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No machines, no fuss, just 4 moves that make your glutes feel lifted fast. Lifting sagging glutes after 45 requires smarter training than relying on gym machines that lock your body into stiff, one-direction movements. Your glutes respond best when your hips move freely, your core stabilizes, and your legs drive power through natural standing patterns, the kind that strengthen the muscles that support your pelvis and lift your backside. When you stay upright, your glutes fire harder with every shift in weight, creating more activation than most seated or guided exercises ever generate. These standing movements challenge the full…
Some highlights from the world of mindfulness, where people are seeking connection, solidarity, and compassion in a struggling world.News storiesGood Neighbors Gea Sijpkes directs Woon- en Zorgcentrum Humanitas Deventer, a Dutch nursing home. She knew that intergenerational friendships can reduce depression and loneliness in the elderly, and she also knew there was a shortage of affordable student housing. This led her to design an intergenerational program that offers a win-win for young and old alike: When college students offer 30 hours a month of conversation and companionship to the nursing home’s residents, they get to live in the care center…
A couple of weeks ago, I took my 8- and 11-year-old daughters to see Wicked: For Good. We all enjoyed the first Wicked, so naturally, my girls wanted to see the second. They asked to go to the mall to pick out pink and green Glinda and Elphaba tees and hair bows to wear to the opening day of the sequel at our local theater. The showing was packed with my daughters’ elementary-aged peers, many of them clad in pink and green of their own. They’ve been dressing up as their favorite characters since they were old enough to ask…
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…