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The commonly held wisdom—listen to what your body is telling you—isn’t just some old adage that doesn’t hold any weight. In some cases, reading your body’s warning signs can actually save your life and promote good overall health. In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies Pay attention to these key elements of your health and fitness. By tweaking your behaviors, you could strengthen your heart, detect early signs of cancer, and stay fit for life....

Being a professional tennis player with two Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals, and 45 career titles to his name, Andy Murray gets to do a lot of traveling. From tournaments on basically every continent, Murray gets to travel the world on an annual basis. While some tennis players find that part of the job a bit exhausting, Murray sees things very differently. The 5 Best New Tennis Racquets...

Well, we just got done “bear crawling” at a fitness boot camp class, so, yes, crawling exercises are a thing. But why? “Crawling is a terrific source of anti-rotational core stability, shoulder stability, and functional strength-building,” says Laura Miranda, D.P.T., M.S.P.T., a NYC-based doctor of physical therapy and personal trainer. “It helps keep your shoulders healthy longterm, and—because of its intense neuromuscular and coordination demands—makes your body ‘neurologically smarter’.” Plus, it’s fierce cardio and a serious calorie-burner....

Victor Solomon has become the go-to artist for NBA stars. Solomon’s worked with Kevin Durant and LeBron James to design custom-made pieces, including stained-glass backboards, and he’s collaborated with the Boston Celtics for work related to Paul Pierce’s jersey retirement. Solomon’s love for basketball and the NBA started when he was a kid growing up in Boston, and now he’s collaborating with the league itself. Basketball Is Back: The Minimally Informed Man’s Guide to the 2018-19 NBA Season...

Pure Magic. Magic Mountain, Vermont is a New England throwback to what you love about skiing and riding with no frills and affordable experiences. Photo: Courtesy of Ryan Johnson/@RyanJohnson_1 A mint on your pillow is nice. And a crafted hot drink by a gas fire pit, a high speed gondola, a cute faux village and a mountain boutique that sells fashionable microfleece Anoraks are all very pleasant … But they’re expensive....

Michael B. Jordan seemingly hasn’t stopped working—or at least, working out—since the first Creed movie in 2015. Since then, he’s posted countless workouts to prep for his role as Erik Killmonger in Black Panther, and, most recently, his reprisal as Adonis Creed in Creed 2. Jordan’s lifestyle lately has been all fitness, all the time. For Black Panther, the actor revealed that he would work out three times a day and eat six times daily just to maintain the body for which the role called....

After a long road through 162 games on the schedule, the Major League Baseball season needs Game 163 to finish off the National League playoff bracket. For the first time in MLB history, two tiebreaker games will be played on the Monday after the season ended to decide the division winners for the NL Central and NL West. The 15 Best Baseball Movies Read article This is the first tiebreaker game since the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers played in 2013 to decide the American League’s second wild card....

For the first time, the Big Wave Risk Assessment Group (BWRAG) will bring its big-wave safety program to Oceanside, California, on June 15 and 16. The two-day course, which is open to all surfers interested in gaining experience in waves of consequence, will include both classroom and in-water training and will be led by big-wave legends Greg Long and Danilo Couto. This session’s leader, Greg Long suiting up. Photo: Al Mackinnon Couto is the executive director of BWRAG and along with Marcio Freire and Yuri Soledade was the first to paddle into Jaws at a respectable size....

Do you need more reasons to own a dog? Researchers say it might save your life, and not just if you fall down a well and need Lassie to get help: There’s a 31 percent reduced risk of death from heart attack or stroke among people who own a dog, suggests a study by the American Heart Association. The Swedish study linking heart health and dogs was published in the association’s journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes....

Get ready for a major Apple upgrade. The California tech giant announced a whole slew of features and updates coming to iOS 12 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, including an overhaul of notifications, and changes in FaceTime and Photos. MORE: 17 Gift Ideas for the Tech-Obsessed Read article Over the two-hour presentation, Apple execs gave developers a preview of what’s to come once iOS 12 is released....

