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Wellness
I would never have confessed to another man what I was going through. But by sheer virtue of being in the same room together, we’d disclosed something to each other;
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The words we use don’t just describe reality—they shape it. “Got to“ closes you off, makes you smaller, turns your life into a to-do list you never asked for. This
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With billionaires biohacking themselves amid an insurgent wellness boom, growing interest around exercises for longevity proves more and more of us are paying attention to our health than ever before.You
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Our tester did warn us about the noise, however, saying that this elliptical gets loud, especially when you’re doing an intense workout. We wouldn’t recommend using it early in the
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My metabolism, it seems, has fallen off a cliff.I first noticed that things weren’t quite as they should be this past spring. After last year’s period of festive indulgence, I
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This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.We imagine
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Who knew Christopher Nolan was a rager? The beloved auteur's highly anticipated next film, a retelling of Homer's The Odyssey, is still about six months away and thus shrouded in
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Every now and then, fitness TikTok digs up something that’s been around forever and calls it a “trend.” Earlier this year, the honors went to zone 2 cardio, a relatively
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I’m about 15 seconds into my conversation with Ron Perlman when we get sidetracked. When I join our Zoom call and mention offhandedly that I’m currently in Minneapolis, Perlman—who got
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