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What do you do when your fitness client asks you out for a drink? Or texts you at 2am? Or slightly recoils from your touch during an assessment? When you’re a health professional working closely with people who need your help, things can occasionally get awkward. Use this guide to set professional boundaries, while still...

When you’re on a show like CBS’s SEAL Team, you’ve got to look the part of an elite operative. In real life, Navy SEALs are renowned for their intense training regimens, which turn their bodies into functional instruments of war, designed to pull off highly sensitive military missions around the globe. That means the actors...

Barney'sLuxury retailer Barneys is giving new meaning to the phrase "the high life." Barney's will open a new shop, featuring cannabis-inspired accessories for home, beauty, jewelry, and other, luxe goods, at its Beverly Hills flagship store this March. The High Life shop will offer a selection of luxury cannabis paraphernalia, including rolling papers made of organically grown...

Your eating style and workout routine may be supporting your sweet tooth.There’s more to food — and your relationship with food — than calories and macros. From my perspective as a health coach, traditional nutrient facts are only the tip of the “food iceberg.”Have you heard of the concept “the polarity of food,” coined by...

For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering three questions. First, can LDL actually infiltrate the arteries, or is there more to the story? Malcolm Kendrick says there’s more to the story, so I dig into some literature to see if they corroborate his position. Second, is New Zealand farmed salmon good to eat? And...

The first trimester of pregnancy can be ROUGH. (Like, so rough we had to pull together our fave GIFs to honor that “special” time.) But, as I’m currently learning, the first trimester is even harder when you already have a little one (or two) to care for. I mean, I have an almost 4-year-old daughter...

We had a great time chatting with Tee Major, a personal trainer with a background in training the military and a passion for bodyweight exercises. Tee joined us to promote his book, Urban Calisthenics, which features almost 70 bodyweight exercises and 10 precision routines that focus on whole-body strength and conditioning. He’s all about working out...