Please Note: Information below is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. With this pandemic situation going on, plenty of people are stuck inside. Working from home or out of work, people are finding themselves at home for longer periods of time than they are used to. So you are going to want to make sure your home is nice and clean. Germ-free would be pretty good as well....

There’s no shortage of theories kicking around about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Perhaps the wildest one involves three-foot-long crabs. The idea has been around for years but was brought up again this recently when the Washington Post interviewed biologist Mark Laidre, who captured footage of a coconut crab catching and dismembering a bird. He went in search of the invertebrates after hearing a story about their power in 2014. “An adult red-footed booby had landed near the entrance to a coconut crab’s burrow,” Laidre told the paper, recounting the tale....

Photograph by Tara Donne Mezcal is tequila’s older country cousin, made from different types of agave that infuse it with big, brawny flavors — think smoke, sweat, and petrol. As such, it doesn’t always play well with others. In Mexico, people drink the stuff undiluted and have for hundreds of years. Mezcal seemed to prefer it that way. That’s why I used to say that mixing cocktails with mezcal was like trying to teach a pig to sing: It wastes your time and annoys the pig....

The Super Bowl of NASCAR is here. The Daytona 500 is coming up this weekend and driver Kevin Harvick is ready to get into gear. “For us this is always a really exciting time of year because it’s a fresh start, and for me It’s fun,” Harvick says. “It’s an exciting time to be at the race track and there’s nothing like coming to Daytona and experiencing the enthusiasm that comes with this race every year....

If you suffer tinnitus because you refused to wear ear plugs at a few loud rock and roll shows in the past, help might be on the way. About 15% of people in the United States (even some celebrities) have to deal with tinnitus, a phantom ringing or noise in their ears. It can be brought on by circulatory system disorder, age-related hearing issues, ear injuries, or prolonged exposure to loud noise....

This story was produced with support from REI. REI Memphis is now open at 5897 Poplar Avenue. Memphis is world renowned for its BBQ and Blues music, but biking? The Memphis bike scene has a great story and from my recent experience, it’s incredibly fun. In 2010, Memphis earned the title of one of the three worst biking cities in the United States by Bicycling Magazine. The Mayor committed to building new bike routes and trails all over town....

How can creamy soup be made without cream? The trick is using reduced-fat Greek yogurt to get that creamy texture. Pureed carrots and cauliflower also add to the delicious mouthfeel. Both vegetables also provide a whopping 60% and 160% of the antioxidant vitamins C and A, respectively. Nutrition (per serving) Calories: 110; total fat: 5g; saturated fat: 1g; protein: 3g; carbohydrates: 14g; sugar: 6g; fiber: 4g; cholesterol: 0mg; sodium: 190mg Recipe and photo by Amy Gorin, M....

With new races popping up every year, obstacle course racing has been a fast-evolving trend over the last decade. These races turn school teachers and businessmen and everyone in between into fierce competitors who take down each hurdle one step at a time. Enter Ryan Atkins – one of the top obstacle course racers in the world. A former mountain bike racer, Atkins is now a dedicated obstacle course racer. In 2014, he won the World’s Toughest Mudder and placed second in the Spartan World Championship – earning serious bragging rights and a respected spot at the top of the billion-dollar industry....

“Free Refills” takes on a whole new connotation in the Monashee Mountains, outside Revelstoke, BC. In a single day we skied 13 laps, each more than 3,000 feet of vert and some closer to 5,000. Between each run a helicopter would pick us up and whip our group of four to the top of a ridgeline, providing just a few minutes to relax. I’ve never skied that much in my life, let alone that much near-perfect powder....

Surfing just lost a major legend. Bruce Brown, the father of surf films, died on Monday. He’d just turned 80. The iconic filmmaker was best known for his movies The Endless Summer and On Any Sunday. Brown’s body of work inspired so many people in the surfing community, something that was manifest in the flood of tributes that followed in the wake of his passing. It’s no doubt that this loss has deeply impacted all of those whole love surf, sun, and great films....