Cardio and strength training are both important to your fitness, a fact that I have always known but currently am unable to shut up about. I am mainly a strength training person (a weightlifter, to be specific), and for a long time I thought that li…
Lees meerMemorial Day occupies a traditional place in American history. Anyone who grew up in this country understands it to be a celebration of wartime sacrifice and patriotic valor. It’s a holiday with its origins in the Civil War, a time of untold divisi…
Lees meerWorking from home since the start of the pandemic, I’ve been forced to grapple continuously with the fact that the other members of my household are total slobs. (Not me; I’m a consummate housekeeper.) And as our crowded apartment increasingly came …
Lees meerIt’s never easy to move to a new city. Though there are lots of great reasons to relocate—a new job, a relationship, graduate school, cheaper rent, a thirst for adventure—relocating to an unfamiliar place can be disorienting and isolating. You’ll ha…
Lees meerIt has been a rough week for poultry. First, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had to remind us not to kiss or cuddle live chickens, ducks, and other fowl, as people doing so has been linked to Salmonella outbreaks reported in 43 …
Lees meerIf you missed last week’s extended tax filing deadline, you might be feeling anxious about getting hit with late-filing penalties by the IRS. However, if you don’t have a recent history of filing your taxes late, it’s possible to apply for something…
Lees meerMuch like Millennials who graduated college in the Great Recession, the class of 2021 faces grim prospects in the job market (it’s still improved remarkably from last year’s COVID-stricken market, however). Or at least that’s how they feel, accordin…
Lees meerIf you’ve been storing gasoline (hopefully not in plastic bags or other random containers), it’s important to know that it can go bad, and after a while you won’t want to put it in your car or lawnmower. But you shouldn’t dump it in the street, eith…
Lees meerWe talked earlier this week about how to be a more gentle parent, which sounds sweet and lovely but can be hard to pull off when you’re feeling frazzled after a long day with whiny children. As with any attempt to shift our behavior, if we can crea…
Lees meerMy mother’s dental history reads like a horror novel: multiple fillings, root canals, implants, jaw surgeries, gum tissue grafts, and full veneers. Emotional costs aside, the financial investment has been massive. As a result, she drilled the import…
Lees meerBetween its reasonable prices and streamlined Scandinavian design (and sure, those meatballs), IKEA is a perennially popular spot to pick up stylish furniture, quirky decor items, and other home essentials. Even if the store’s pop culture reputation…
Lees meerIf your concept of caterpillars is primarily based on reading Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a specific image likely comes to mind when you picture these many-legged insects. Not only does Carle’s titular caterpillar have a distinctive lo…
Lees meerWe tend to think of cucumbers as cool and crisp, best smashed and served in salads, or brined and pickled. But there is beauty in a cooked cucumber, especially a grilled one. Read more...
Lees meerYour credit score is important to lenders, as it helps them assess you as a credit risk, but it’s important to you, too, because it ultimately determines the interest rates you pay on credit cards and loans. While I knew this in my early twenties, t…
Lees meerExercise science evolves over time, and we now know that a lot of things people used to say about fitness are not actually true at all. You won’t slim your thighs by standing in a vibrating belt contraption, for example. But now a bunch of those dea…
Lees meerApple’s iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6 launched this week, adding several new features to iPhones and iPad devices including new voice controls, expanded tracking functions for AirTags, Family Sharing options for Apple card payments, and, of course, tons …
Lees meerIf you don’t want your partner, spouse or roommate snooping on your Google search or YouTube watch histories but you don’t want to resort to using incognito mode, good news: you can now hide both behind password verification.Read more...
Lees meerI first heard about the genre of “size comparison” videos on YouTube from this article in the New York Times, written by a mom whose seven-year-old son had become obsessed with them. He’s at a developmental age where kids are finally able to sort t…
Lees meerPlayStation 5 stock has been scant since launch, but buying the console will probably get even more difficult in the coming weeks. Many PS5-exclusive games are now available or nearing launch, and we’re sure to see big reveals at upcoming events lik…
Lees meerThis week we’re kicking our butts into gear and developing a solid running habit with help from Strength Running founder Jason Fitzgerald. And just in time too, because Lifehacker’s very own Meghan Walbert, co-host of The Upgrade, has been working o…
Lees meerFor some reason, people of a certain age love to collect bottles of expired salad dressing. In fact, a recently expired bottle of Trader Joe’s Green Goddess dressing in my own fridge is just one more damning piece of evidence I am slowly morphing in…
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