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☆ Just 1 minute of squats can boost concentration and improve decision-making
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Breaking up your day with a minute of squat exercise may keep your brain healthy, per a new study. Short bursts of exercise can improve your health and help extend your life, research has found. AdvertisementIf you're stuck in a midday slump, hitting a quick round of squats may help shake off the brain fog, new research suggests. But a growing body of research indicates that short exercise breaks can help offset the harm, both for your mind and your body. The researchers found that when participants took the exercise breaks, they had better executive function as well as faster reaction times.

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☆ A former weight-loss influencer wants you to know working out doesn't have to be a punishment. That's why she invented 'cozy cardio.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Enter "cozy cardio" — a wellness trend focused on exercising in a comfortable way. "Cozy cardio is really just supposed to redefine what exercise and movement means to you," Zuckerbrow told Business Insider, adding that while she previously thought of exercise as a punishment, "cozy cardio" is meant to "bring back enjoyment to movement." Before she was known for her "cozy cardio," Zuckerbrow's TikTok content was primarily focused on weight loss. "You can't be a weight loss account on social media while gaining weight, you know what I'm saying? Zuckerbrow says cozy cardio has improved her relationship with exerciseZuckerbrow told BI that since she's started focusing on "cozy cardio," her attitude towards exercise has changed.

Persons: Hope Zuckerbrow, —, Zuckerbrow's, Zuckerbrow, she's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Texas

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James has been cleared by doctors for a full return to basketball four months after suffering a cardiac arrest, and the Southern California freshman is expected to make his collegiate debut soon. “What soon means, I don’t know,” coach Andy Enfield said after USC’s win over Eastern Washington on Wednesday night. The 7-foot-1 sophomore suffered a cardiac arrest in July 2022. He suffered a cardiac arrest in July during a workout at Galen Center. The 6-foot-3 guard played at Sierra Canyon School in the Chatsworth section of Los Angeles and chose to stay close to home in picking USC.

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☆ Work out smarter, not harder — 4 mobility tips that will boost your gains, and your lifespan, with fewer reps
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mobility exercise can help you build more muscle and prevent injury at the same time. Work through a full range of motion with a bit less weight, and gradually increasing over time. AdvertisementIf you aren't doing at least some mobility exercise in your workouts, you're missing out on gains for both muscle and longevity, according to a personal trainer. Some of the best exercises for mobility are ones you're probably already familiar with, but may not be doing correctly, Foster said. Advertisement"Pain is never the objective and if you experience pain in a larger range of motion, stay slightly above," Foster said.

Persons: —, Ben Foster, Foster, aren't, it's Organizations: Service, People's Athletic, Business, Research, View

☆ 61 Best Cyber Week Deals Still Going On
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Bellamy Richardson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

By Bellamy RichardsonBlack Friday has come and gone, but Cyber Week is still happening. Plus, take up to 60% off at Zappos’ Cyber Week sale, which includes brands such as Columbia, Steve Madden, New Balance and more. Tech dealsWhether you’re looking to upgrade your TV or try out a smartwatch, these tech deals are worth checking out. Beauty dealsSave on all your favorite beauty products during Ulta’s Happy Haul-idays Sale with different offers each week through Dec. 23. This week, take 40% off It Cosmetics products, 25% off select Tarte products and 40% off select Revlon hair tools.

Persons: Bellamy Richardson, Kitchen, Steve Madden Organizations: Solo, Cozy Earth, Smart, Tech, Revlon Locations: Madewell, Columbia, Brooklinen

☆ I'm 79 and work out 6 days a week. I do it to have strong bones, and it makes me happy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She does press-ups, sit-ups, and other exercises six days a week. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Six times a week, starting at 7:30 a.m., I make sure I do 90 minutes of exercise. AdvertisementI'll kick things off with 30 minutes on my elliptical machine, followed by 30 minutes on the Peloton.

Persons: Donna Sasse, Sasse, —, Jim Theodores, You've, you've, I've, I'm, They've Organizations: Service, Business

"A lot of times, people try to hide in the herd, and we try to fit in, and I think that's the worst advice." Anne Mahlum started the boutique fitness chain Solidcore in 2013. Building empathy, maintaining disciplineMahlum's hard-charging approach may have helped her build a fitness empire, which now has more than 100 locations across the U.S. "When we had to do some of those layoffs [I didn't realize] I was taking away [former employees'] social life, their workout life, their friendships, not just their job," Mahlum says. A lifelong athlete, Mahlum says she decided to start Solidcore after being humbled by a L.A.-based Pilates class.

