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Ready to smooth stubborn back bulge after 50? Try these five simple standing moves. Back fat tends to show up quietly after 50, settling around the upper or lower back, no matter how consistent your walks, ab routines, or diet seem to be. This area responds best to muscular tension rather than endless cardio or isolated core work. Standing strength exercises train the entire posterior chain while forcing your core to stabilize and your posture to improve. Those combination effects boost calorie burn, tighten the midsection, and reshape the back far more effectively than seated machines or floor exercises ever…

As part of our GoodTherapy Member Spotlight series, we spoke with Dr. Glenda Clare, a licensed clinical mental health counselor and addiction counselor based in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Clare brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work with individuals, families, and groups. With specializations in family relationships, life transitions, grief and bereavement, and addiction counseling, she creates a warm, nonjudgmental partnership with her clients. Her philosophy is simple: “We all got issues” — and therapy is a safe place to work through them together. In this interview, Dr. Clare offers practical advice on starting therapy, finding the…

GLP-1 style treatments like Ozempic and Mounjaro are doing wonders when it comes to helping people lose unwanted bodyfat, but research indicates that lean mass could also fall thanks to GLP-1, leading to an almost 40% drop in skeletal muscle in some cases. That’s why news of a new drug that can burn fat while preserving muscle could be a game changer, even complimenting existing treatments. Encouraging results from a study on the new drug, known technically as a “GRK-biased adrenergic agonist,” have been extremely promising. Firstly, it’s available as an oral pill, meaning no nasty needles, and secondly, this…

Skip the weights, try these 5 moves to tighten and strengthen arms after 50. Toning and strengthening your arms after 50 can feel like an uphill battle. After a lifetime of working in the fitness industry, as a group exercise instructor, a personal trainer, and now running TRAINFITNESS, the UK’s personal training course provider, I have trained thousands of people over 50. Once we reach that age, we do face challenges—but they aren’t insurmountable, and with the right strategy, older adults can thrive. Here are the best bodyweight moves to sculpt your arms without ever picking up a dumbbell. The…

I’ve spent most of my working life exploring a simple question: What does it mean to live in better relationship with time? Not to control it, or conquer it, or squeeze more from it—but to understand it, to move with it, to co-operate rather than compete. Lately, I’ve realized that my relationship with AI is starting to resemble that same dynamic. For months, I’ve been sitting with a tension I hadn’t quite named: AI is both deeply convenient and deeply disruptive. It can accelerate work, sharpen research, and expand possibility. It can also flatten nuance, mimic without understanding, and tempt…

Firm up arm jiggle after 45 with these 3 trainer-approved moves you can do anywhere. Bicep curls are a gym day staple when it comes to building bigger, stronger arms—and for good reason. This simple move is a stellar way to pack on muscle and strength while supercharging your biceps. But what if we told you we have another method to achieve impressive results? We spoke with Domenic Angelino, CPT, with International Personal Trainer Academy, which offers NCCA-accredited Personal Trainer (CPT) and Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) programs, to learn the best standing exercises you can do anywhere that will firm…

This Couscous Salad with Herb Vinaigrette is what Chef Jeremy Sewall calls a “no rules salad,” and honestly, we get it. Warm or cold, packed with whatever veggies you’ve got, it’s the kind of throw-together dish that somehow feels comforting and elevated at the same time. The only real tip: dress your veggies before the couscous so everything stays perfectly textured. Pulled from Sewall’s new cookbook Everyday Chef, this is the kind of effortless, feel good recipe we’ll be making on repeat. Recipe SERVES 4 1½ cups vegetable stock Kosher salt 1 cup Israeli couscous 1 Roasted Red Pepper (page…

While the humble warmup if often the most neglected portion of any workout, many of us take more care as colder temperatures take hold. Still, when it comes to preparing our body for the best possible exercise session, which type of warmup works best? Science has the answer. Lots of people glide straight past the warmup phase of working out, while others limber up with a little stretching, but elite athletes are often taken through lighter, warmup sets before hitting the same task at full intensity, but which method works best? A new systematic review from Edith Cowan University (ECU)…

Define your neck and jawline with these easy standing exercises that strengthen and lift. Many changes happen to your body after you hit 50—and your neck and jawline are no exception. This part of the body can start to become less defined, and it has to do with a reduction in collagen and elastin. Your bones change and fat is redistributed, which can lead to what some refer to as “turkey neck,” jowls, wrinkles, and a sagging jawline. Although genetics play a role in aging, there are many steps you can take to help slow down the effects—for instance, limiting…

I’m a lesbian who loves gay romance. And no, not just stories about queer women—although of course, those too—but also gay male media. My girlfriend and I have binged the likes of Young Royals, Fellow Travellers, and Red, White & Royal Blue. This year, we were even Jack and Ennis from Brokeback Mountain for Halloween. So as Heated Rivalry, HBO Max’s newest gay TV show, took the world by storm in the last few weeks, I, too, became someone who eagerly awaits episode drops every Friday night.Based on the novel by Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry follows two top hockey players,…