Category: Fitness books
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Body weight workouts can be more than enough work
by Jay Hiller, February 5, 2022 Photo by Hayley Kim Design on Unsplash “Um, this is hard,” I thought by the third time the yoga instructor on my streaming service added “just a little bit more to the sequence we’ve been doing.” It was a good practice with challenging moves that put me on my…
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Thirty-second cold showers
by Jay Hiller, November 22, 2022 Photo by Chandler Cruttenden on Unsplash Cold showers are easy to take in the summer, especially in Austin. I started doing them two summers ago, when I read about the benefits. They create a state of temporary stress that turns on your longevity genes. I also got a little…
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On my reading list: Death by Comfort by Paul Taylor
Isn’t this a great title? I can’t wait to read this book. The basic premise is that our bodies evolved to do best with a certain level of discomfort–too cold, too hot, not enough food, the need to move to get what we need. Much of modern life has taken that away and that has…