introverts feel overwhelmed and anxious. Luckily, there are some ways to cope. We’ve rounded up 20 tips to help you survive and thrive during this festive time.Scale backIf you are more inclined to sit on your couch than...
All the Ways You Need to Adapt Your Training As You Get Stronger

All the Ways You Need to Adapt Your Training As You Get Stronger

We talk a lot about what it’s like to start lifting weights, or to start exercising at all. But one day, you’ll come to the end of your beginner stage, and some things will have to change.There will come a day when you’re strong. Maybe not as strong as you want to be (who ever is?), but a ...
When You Should Use Barbells Instead of Dumbbells (and Vice Versa)

When You Should Use Barbells Instead of Dumbbells (and Vice Versa)

Dumbbells and barbells, the two workhorses of free weight training, each have subtly different advantages. Dumbbells are small; you hold one in each hand. A barbell is the longer, typically two-handed implement. Many exercises can be done with either one. So how do you choose?Barbells let you load m...
Try These 5 Simple Breathing Exercises for Sleep

Try These 5 Simple Breathing Exercises for Sleep

Struggling to nod off? Or waking up a few hours into your beauty sleep only to have difficulty slipping back into a slumber? Either way, sleep loss sucks.Because roughly 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep deprivation — and even more are prone to having a few off nights — findin...
How Many Warmup Sets Is Enough?

How Many Warmup Sets Is Enough?

If you’re planning to lift a heavy weight, it’s important to do warmup sets to prepare yourself. Normally you’ll lift the bar, then add some weight, and then add some more weight, and so on. But how many of those jumps do you need to take before you can considered yourself warmed? And what happens i...
20 Chefs Reveal The Food Items They Always Have in the Freezer

20 Chefs Reveal The Food Items They Always Have in the Freezer

If your freezer is a jumbled mess of half-empty ice cream containers, open bags of frozen vegetables, stacks of ice cube trays, and some unidentified item covered in frosty freezer burn, then it's time to make a change. There are certain foods to keep in your freezer that may never cross your mind w...
6 Stretching Exercises to Balance Your Walking Routine

6 Stretching Exercises to Balance Your Walking Routine

If you walk, you should try these leg stretchesWalking is one of the most accessible forms of exercise you can do to strengthen your heart and improve leg and core strength. And if you're engaging in a regular walking routine, you might not even feel sore after each jaunt around the park.If soreness...
Can You Plan Your Day To Sleep Better at Night?

Can You Plan Your Day To Sleep Better at Night?

When it comes to sleeping better, there's no shortage of advice. It seems like every day brings a new recommendation or best practice (like turning off your cell phone before bed). Sadly, what you do during the day does impact your sleep—believe it or not.In the most recent episode of The Well ...