April 2014 - Experience Life

- Coming Clean -

COMING CLEAN: When Cabin Fever Becomes Spring Fever

By Courtney Lewis Opdahl

Today's meme de jour caused a fit of laughter — and the need to break free from the cold and gloom.

- Fitness Tips -

TwoGrand: Reimagining the food journal, one photo at a time

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Pictures trump calorie-counting on TwoGrand, a recent addition to the bastion of food and exercise tracking apps.

- Nutrition -

Juices vs. Smoothies: The Great Debate

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Discover what differentiates these healthful drinks.

- Nutrition -

Mighty Spicy

By Experience Life Staff

Spices not only enliven the foods we eat, they can also enhance our overall health, as the six popular spices listed below demonstrate.

- Fitness Tips -

How Exercise Keeps the Skin Young

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

New research shows that exercise cannot only prevent, but also reverse, signs of aging in the skin.

- Pumping Irony -

PUMPING IRONY: The Hazards of Hard — and Soft — Labor

By Craig Cox

A new study on the hazards of hard labor made me think of my dad and how little anyone thought of exercise back in the day.

Arbor-Day: Image taken by Casie Leigh Lukes

- Environmental Health -

Arbor Day 2014: Stand Up for Trees — and the Environment

By Casie Leigh Lukes

A modern anecdote to encourage you to be aware of what's happening in your environment — and take action when needed.

- Personal Development -

Dream Onward

By David Schimke

Executive coach and best-selling author Richard Leider invites you to reimagine your life and construct a roadmap to pursue your passions.

- Workouts -

What is an As Many ROUNDS As Possible (AMRAP) Workout?

By Laine Bergeson Becco, FMCHC

Learn about the distinction between "as many ROUNDS as possible" and "as many REPS as possible" workouts.

- Nutrition -

Celebratory Cinco de Mayo Recipes: A Latin-Inspired Roundup

By Experience Life Staff

Celebrating Mexico's unlikely victory in the 1862 Battle of Puebla has become an excuse to party north of the border. Planning a Cinco de Mayo get-together of your own? Don't miss our roundup of healthy Latin-inspired recipes.

- video -

A Dual Cable Cross Workout (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

See how to do the cable-machine workout featured in our May 2014 issue — including the four bonus moves: cable squat, one-arm/one-leg deadlift, cable muscle-up, and one-arm punch.

- Nutrition -

Spices for Health: Reader Favorites

By Experience Life Staff

Learn how to incorporate health-supporting spices into your healthy-eating regimen with these reader-submitted ideas — and share your own!

A sign that says "Beyond the Harvest" and has many plants attached to it

- Gardening -

Beyond the Harvest: Five Ways Gardens Support Your Health

By Jill Metzler Patton

Garden produce provides nutritional benefits, but the very act of digging in the dirt nurtures mind, body, and soul.

On-Time Arrival

By Jon Spayde

Are you always late? There’s hope for you yet. Here are some helpful insights for overcoming chronic tardiness.

- Personal Development -

Pilar Gerasimo: Revolutionary

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Experience Life’s visionary founding editor talks about the art of healthy transformation.

- Money -

What, Me Budget?

By Jon Spayde

Smart Money Smart Kids coauthor and money expert Rachel Cruze on overcoming your resistance to living on a household budget and creating a financial plan.

- Honestly, Dara -

The Patio-Pot Solution

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

Want to help save the butterflies? Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on how something as simple as planting a patch of herbs can support these pollinators.