Author: Richard C. Trotter
Kick-starting your running routine (or kicking your current one up a notch) can be seriously daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Join us for our 5-week running challenge, featuring two different 5K training plans tailored to transform your running game and help you cross that finish line with confidence. As part of our Movement of the Month Club, we’ve tapped Ciara Lucas, CPT, certified running coach and Senior Writer at Well+Good, to create two different 5-week 5K training plans—one if you’re running your first 5K (or first one in a while) and one to help you run your fastest…
As the saying goes, you don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Every runner begins somewhere, and there’s no better place than here, with our beginner 5K training plan that promises to transform—not just guide—your approach to running. “Anyone and everyone can be a runner,” says Ciara Lucas, CPT, certified running coach and host of our September Movement of the Month Club running challenge. “If you’re a beginner, don’t worry about going fast or far. Forward is a pace!” Start your journey to a successful 5K finish with our beginner 5K training…
The US Open is underway, and the tennis star Sloane Stephens played her first match on Monday at New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium. She’s one of a handful of African American women—Serena Williams, Althea Gibson, Venus Williams, and Coco Gauff—to have won a Grand Slam title. And though Stephens didn’t advance to the next round this season, she hasn’t let that hinder her from moving forward as an all-star both on and off the court. Before the tournament, Stephens announced the launch of her body-care brand Doc & Glo, named after her maternal grandparents—Noel, an OB/GYN, and Gloria, a homemaker, who both…
You may have heard health gurus singing praises about Celtic sea salt benefits all over social media as of late. Influencers on social media have been adding Celtic sea salt to their water, claiming it provides a plethora of health perks. With big, bold statements suggesting that the salt can “energize, fight bacterial infection, and aid digestion” on the brand’s website, we had to find out if there’s any truth to these claims. After all, we’re always told to eat less sodium, so can adding another type of salt to our diets actually improve our health? Here’s everything you need…
With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP As the Labor Day weekend approaches, it’s the perfect time to treat yourself to radiant, glowing skin, and we know just the thing. Medik8 is throwing a massive sale with deep discounts on all of its professional-grade skin care. Top of our list, though, is the Medik8…
As much as I love a solid green juice (the earthier, the better if you ask me), there’s a special place in my heart for red juices, too. Whether my tasty tonic contains berries, tart cherries, beets, or watermelon, I’m happy to know that I’m delighting my taste buds *and* getting my fix of antioxidants—including flavonoids such as longevity-boosting anthocyanins—that are most plentiful in red (and purple) fruits. And surprise: Cranberry juice can confer a lot of those benefits, too. In all honesty, when it comes to cranberry juice, I usually enjoy it every so often as a mixer for…
The path to a personal best is paved with persistence and the right plan—and you can discover both with our 5K training plan for intermediate runners. It mixes three type of runs: easy runs, tempo runs, and speed work. But keep in mind, that doesn’t mean pushing yourself to the max in every workout. “There’s a misconception that in order to get faster, you have to push harder,” says Ciara Lucas, CPT, certified running coach and the host of our September Movement of the Month Club running challenge. “Part of that may be true with the volume of workouts and…
Parents in the U.S. are collectively stressed out and burned out—and it’s officially a public health issue, says Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, in a new advisory released Wednesday called Parents Under Pressure. This fact isn’t news to most parents (including me, whose toddlers are currently circling me, alternating demands for snacks and to “watch me!”). But it is news that our mental and physical exhaustion is finally being acknowledged on such a national stage, with Dr. Murthy calling for tangible support that goes beyond platitudes. Dr. Murthy—a father of two himself—is responsible for identifying public health threats and providing guidance…
The debate about whether sleeping in on the weekends is good for us feels never-ending. While some people say “catch up on sleep any chance you get,” others in the medical community have said that sleep consistency—i.e., falling asleep and waking up at the same times every day—is more important for your health than how long you sleep on any given day. But when it comes to heart health in particular, there may be a new case for catching extra zzzs on Saturday and Sunday mornings. New research to be presented at the 2024 European Society of Cardiology conference this weekend…
Launch Date: August 27 Our team is obsessed with SkinMedica products because they work (seriously, this is one of the rare occasions in the skin-care world where you truly do get what you pay for). Deputy editor Chloe Metzger is obsessed with the TNS Advance Serum (“I owe my good skin to the SkinMedica PR team,” she says), and I’m personally in love with the classic HA5 Rejuvenating Hydrator. But as of this week, I might have a new favorite: the SkinMedica HA5 Hydra Collagen Replenish + Restore Hydrator, which has double the amount of hyaluronic acid (in five different…