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A collection of resources about exercise, fitness, and cancer. This compilation explores the role of physical activity in cancer prevention, treatment benefits, and rehabilitation. Key themes include guidelines for exercise regimens, the impact on mental health, and case studies illustrating successful outcomes for cancer patients.
a collection of articles about Heart Disease, Health
A collection of resources about procrastination, motivation, and the neuroscience of doing hard things. This curated selection explores the psychological and physiological factors influencing procrastination, with a focus on the role of dopamine in motivation and reward systems. Key themes include strategies for overcoming procrastination, the i...
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
a collection of articles and videos about knee, hip and back pain, and how to get rid of it
a collection about Exercise: High-intensity interval training (HIIT)
Exercise, Fitness - cardio and VO2 max
Focus - flow, and getting into the zone
A collection about Brains - and food, exercise
a collection of videos with tips and suggestions for Volleyball - training, exercise and drills
Volleyball - nutrition, diet, food for sports
a collection of videos with tips and suggestions for jumping higher - training, exercise and drills
Running - how to be a better runner
Supplements - Nutrition, food, diet and health
Nutrition - food, diet, supplements and health
Track - training for the 1 mile, 400m, 800m events - Running and Exercise, Fitness
a collection about Running and Exercise, Fitness
Stretching, Exercise and Fitness - yoga, more
Weight Lifting, Exercise and Fitness
Lululemon - and indoor exercise, fitness
Exercise, fitness - online platforms, websites
Walking - Exercise, Fitness and Mental health
a collection of articles about Peloton and Indoor bicycles, exercise, fitness
Weight Lifting, Old Age, and the Benefits of Exercise
How to Dance - dance moves

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The Most Effective Strength Training Workout, According to Science

The number of reps and sets you do is less important than these fundamentals. (2020)


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When you lose weight, your fat cells don't just let go of fat

If cells were personified, fat cells would be an overbearing grandparent who hoards. (2020)


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ClassPass Becomes The First New Unicorn Of The Decade

ClassPass announces a massive new $285 million Series E, bringing its valuation to over a billion dollars making it the first new unicorn of the de... (2020)


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Inflammation might be the root of preventable disease | Harvard Magazine

Could inflammation be the root of preventable disease? (2019)


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The Art of The Hard Part

I was always moved by a particular line in The Godfather: “Mister Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.” The line stuck ou... (2024)


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To develop wearable tech, students raise $15K, including prize winnings - Refresh Miami

Student Spotlight: To develop wearable tech, FIU's Lara Garcia and FAU's Juan Fortich raise $15K, including prize winnings - Refresh Miami The p... (2023)


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Olympic Caliber Nutrition - USA Volleyball

Aaron Brock MS, ATC, PESDirector of Sports Medicine and Performance to the U.S. National TeamsUSA Men’s Olympic Volleyball TeamE-Mail: aaron.brock@... (2022)


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How often should you do HIIT? Fitness trainers explain why you should limit your interval training

How often should you do HIIT? Is HIIT bad for you? Is it bad to do HIIT every day? Fitness trainers explain how much HIIT you should do a week and ... (2021)


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50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to – the biology of how muscles change with age

As people age, the chemical signaling pathways in muscles become less potent, and it gets harder to build muscle and maintain strength. But the hea... (2022)


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Fitness app FitOn raises $40M, acquires corporate wellness platform Peerfit – TechCrunch

Digital fitness and wellness company FitOn has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Delta-v Capital, the company announced on Tuesday. Fit... (2022)


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Calf Muscle Exercises at Home to Make Me Jump Higher | SportsRec

Doing strength and plyometrics exercises at home will improve calf strength and reflex under load for a higher vertical jump. (2021)


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Do Calf Raises Improve Vertical Jump? | Livestrong.com

Jumping is a component of numerous athletic events. For decades, athletes have tried to improve their ability to jump higher. These efforts have in... (2021)


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A Real-Time Fuel Gauge for Endurance Athletes | Outside Online

Supersapiens’s new continuous glucose monitor promises to help athletes manage their energy levels. But can it really stave off a bonk? (2021)


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Fitness ring maker Oura raises $100M – TechCrunch

It’s been a wild couple of years for Oura. Last year, in particular, proved to be a major driver for the wearable fitness manufacturer. With the pa... (2021)


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Take a Walk, Sure, but Don’t Call It a Break - HBR

Your best, most creative breakthroughs don’t happen at your desk. (2014)


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Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk

Breaking up your day by going outside can boost your mood, brainpower, and creativity. In his New Yorker article, “Why Walking Helps Us Think,”... (2021)


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Strava raises $110 million, touts growth rate of 2 million new users per month in 2020

Activity and fitness tracking platform Strava has raised $110 million in new funding, in a Series F round led by TCV and Sequoia, and including par... (2020)


Article

To Delay Death, Lift Weights

Trust me, I understand—in theory—that I should be stronger. The first is an analysis of the link between strength, muscle mass, and mortality, f... (2017)


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Couch Potato No More: How the Benefits of Exercise Transfer to the Brain

A liver-to-brain biological highway, spurred into action by consistent running, is enough to substantially reverse brain aging. (2020)


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Why Lululemon Athletica's $500 Million Acquisition of MIRROR Makes Perfect Sense

MIRROR brings a subscription revenue stream and plenty of cross-sell opportunities between the two fitness brands. (2020)


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Why Walking Helps Us Think

Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing. (2020)