Persons: Anne Mahlum, —, Mahlum, It's, Adams Morgan, who'd Organizations: CNBC Locations: U.S, Washington

☆ 126 Best Amazon Black Friday Deals 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Bellamy Richardson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

Now through Cyber Monday (Nov. 27), Amazon has deals on items from ice makers and air fryers to cameras and watches. Headphone and audio dealsDuring Black Friday sales, we’ve spotted discounts on high quality headphones, earbuds and speakers for easy listening. For more great deals on vacuums, check out our list of the best Black Friday vacuum deals. For more great deals, check out our list of the best Black Friday tech and Apple deals. See our list of the best Black Friday fitness deals for discounts on everything you need for your home gym.

Persons: Bellamy Richardson, Read, Kitchen, fryer Organizations: Black, Amazon, Amazon’s, Foods, Tech, Apple

We're diving into the biggest Black Friday deals in every category, including the best Black Friday leggings deals, which we've rounded up below. Solid black leggings have the versatility to be worn every day, while athleisure brands offer performance-focused leggings for every kind of workout routine. If you're unsure about where to find the right leggings for you, a good place to start is our guide to the best leggings with pockets. For more affordable options, check out our picks for the best leggings on Amazon, which are all under $30. The best leggings Black Friday deals todayThe best gym leggings Black Friday deals today

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☆ 5 tips to improve overall fitness, according to celebrity trainers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Dana Santas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

To dispel the myths and provide practical advice anyone can use, I tapped five of my celebrity trainer friends to help share tips we wish everyone knew to improve their overall fitness. That means less consistent schedules with more vacations, parties and dinners out — more of everything that can sabotage fitness without daily discipline. Courtesy Dana SantasAn easy way to add nonnegotiable daily wellness habits consistently to your lifestyle is by stacking fitness habits with other essential daily chores or hygiene. Recovery is just as important as trainingToo many exercise devotees experience overtraining syndrome, wondering why they aren’t improving their fitness. Using these tips, everyone can approach fitness like a celebrity, which is to say — like a human being navigating the demands of a full life.

Persons: Dana Santas, that’s, it’s, Don Saladino, Ryan Reynolds, Anne Hathaway, Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan, ”, Jen Widerstrom, Scott Hubbard, Widerstrom, Brian Nguyen, Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson, “, Nguyen, Ashley Borden, Khloe Kardashian, ” Borden, Rudy Reyes, Reyes Organizations: Pain, CNN, physiques, Hollywood, ”, Arena Football, Los Angeles, Forces, US Marine Corps, CNN’s Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Jeff Bezos' fiancée did a Vogue photoshoot inside the '10,000 Year Clock' — here's what the structure built beneath a mountain is all about
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, posed inside the 10,000 Year Clock in a photoshoot by Vogue. AdvertisementA Vogue feature of Jeff Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, featured an iconic photoshoot of the couple in Western Texas. It's located inside a mountain in the Western Texas desert that's part of the Sierra Diablo Mountain Range. Bezos began funding the clock project back in 2011. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez got engaged in May after dating for about four years.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Bezos, Danny Hillis, —, Sanchez, intriguingly, Mackenzie Scott Organizations: Vogue, Long Now, Service, Origin, Fox Locations: Western Texas, Van Horn , Texas, Los Angeles

☆ Peloton hit with issues during world-record ride attempt on Thanksgiving Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Monica Melton | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Peloton's annual 45-minute Turkey Burn Ride appeared to have crashed during the session. The fitness company's Turkey Burn Ride, a 45-minute live bike ride hosted by fitness instructor Robin Arzón, attempted to hit the Guinness World Record for the largest live cycling class. Other Peloton users said they were unable to join the Turkey Burn Ride for an extended period of time. Advertisement"This is garbage," a Peloton user who claims he was set to do the Turkey Burn ride wrote on X. !," a Peloton user commented on the company's Instagram post regarding the Turkey Burn ride.

