Special operations selection courses are designed to weed people out. In the Navy, the screening test to just qualify for these courses has about a 90 percent failure rate. From there, anywhere between 60 to 90 percent of candidates don’t make it through the course itself. Those who do make it, more than anything else, display the ability...
We have a workout experiment for you. It’s simple. It’s effective. And it’s tailor-made for people who work from home. If that’s your situation right now, there may be no better time to try these workouts. We call them ‘trigger workouts.’ But they’re also known as intermittent workouts, micro-workouts, and mini-workouts. Give these workouts a shot, and they might...
Let’s start with the hard truth. You can’t fully control whether you catch a cold, the flu, or COVID-19. You also can’t control how your body will react once it’s exposed to a pathogen. There are many different factors that determine your body’s response. Some you can impact, like nutrient deficiencies. Others you can’t do anything about, like...
More than 60 percent of our incoming clients say they struggle with emotional or stress eating. And that was before the global pandemic. Whether out of stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, or grief, it’s understandable why we turn to food for comfort. Food offers a pretty great—if very temporary—solution to our suffering. Eating feels good. It sets off a cascade of...
A healthy lifestyle is never effortless. Only for many of us, it feels unusually hard right now. Shockingly so, perhaps. Yes, stress, overwhelm, and depression may all be contributing factors. But there’s also a good chance something else happened: The pandemic just broke your “system.” We know: That sounds like a plot twist from Westworld. Stick with us, though, because it’s about...
We have a workout experiment for you. It’s simple. It’s effective. And it’s tailor-made for people who work from home. If that’s your situation right now, there may be no better time to try it. Give it a shot, and it might help you: Move more frequently throughout your day for better overall health Make working out seem “easier” while...