March 2010: Thoughtful Choices About Money, Work and Health
Faked Fitness
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An evolutionary biologist explains why we spend a fortune trying to fake health, fitness and other desirable traits — and why our efforts are rarely convincing.
The Unplugged Vacation
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Want to come home from your next vacation feeling more deeply revived? Leave your tech gadgets—and habits—at home.
The Paycheck Trap
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Disenchanted with your job? Can’t imagine living without your current income? Here’s how to ease the stress of feeling tied to a ho-hum career.
My Top Five Healthy Bargains
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Goods and experiences that generally cost less than $50 (in some cases, they're free), that are time-efficient, and that I can whole-heartedly recommend to almost anyone.
The Ultimate Day Off
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Turn off your phone, ignore your inbox, forget the chores, and enjoy a day of real rest and rejuvenation.
Healthy Breakfasts for Busy Mornings
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Here's what to eat when your day is rushed, and why skipping breakfast is not an option.
Fast Food Your Way
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For nearly 50 years, Jacques Pépin has been a cooking inspiration. Today, his elegant but efficient approach to food is more in demand than ever.
Miso
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Versatile and simple to use, every spoonful of this Japanese seasoning is brimming with flavor and essential nutrients.
Eating 9 to 5
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Catered banquets. Big-deal dinners. Gobbled-down anything. The eating scenarios we face at work are rarely ideal. Here’s how to make the best of three tough situations.
Health on a Budget
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OK, money’s tight. But your health is invaluable. So where can you scrimp, and where should you spend wisely? Here’s how to make the money-saving decisions that are right for your budget — and your body.
Cash Conscious: Bari Tessler-Linden
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Financial therapist Bari Tessler-Linden helps people manage their money by first exploring their thoughts, values and beliefs.
Workday Workouts
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Yes, you’re busy. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find time for fitness. Here’s how to squeeze in a series of invigorating activities that turn wasted moments into body-strengthening mini-workouts.
Professional Liability
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All the free food he got at work had Jason Buszta packing on the pounds - until the sudden death of a friend made him realize he was putting his own health at risk.
Get Your Core Off the Floor
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Still crunching to strengthen your core? Try Vertical Core Training, which recruits more muscles for a more effective workout.
Save Your Neck
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A chronic case of “computer neck” can undermine your work and your workouts. So don’t sit and suffer. Start getting the kinks out - now.
Vertical Core Training: Lunge and Throw (Video)
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When you lunge forward and back during this exercise, you're using ground reaction through your feet to drive energy through the body. The moment of the lunge and the throw creates another load diagonally through the core. You're also activating all the core muscles in your hips, ribs and pelvis.
Behind the Scenes With Bari Tessler-Linden (Video)
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Financial therapist Bari Tessler-Linden shares the story of how her Conscious Bookkeeping approach came to life in this behind the scenes video from our March 2010 cover shoot.
Vertical Core Training: Split Stance Overhead Press (Video)
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The motion of the overhead press dives the core to move in three dimensions. By driving the dumbbells sided to side, you also create a top-down force that causes the rib cage and pelvis to move, switching on all the muscles that connect the pelvis, rib cage and thoracic spine.
Vertical Core Training: Posterior Lunge and Press (Video)
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The posterior lunge and press creates greater hip extension while working the core muscles through three planes, which translates to more flexibility and power.
First Things First
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Life is full of tricky balancing acts, but there are some priorities that always deserve top billing.
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