Persons: Peloton's, —, Robin Arzón, Robin, I've, Barry McCarthy Organizations: Service, couldn't, YouTube Locations: Turkey, @RobinNYC

☆ Staff at Pure Barre and other boutique gyms say a major franchisee stiffed them on pay, sent bizarre emails, and talked about drinking his own urine
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Jake Swearingen | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Staff at some Pure Barre, CycleBar, Row House, and other high-end fitness studios aren't being paid. Outposts of CycleBar, Row House, and other pricey fitness studios have also shut their doors, suddenly and sometimes without explanation. In one call reviewed by Business Insider, Brown spoke about drinking his own urine. In his November 8 email to all studio staff, Brown wrote that he "failed all of you." And unlike the fitness studio employees, they didn't find the message or tone of Brown's November 8 email surprising.

Persons: Mitch Brown, —, Brown, Amy, Xponential, Jaime Miettinen, Miettinen, Mitch, Jason Whitman, Stride, hollowing, we're, Pamela Chatman, CycleBar, Subreddits, Chatman Organizations: Service, Staff, Business, Midwest, Professional Holdings, Employees, Xponential, Research, Holdings, Fitness, Pure Locations: Barre, CycleBar, Pure Barre, Detroit, California, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Brown

☆ Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd's daily routine: 5:15 a.m wake-ups and dialing into meetings after dropping her son off at school
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as CEO after almost a decade. "I sleep with the drapes open to rise with the sun," Wolfe Herd told the outlet back in 2017. Advertisement"You only have two hands," Wolfe Herd told Entrepreneur in 2017. Like many parents, Wolfe Herd also said she dealt with late nights and sleep deprivation. "You just never know what you're gonna get," Wolfe Herd told Time.

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☆ The Best Black Friday Deals on Clothing and Shoes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Madeline Diamond | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

By Madeline DiamondBlack Friday deals are already in full swing, and many of those markdowns are on clothing, shoes and accessories that we’ve tested and can recommend. Shop these items and a variety of active and loungewear made from recycled materials on sale now through Black Friday. NikeSave up to 60% on select clothing, shoes and accessories during Nike’s Black Friday sale. Black Friday handbag and accessories dealsCoachTake 25% off select full-price styles at Coach right now, and save even more on other sale items. Lo & SonsWe’ve recommended Lo & Sons’ travel bags in our stories on the best travel wallets and the best travel backpacks.

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☆ The 20 Best Gifts for Your In-Laws—Including the Hard to Impress
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Karen I. Chen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

“There is an unspoken pressure on nailing the perfect gift,” says Kristin Fisher, the Collegeville, Penn.-based founder of custom gift box company Bocu. Leah Inman, a Dallas-based gifting consultant, recommends ordering a custom house portrait for mothers-in-law, in particular. They likely already know about red light therapy, so this petite wand makes the perfect gift, according to Fisher. That’s why he recommends gift cards, such as one from Massage Envy, which has more than 1,100 locations in the U.S. and offers both massage and facials, as well as stretch therapy. Inman recommends gifting this compact jewelry organizer for your jetsetting sister- or mother-in-law.

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☆ NASA scientists think some planets are shrinking because powerful radiation from their cores is pushing away their atmospheres
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Planets beyond our solar system have a size gap, where worlds seem to shrink past a certain range. Scientists think this is because some sub-Neptunes shrink — losing their atmospheres and speeding through the size gap until they are as small as a super-Earth. AdvertisementThe planets themselves may be pushing their atmospheres awayShrinking exoplanets may lack the mass (and therefore the gravity) to hold their atmospheres close. AdvertisementThe other hypothesis, called photoevaporation, says that a planet's atmosphere is dissipated by the radiation of its host star. AdvertisementThe scientists found that most of the planets there retained their atmosphere, making the core-powered mass loss a more likely cause of eventual atmosphere loss.

Persons: —, Jessie Christiansen, Mark Garlick, NASA's, Christiansen Organizations: NASA, Service, JPL, Caltech, Kepler Space, Harvard

MILWAUKEE (AP) — After spending the last eight seasons as Craig Counsell’s bench coach, Pat Murphy is taking over for his former boss as the Milwaukee Brewers’ manager. Counsell took over as the Brewers’ manager when Ron Roenicke was fired in 2015. He hired Murphy as his bench coach following that 2015 season. When the Padres hired Andy Green as their full-time manager after the 2015 season, Murphy joined Counsell’s staff in Milwaukee. Weeks played for the Brewers in 2003 and from 2005-14, making the NL All-Star team in 2011.

