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Thanks in part to good old-fashioned misogyny, women athletes are often undervalued—and underpaid—in sports. So when I watched a now viral soccer ad end in a surprising way that challenged those deeply entrenched misconceptions, I was all for it.The two-minute ad, created by the French division of the telecommunications company Orange and the marketing agency Marcel, launched in the lead up to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and uses the power of video editing to dispute those thoughts. It starts off with a highlight reel of what appears to be the French men’s soccer team pulling off seriously impressive…

Tim Wilkins, Terrick El Guindy, and Chris Cormier bring the fans all the latest information and analysis every week on Prime Time Muscle, but every now and then, they take a left turn and offer a history lesson on how the sport of bodybuilding reached the level it has today. One recent episode took one of those turns when they spoke on a man many call bodybuilding’s greatest journalist, Peter McGough. “He was definitely my all-time favorite writer,” said Cormier, who was the subject of multiple articles under McGough’s penmanship. “Not only a writer, but a mentor.” El Guindy also…

Trimming down an overgrown midsection and revealing your abs requires a power combo of regular physical activity, healthy eating habits, and tweaks to your lifestyle. Not only is excess belly fat that hangs over your jeans frustrating to deal with on a daily basis, but abdominal fat—or the “visceral fat” that’s tucked away in your belly and surrounds your organs—can be detrimental to your overall health. Just because belly fat is easy to pack on but challenging to lose, that should not deter you from getting your midsection into shape and sculpting an all-around fitter, leaner you. After all, your…

All foods can be enjoyed when you are trying to lose weight, but some may be more beneficial than others. This is because not all calories are created equally. For example, your body will respond differently to 100 calories of soda versus 100 calories of salmon. While establishing a calorie deficit may be most important for weight loss at the end of the day, how you go about this deficit could impact your results. We’re here to help with 10 of the best 100-calorie snacks for weight loss you can choose, because selecting the right items can be daunting. When…

IF YOU NOTICE raised, red bumps on your skin that are incredibly itchy, you might have hives. Fortuately, they’re pretty easy to treat. “Hives are usually due to an allergic reaction, and it occurs when mast cells release histamine,” explains board-certified dermatologist David Kim, M.D.Here’s what happens behind the scenes: Your body stores the chemical histamine inside its cells, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). When you encounter a threat, your immune system releases histamine to protect yourself. The histamine release causes allergy symptoms, such as hives. More From Men’s Health play iconThe triangle icon that indicates to playThe…

Ah migraine, the most annoying third wheel of all time. It’s a universal truth that migraine affects our relationships in ways both good and bad. In this episode, Kat and Skye get honest about dating — just wait until you hear about Skye’s experiment with dating apps — as well as their connections with family and friends. If you sometimes (read: always) feel like a burden to the people you care about, this one’s for you. You can also listen on our page and on Apple Podcasts.   Additional Reading: My Friends Get Real About What It’s Like to Be…

Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. As the chair of Harvard’s Nutrition department put it, transitioning global diets towards healthy plant-based dietary patterns would require large-scale public health efforts, but could be instrumental in ensuring future human health. In my book How Not to Diet, in the chapter on habit formation, I talk about how you can change your existing bad habits to good ones––or establish new good habits from scratch––using a technique known as implementation intentions.…

What was your first internship? For many of us, now years removed from that type of learning experience, the question comes up as an icebreaker activity rather than a serious interview question. In fact, you might have risen to a level in your career that means you now find yourself managing interns.While the benefits of internships to college students and young professionals are numerous, what about the benefits to companies and employees who work directly with interns? Here’s how businesses can help ensure their investment in interns is paying dividends for individual employees and the company as a whole.The mutual…

The following story contains spoilers for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One. IN THE 27 years of the Mission: Impossible franchise, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has always had two things: formidable villains and helpful sidekicks. From Sean Harris’ Solomon Lane and Jon Voight’s Jim Phelps to Simon Pegg’s Benji Dunn and Thandiwe Newton’s Nyah Nordoff-Hall, there have been no shortage of worthy people either helping Ethan or taking him head-on. Where the franchise has lacked, however, is in the category of good old fashioned henchmen. Let’s look at that other secret agent franchise for a few key examples: James…

Costco has an extremely ambitious expansion goal: open more than two dozen new warehouses annually over the next decade. Unfortunately, Northwest Arkansas is no longer included in those expansion plans–at least for now. Costco has canceled a contract for a new warehouse opening in the city of Lowell, Ark., local news outlets have reported. But the exact reasons behind Costco’s decision to pull the plug on the new warehouse are still unclear to the public. The chief executive of the developer representing Costco confirmed to the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal late last week that Costco terminated the contract, but didn’t…