exercise
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Work It Out: Why Exercise Is the Best Prevention Money Can't Buy
What is a cheap (or free) medication with few negative side effects that can prevent and treat dozens of diseases? The answer: Exercise. Many of us have been inside since last year; we have canceled our gym memberships because we understandably don’t feel safe working out indoors. On the one hand, we are saving money,…
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Homecoming Queen Beyoncé Just Launched a New Way to Get HBCUs—and Us—Bodied With Peloton
It’s been a year of mixed emotions for HBCUs—including a pandemic that forced students back home, months of protests filled with continued calls for racial justice, and a contentious election triumphantly resulting in the first Black woman—and HBCU grad (H-U—you know!)—elected vice president of the United States. With traditional homecoming festivities postponed by the ongoing…
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Struggling to Stay Fit During the Pandemic? Celebrity Trainer Percell Dugger Offers Suggestions On How to Preserve Your Sexy
This global pandemic has been a trying time for each of us, and many of us are finding significant difficulty in our attempts to free ourselves from the rampant stress, anxiety and depression that are more prevalent than ever before. Exercise can work wonders in alleviating these afflictions, but as many of us have learned,…
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Black to the Future: GirlTrek's 2nd #BlackHistoryBootCamp Is on the Move—and You Should Be, Too!
It’s difficult to understand where you’re going—or how far you’ve come—without reflecting on the past. That’s why GirlTrek, the largest health movement for Black women and girls in America with 820,000 members and counting, is once again treating us to another season of its highly inspiring #BlackHistoryBootCamp! The second installment of its 21-day walking challenge…
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The Root Jams Weekly (5/15/2020): 'A Long Walk'
This week’s playlist is both in honor of Jilly from Philly and E. Badu’s Verzuz battle from last weekend, but also because in our current climate, a long walk is what many of us rely on for a bit of peace. “A Long Walk” (5/15/2020) J’Na Jefferson India.Arie “Can I Walk With You” Frank Ocean…
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I Tried Trap Yoga. Trap Yoga Won
It’s not my fault. I’m a victim. Since I was a child, my musculature has been as rigid as a slightly inebriated white man trying to learn the kick-pivot part of the electric slide at his co-worker’s daughter’s wedding. To say I’m not flexible is an understatement. Although I am a card-carrying member of the…
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I Played 2-Hand Touch Football This Weekend. I’m Probably Not Doing That Shit Again
On Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, I engaged in a lighthearted game of two-on-two touch football with a couple of my closest friends and the 11-year-old son of one of them. We played to a tie (we were playing to 2). One of my friends is in phenomenal shape; he’s contemplating competing in USA Track &…
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On the Road to Self-Care, Exercising Is One Way to Stay Mentally and Physically Fit
If you’re anything like me, the events that have unfolded over the past 72 hours have been at best astonishing and at worst exhausting. Being black in America has always been a particularly tenuous game: Show your well-earned frustration to others and you could be branded as too sensitive. Keep your legitimate anger inside yourself…