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☆ The one genuinely relatable thing about Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

), has been overshadowed by a cheesecake photo of her with with her fiancé, Jeff Bezos. AdvertisementWhile most of the Annie Leibovitz photos of Sánchez alone look glamorous, the one that includes Bezos looks… uh... sort of uncanny. In a new exclusive interview, Lauren Sánchez discusses going to space, giving back, and her high-flying romance with Jeff Bezos. Winkie writes:It's almost a relief to know that someone as rich as Jeff Bezos is still bound by the frailties of the human condition. AdvertisementHey, who doesn't love true love?

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☆ I Tried Some Intense CEO Morning Routines So You Don’t Have To
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Ray A. Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For years, chief executives have told me the energy, drive and creativity they get from their morning is what drives them. So I decided to take on the challenge of a lifetime: Try a CEO’s morning routine for one day. On a Tuesday, I was JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and up before dawn reading five newspapers, research reports and getting in a workout. On a Wednesday, call me Nasdaq Chief Executive Adena Friedman. And on a Thursday, I stepped into Hollywood executive Nathan Brown’s shoes.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Adena Friedman, Nathan Brown’s Organizations: Nasdaq, Hollywood

☆ Peoplehood is a 'workout for your relationships'—I tried it to make new friends: Here's how it went
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

1 thing that makes us feel happy and live longer is positive relationships with romantic partners and friends. To remedy this sometimes intimidating process, Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler created Peoplehood, a "workout for your relationships", to help people find community. To get a better sense of the experience, I attended a Peoplehood gather. Peoplehood gathers are led by a guide, and she prompted us to start the experience with breathwork. The first one was pretty simple; we were asked to share our name and something that felt true for us.

Persons: Julie Rice, Elizabeth Cutler, Ruth Zukerman, Rice, they're, Peoplehood, Renée Organizations: Harvard, CNBC Locations: New York City, Chelsea, Manhattan

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Nope” star Keke Palmer alleges in civil court documents that she suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, with whom she shares a son. The filing this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court included a request for a domestic violence restraining order against Darius Jackson, 29. Telephone messages seeking comment from Jackson were left on voicemail at a number associated with his address as listed in the court filing. She said she dated Jackson from June 2021 until the relationship ended this past October because of physical and emotional abuse. Representatives for Palmer did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment from the star.

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Think a pull-up is hard? Try lifting your big toe off the ground unassisted. At the gym, we rarely pay attention to some of our most important muscles. We couldn’t move from place to place or maintain our balance without the small muscles of the feet.

☆ Retro walking — or going backward — is good for you, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Head into any gym, and you may find someone walking backward on a treadmill or pedaling in reverse on an elliptical machine. “People are sitting way too much today, plus they lack varied movement.”Quite a few studies have been done on the potential benefits of retro walking, a common term for walking backward. Take it slowly when you first start to walk backward, experts say. Other studies indicate backward motion may help those with knee osteoarthritis and chronic back pain, plus improve gait and balance. People in China have been walking backward for centuries for physical and mental health.

Persons: ”, Grayson Wickham, doble, Landry Estes, ” Estes, You’re, Wickham, ” Wickham, Loren Zitomersky, “, Estes, it’s, ” Melanie Radzicki McManus Organizations: CNN, International, of Sports Medicine, Boston Marathon, CNN’s Locations: New York City, “, Station , Texas, China

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Fierceness won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by 6 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Friday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher the early favorite for next year’s Kentucky Derby. Pletcher and owner Mike Repole won the Juvenile last year with Forte. Pletcher earned his 15th Cup victory, while John Velazquez notched his 20th, second all-time among jockeys. Political Cartoons View All 1234 ImagesFive of the seven horses that were scratched from Cup races Friday were for veterinary reasons, while the other two were by order of the stewards. Racing resumes Saturday with nine Cup races, including the $6 million Classic.

Persons: — Fierceness, Todd Pletcher, Mike Repole, Forte, Pletcher, John Velazquez, Fierceness, Bob Baffert, ”, Mike Farrell Organizations: Breeders, Kentucky Derby Locations: ARCADIA, Calif, Santa

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