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By engaging in lung-busting, muscle-burning bursts of physical activity with little time to recover, your body more efficiently melts fat. It’s called high-intensity interval training (HIIT), and odds are you’ve been incorporating it into your fitness regimen for years now. But as you get older, those years of playing college football, pounding the pavement, and popping into workout classes take a heavy toll on your joints. To save your hips, knees, and low back, it pays to shift some of your HIIT workouts to high-intensity, low-impact training (HILIT)....

Mushrooms are enjoying the type of notoriety mycologists (fungus experts) always dreamed of. Sure, truffles have long been coveted, even while the button kind have been considered a culinary snooze, but go to the grocery store or the farmers market and you’ll find many exotic varieties, such as the tulip-shaped chanterelle, the orange-hued lobster, and the delicate enoki. And it couldn’t have happened to a better spore, since mushrooms possess a stellar nutritional profile....

There’s a difference between having fun, and being foolish. Photo: Ben White The mountains are calling and must be visited on vacation. While many people are enjoying some time off, sliding down snow whooping and hollering with joy, the ladies and gents who wear red with white crosses are working triple overtime to hold down the fort. Ski patrollers all over the world are on the hill before sunrise making sure things are marked with signs and controlled with explosives as best as possible....

Can we talk about nose hair for a minute? Because every summer, those suckers seem to sprout like they’re on steroids, taking over your nostrils like weeds in a garden. Sure, genetics plays a role in determining who gets the full-on troll look. But most guys are resigned to an adulthood, or at least a season, of awkward hairiness in embarrassing places — for which they should seek the easiest, quickest, most effective, and least painful device for removing....

This article originally appeared on Snowboarder.com and has been republished with permission. I started snowboarding in 1985, though in proper context my origin story would more aptly be described as “Burton Boarding.” At the time most Vermonters, my parents and grandparents included, referred to descending the slopes sideways as such. Regardless of whether I labeled it as snowboarding or Burton Boarding, there’s no doubt that I called it “fun.” Ultimately, it was something more....

The 2019 World Whisky of the Year, as dictated by whisky writer Jim Murray, has officially been crowned, and it’s the impossible-to-buy William Larue Weller Bourbon from the 2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. Yes, you read that right: 2017. Because Jim Murray dates his list for the upcoming year rather than the year it’s produced, and because Buffalo Trace labels its Antique Collection based on the year it’s released, the Whisky of the Year for 2019 is actually the 2017 release of William Larue Weller, featured in our best bourbons of the fall list last year....

October Streaming Guide: The ‘Breaking Bad’ Movie, ‘Glass’, and More to Watch This Month Read article October Streaming Guide: The ‘Breaking Bad’ Movie, ‘Glass’, and More to Watch This Month Read article October Streaming Guide: The ‘Breaking Bad’ Movie, ‘Glass’, and More to Watch This Month Free Solo – Hulu If you haven’t seen Free Solo yet, you’re in luck: It’s now available to watch outside of a theater. The award-winning documentary following the story of climber Alex Honnold features a lot more than just rock climbing; it’s about love, life, anxiety, what it takes to try and conquer your fears, achieve your dreams, and more—and yes, it also has some of the most incredible rock climbing footage you’ve ever seen....

SAN CLEMENTE, California – The 2018 Supconnect Brand of the Year, SIC Maui, has announced its team of world-class athletes and ambassadors representing the brand in 2019. Among the Global Athletes, SIC proudly welcomes new Brazilian team riders Guilherme Dos Reis and David Leão, two unknowns who made their way to the 2018 Pacific Paddle Games against amazing odds, and landed on the elite podium. With these two new impressive racers, SIC continues to grow its diverse global presence with athletes representing the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, France, Tahiti, Brazil, and Japan....

Experimental whisky programs are all the rage right now as brands compete to keep the ever-shrinking attention span of consumers. Glenfiddich’s answer is Project XX, which assembled 20 whisky experts from around the world and asked each one to select a special cask of whisky from Glenfiddich’s stocks. After they’d each chosen a cask, Master Distiller Brian Kinsman blended them together and allowed them to marry. It’s hard not to talk about a project like this one as a symphony, especially when you have a room full of talents in need of some direction....

Why are we still using an almost 200-year-old formula to determine who’s fit or fat? We’re talking, of course, about the body mass index, or BMI, developed in 1832 by a social scientist to explain variations in humans’ shapes and sizes. Unfortunately, it has a major flaw: It doesn’t account for the fact that both bone and muscle weigh more than fat. So, according to BMI, the average muscle-bound NFL linebacker would likely be categorized as “obese,” and top sprinters—who have maybe 8% body fat on a bad day—would score as being at least a bit overweight, a 2014 study showed....

