All of us have had days when it seemed like nothing was going right, and all we wanted to do was just crawl back into bed. But having a bad day and being depressed and anxious with seemingly no end in sight are two different things — and based on the rash of celebrity suicides…
While the number of calories you consume each day certainly plays a role in your ability to drop a few extra pounds, the battle to lose weight is actually much more complex than a simple calories-in vs. calories-out approach. Your hormones, stress levels, sleep, physical activity and food allergies are important factors, too — and…
Rabbis in an ultra-Orthodox settlement have come out publicly against the trendy Brazilian fitness dance known as Zumba. A rabbinic panel in Beitar Illit ruled against Zumba classes, the Hebrew-language website Mako reported, even as it is practiced in this religious community – with a female instructor and all-female participants. In the document issued by…
Jessica Simpson, Hilary Duff, Katy Perry, Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried all share the same Jewish man. And they’re on the record about their ardor for him. Harley Pasternak, 38, has managed to corner the market on personal fitness for A-listers — and even become a kind of celebrity himself. With private studios in New…
Max Greenfield, who plays Schmidt on “The New Girl,” has shown that you can turn some kibitzing into some tzedakah. A few weeks ago Vulture made up a mock cover for a workout video that it imagined Greenfield’s “lovably preening” Schmidt character might have made. It was all just a joke, but Greenfield kind of…
Put down those mats everyone. Now yoga is bad. Well, not bad, but maybe not the magic cure it has long been touted as either — at least according to two new articles. A recent piece in the New York Times magazine outlines the health risks associated with yoga. While completely hyperbolic — one guy’s…
When striptease-as-exercise first appeared on the fitness scene, nearly a decade ago, I was positive that it would be a flash-in-the-pan fad. So I just ignored it, and haven’t paid it much attention since. But then, just the other day, while checking out the on-demand exercise classes on cable, I saw that one of my…
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