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Health
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

I'm 73, still working, and walk 20,000 steps a day. I can do the splits - and I'm not slowing down.

Regular exercise, including stretching, walking, and strength training, enables healthy aging and sustained work capacity into the 70s.
Public health
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

The common problem reducing the benefits of your exercise

Air pollution can halve the mortality benefits of regular exercise, significantly reducing health gains for people living in highly polluted areas.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Feel like your mind and body are separate? Here's how life changes when we become whole

I don't think I've respected my body, not deep down. I've valued it only for its functions and the purposes it served me: trying to attract others; avoiding feelings; running a faster (or, rather, a slightly less slow) 5km. Until today, I've not understood that my body is me, it is my life, rather than something that produces results. The unconscious uses the body to express some pain or rage or whatever emotion the mind cannot tolerate
Mental health
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