How to Counteract Sitting All Day: A Practical Workday Plan
A practical workday movement choice card, including seated options, plus what the evidence can and cannot say about offsetting sitting.
Chris Pruitt
Chris Pruitt is a certified ASFA personal trainer and the founder of WorkoutHealthy, a fitness equipment retailer serving customers since 2007. He has more than 16 years in the fitness business, and he writes and fact checks everything published on Insider.
Weight Lifting After 60: A Beginner’s First Four Weeks
A whole-body first-session card and four-week decision guide for starting strength work after 60, with trial limits and safety considerations.
Walt Whitman’s Cold Water and Open Air Advice, Checked by Science
A historical claim and a modern study can answer different questions. This guide keeps the source, the exposure and the measured outcome separate.
Vittorino da Feltre’s Pleasant House: A Renaissance School That Made Time for Play
School exercise, historical limits and modern research.
Plato on Gymnastics: Why Music Matters in the Republic
A passage guide to Plato’s gymnastic and musical education: what both arts train, how the argument changes, and where modern exercise research differs.
1,224 Pounds Across Ten Meters: Patrik Baboumian’s Yoke Carry World Record
In 2013, vegan strongman Patrik Baboumian carried a 555.2 kg yoke 10 meters, a Guinness World Record that still stands. Here is what the lift actually demands, and what the vegan diet angle does and does not prove.
Martha Stewart Trains Five Days a Week, but the ‘No Days Off’ Claim Goes Too Far
Martha Stewart's current routine includes three Pilates sessions and two weight workouts most weeks, plus plenty of everyday movement.
Will Smith’s Best Shape of My Life Was a 20-Week Reset, Not a Marathon Plan
What Will Smith’s 2021 series actually documented: a 20-week goal, strength and cardio work, setbacks, and a mental-health turn—not verified marathon training.
Pan Zhanle’s 46.40: The Fastest 100m Freestyle in Swimming History
Pan Zhanle swam 46.40 seconds in the men's 100m freestyle final at Paris 2024, breaking his own world record and winning by more than a full second. Here is what the numbers, the science, and an independent check of the record's current status actually show.
Gym Etiquette: 10 Habits That Cost Other Members Time
Gym etiquette for a crowded floor: fix ten habits that hold up other members, use a quick situation guide, and learn what to say when you need to share equipment.