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Why does running give you a high? A look at the science

And it's not just running that brings us bliss. Research psychologist Kelly McGonigal explains how we can get it and why it exists. (2020)


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Closing the Parks Is Ineffective Pandemic Theater

Public green spaces are good for the immune system and the mind—and they can be rationed to allow for social distancing. (2020)


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Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion - The Verge

Google has just announced that it’s buying wearable company Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The deal should bolster Google’s flagging efforts in wearable ... (2019)


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How Eliud Kipchoge Pulled Off His Epic, Sub-2-Hour Marathon | WIRED

Sports physiologist Michael Joyner breaks down what it takes to run a marathon in less than two hours—and how it could happen again. (2019)


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How Peloton made sweat addictive enough to IPO – TechCrunch

It makes lazy people like me work out. That’s the genius of the Peloton bicycle. All you have to do is velcro on the shoes and you’re trapped. You’... (2019)


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Is It More Important to Run Faster or Run Longer? | Outside Online

Scientists debate the physiological benefits of ramping up your training intensity or your training volume (2019)


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8 Strength Exercises All Beginners Should Learn How to Do | SELF

If you're a beginner exerciser, the best strength exercises to start with are foundational exercises that teach essential movement patterns and bui... (2019)


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This Is Your Brain on Exercise | Outside Online

Exercise is as good for your brain as it is for your body, and researchers are just beginning to discover why. (2017)


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The Science Behind Nike's New Marathon Shoe | WIRED

At Sunday's London Marathon, Eliud Kipchoge will wear the ZoomX Vaporfly Next, the latest installment in Nike's performance-boosting Vaporfly line ... (2019)


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Exercise and Cancer. Doing THIS Every Day Cuts Your Cancer Risk Significantly (and even kills cancer cells)

In this video, Dr. Rhonda Patrick covers: • Can exercise actually kill circulating tumor cells? • Are some cancers more receptive to exercise t... (2025)


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Protocols for Increasing VO2 Max (and why zone 2 cardio might not be enough)

Protocols for Increasing VO2 Max (and why zone 2 cardio might not be enough) | Dr. Rhonda Patrick (2024)


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How to Build Willpower | David Goggins & Dr. Andrew Huberman

David Goggins and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss the neuroscience of willpower and how pushing through challenges and doing what you don't want to do ... (2024)


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How I Built A $7 Billion Shoe Company Called On | Founder Effect

On is a Swiss running shoe company that is the brainchild of Olivier Bernhard, a six-time Ironman champion and former professional triathlete. In j... (2023)


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Exercise and your Brain: The #1 way to strengthen your mind is to use your body | Wendy Suzuki

Exercise gives your brain a “bubble bath of neurochemicals,” says Wendy Suzuki, a professor of neural science. (2023)


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TED-Ed: How stretching actually changes your muscles - Malachy McHugh

Dig into the science of stretching, and find out what it actually does to your muscles and how you can improve your flexibility.--An athlete is pre... (2023)


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HOW TO RUN A SUB 5-MINUTE MILE! | Sage Running Training and Tips

HOW TO RUN A SUB 5-MINUTE MILE! | Sage Running Training and Tips (2022)


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Approach Jump Technique | How To Jump Higher

Learn the most effective way to increase your approach jump or running jump, which is jumping vertically with running start. This video goes into ... (2021)


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3 Exercises To Help You Jump Higher | The Lost Breed

Add these workouts to your training regimen to help increase your vertical jumping ability:Exercises:1) Seated Box Jump2) Hurdle Jumps3) Medicine B... (2021)


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How to Do a Back Spin | Break Dancing

Howcast 8.03M subscribers All right, here we go. We're going to do the back spin. This is how to do a back spin. It's a basic power move, but i... (2020)


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Why calories are a con | The Economist

Calorie-counting has been central to people's understanding of weight loss for over a century. Given that the great majority of diets fail—could th... (2019)


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Jim Stone's Drills to Incorporte Core into Volleyball Skills

Jim Stone shows a series of drills that you can use with your kids to help them stregthen their core and how to use their core more effectively whe... (2018)


Podcast

Seniors Who Exercise Regularly May Have Younger Hearts, Muscles : Shots - Health News : NPR

Why develop an exercise habit now? Because 75-year-olds who've been doing it for decades may have the cardiovascular systems of people in their 40s... (2018)


Podcast

What Evolutionary Biology Can Teach Us About Diet, Exercise, and Staying Alive - Plain English with Derek Thompson

Plain English with Derek Thompson on Spotify. What can the science of ancient humans and the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers teach us about how to be... (2024)


Podcast

#137 Justin Su'a: Peak Mental Performance - The Knowledge Project | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Justin Su'a calls on more than a decade of working with the world’s top athletes to d... (2022)


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Miler Method Boot Camps - Online boot camps to energize your running

"I completed my final Mile Test in 7:52 and shaved 2 minutes off my baseline mile! The past 6 weeks have challenged me to think and run differently... (2022)


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Moxie | The most convenient way to work out

Train live from anywhere with inspiring coaches for every body, style, and fitness goal. (2021)


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MuscleWiki - Understand your body, simplify your workout

Select a muscle, and it tells you what workout (2021)


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Aaptiv - Audio and Video Fitness Workouts

Discover the perfect expert Aaptiv trainer for your favorite workout and training style. (2020)


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12 Videos
3 Podcasts
4 Websites
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