Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Well: How to Start Working Out

Making a fitness plan you can stick with
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Guide
How to Start Working Out
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Here are ways that you can start a fitness routine – and stick to it – so you can reap the vast benefits of exercise.

Phys Ed
Get Up and Move. It May Make You Happier.
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Even a gentle walk can lift your mood and improve life satisfaction.

Phys Ed
Those 2-Minute Walk Breaks? They Add Up
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Whether you move for long stretches or in sporadic spurts, the effect on overall health can be the same.

Guide
Yoga for Everyone
By KELLY COUTURIER

Whether you are young or old, overweight or fit, yoga has the power to calm the mind and strengthen the body.

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Well
A Diet and Exercise Plan to Lose Weight and Gain Muscle
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

A high-intensity, high-protein workout and food plan helped men drop 11 to 12 pounds in a month while adding three pounds of muscle mass.

Well
Ask Well: Making Exercise a Habit
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

A reader asks: What's the best way to create a habit of exercising?

Phys Ed
Work. Walk 5 Minutes. Work.
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Standing up and walking around for five minutes every hour during the workday could lift your mood, combat lethargy and even dull hunger pangs.

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Guide
How to Start Running
By TARA PARKER-POPE

Starting a new running habit doesn't have to be hard — all it takes is a comfortable pair of shoes and a willingness to move a little or a lot, all at your own pace.

Well
The Right Way to Stretch Before Exercise
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

A new review of studies suggests that those forsaken static stretches of old may not be so bad after all.

Economic View
Why Trying New Things Is So Hard to Do
By SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN

Most people make relatively few personal experiments, in both small and big things. The cost of passivity is enormous.

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