by Andrew Schaeffer | May 20, 2018 | Social Good
“When a new American friend persuades me to try out a yoga class, you can almost smell the tension and misery in the room.” That’s Ruth Whippman in her book America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks. Filled with hilarious...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Apr 22, 2018 | Fitness
It’s common to think of exercises like bicep curls and rows, or leg curls and leg presses as the main components of a workout program. However, for the non-body builder it can be more beneficial to view them only as extras. In this context they are called accessory...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Apr 12, 2018 | Fitness
A series of articles about low back pain attracted a fair amount of attention in the media this week. The series, published by the Lancet Journal, is a thorough review of low back pain’s causes and the efficacy of common treatments. Succinctly put, the causes of low...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Mar 17, 2018 | Fitness
From running to weight lifting, yoga to group fitness, exercise options are more numerous than ever. But every form of exercise has its strengths and limitations. To maximize your results, you must learn how and when to use each to your advantage. Strengths And...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last year, Witold Rybczynski published Now I Sit Me Down, a book about the history of the chair. In an interview for The Atlantic, he was asked about standing desks, to which he responded, “I really don’t think we’re in the age of the standing desk.” The author goes...