5 Things You Should Never Do Before You Work Out
msn health and fitness Craft a killer playlist. Get dressed in your workout best. Perform a light warm-up. You know what to do to get ready for an awesome workout. But there are some things you should never—and we mean never, ever—do before a workout. Like these five workout-wrecking mistakes: 1.…
READ MOREHomemade Protein Bars That Boost Energy and Help You Lose Weight
Check the back of many store-bought protein bars and you’ll find a list of ingredients that looks like it belongs in a science experiment. Save the extra -ols and isolates for the lab and make these recipes at home instead. These dessert-inspired bars have at least eight grams of protein…
READ MOREThe 6 Best Arm Exercises for Women
Best Health: How to get started What to lift: For dumbbell exercises, use five- to 10-pound (two- to five- kilogram) weights. Once you can easily do 12 repetitions, try heavier weights. The repetitions: Complete one to two sets of eight to 12 repetitions for each of the exercises you do.…
READ MOREHow to Gain a Sense of Your Own Mortality
I woke up this morning in pain again. I injured my shoulder wrestling a few weeks ago, and it doesn’t seem to be healing. Certainly not as fast as it would have healed when I was in my 30s.
This is one of the many execrable things that happen to you when you reach 60. But it’s hardly the worst.
READ MORE5 Healthy Starbucks Secret Menu Items
msn health and fitness 1. Blueberry Protein Smoothie Many of Starbucks’ smoothies include sugar-filled sauces, juices and purees that won’t do your waistline or health any favors. So instead of ordering one of the smoothies the coffee chain has concocted, grab a pack or two of blueberries from the refrigerator…
READ MOREBreaking Down Matcha: What It Is and How to Actually Make It at Home
StyleCaster Not yet trumping avocado toast in its visual Instagram-worthiness but definitely as talked about (especially in those quaint cafes you pass on the way to work), matcha may have worked itself into that “superfood” category. But if you haven’t heard specifics about it (like, um, what it actually is),…
READ MORE9 Free Business Productivity Tools For Startups
A list of the best free productivity tools for your start up, including Kolab.org, WaveApps.com, Bitrix24.com, Join.me, and more.
READ MORE23 Reasons Why You Will Always Be Poor
MSN Money: Many North Americans are clearly not experts at managing their own finances and end up broke month after month. The cycle of overspending leaves them poor, even if their income means they are considered well above the poverty line. A third of higher-income households — those that bring…
READ MOREThe One Thing We All Want to Know
I recently attended an informational meeting for fifth grade parents at the middle school my daughter will be attending this fall. After swallowing the lump in my throat caused by the undeniable reality of why I was sitting there, I settled in to absorb everything the staff had to offer…
READ MORE15 Foods That Help You Poop
msn health and fitness CONSTIPATION RELIEF Constipation isn’t the most glamorous of topics — but having it sure isn’t fun. For one, it’s extremely common, afflicting 42 million people in the United States. Each of us has different bathroom habits, but most experts say that three or fewer bowel movements…
READ MOREAddicted to Your Smartphone? 8 Ways to Break Free
Newsmax Constantly tethered to your smartphone? Experts are waving the red flag. While addition to your favorite portable gadget can be both hard to define and oddly socially acceptable, too much attention to tech can leave you drained and unable to concentrate. Here are eight ways to get your life…
READ MOREThe Most Colorful Places on Earth
msn travel LUOPING COUNTY, CHINA Once a year, China’s Luoping County transforms into a seemingly endless sea of yellow flowers. The bright fields of canola (the plants that make the cooking oil of the same name) bloom in February and March, giving the area of Yunnan an undeniably sunny feel…
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