The avocado is everyone’s favorite fat-filled, low-sugar fruit for a reason: It’s creamy, delicious, and damn good on toast. But the green goddess is also supremely nutrient-dense. Here are five surprising facts and health benefits of the humble superfood (as if we needed to give you more of a reason to eat avocados). There are 500 varieties of this berry—yes, it’s technically a berry—that are grown worldwide. You only need to eat 1 avocado a day to improve your cholesterol....

“Rivers are the lungs of our ecosystem. In the spring they take a big breath, fill with water, and slowly exhale throughout the year. That is, if they are functioning right.” Mike Fiebig, Conservation Director for the Northern Rockies with American Rivers, passionately paints a picture of the diverse roles rivers play in our ecosystem, economy, societies, and personal and public health (just to name a few). Yet we continue to hem rivers in on all sides....

Over the weekend, one of surfing’s power couples welcomed a new life into this world: Pro surfer Alana Blanchard gave birth to her and fellow pro surfer Jack Freestone’s baby boy. Banks Harvey Freestone was born Saturday evening at their home in Hawaii, weighing in at a healthy 8 pounds 9 ounces. A post shared by Alana Blanchard (@alanarblanchard) on Dec 2, 2017 at 4:47pm PST A post shared by Jack Freestone (@jackfreestone) on Dec 2, 2017 at 4:44pm PST...

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, sets a pretty high bar for being a good husband and dad: He routinely shows up to support his wife, tennis star Serena Williams, at her matches; and, as his Instagram account shows, he’s a doting father to their young daughter, Olympia. In a recent New York Times op-ed, he explained that taking paternity leave was essential for forming a bond with Olympia and also caring for Serena, who experienced life-threatening complications during her pregnancy....

Even though there’s a whole slew of binge-worthy content coming to Netflix in November 2018, there’s also a bunch of shows and movies leaving this month. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies While you’ll be able to catch a new Coen Brothers Western movie, the new season of Narcos, and a new Orson Welles film, you won’t be able to stream some solid movies like Jurassic Park, Paddington, Cruel Intentions, and Anna Karenina....

For three years, Hans Nilsson searched in vain to spot the rare white moose that had been roaming in western Sweden, but when he finally found the unique animal he dreamed about filming he was unprepared. Unfortunately, Nilsson didn’t have his camera when he saw the white moose in a road ditch in Eda on Thursday. So the next day he returned to the spot and was lucky enough to spot it again....

Uco Valley, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, due west of Buenos Aires, is what Napa Valley was 30 years ago—if Napa had colonial Spanish squares and 18,000-foot peaks rising in the distance. Nearly 100 vineyards dot the 45-mile-long valley, named one of the nine great wine regions of the world (which include Napa and Bordeaux). And yes, the reason to come is to let loose your inner oenophile. The vineyards are spread out, so a tour of two or three in a day is an ambitious affair....

A couple of years ago we told you about Vi, the world’s first AI personal trainer. We loved Vi! Right now you can get your own Vi—including the Vi-Sense heart rate-monitoring headphones—for the incredible price of just $150 for your first year. Beyond the novelty of having a trainer living inside our head, we found Vi to be a truly effective workout tool. It provided guidance and inspiration, and kept us on-track and motivated to meet our fitness goals....

Popular men’s care brand Harry’s and the expert estheticians at Heyday have just released a new face mask that address guys’ distinct facial needs. Available now, Harry’s X Heyday Detoxifying Face Mask detoxifies, exfoliates, and soothes to restore your face and get you looking your most confident—just in time for spring. Skincare 101: Dos and Don’ts for Better Skin Read article What makes it so special? The creamy face mask contains mineral rich Kaolin and Bentonite Clay to unclog pores and detoxify your skin without drying it out....

Pork tenderloin is a great dinner option because it’s a lean cut that’s high in protein, low in fat, and is brimming with energy-boosting B-vitamins like niacin, thiamin, and vitamins B6 and B12. Nutrition (per serving) Calories: 286; total fat: 14g; saturated fat: 4g; protein: 29g; carbohydrates: 11g; sugar: 2g; fiber: 0g; cholesterol: 85mg; sodium: 150mg Recipe and photo by Vicki Shanta Retelny, R.D.N., L.D.N. of Simple Cravings. Real Food....