The Checkup: 32 Workout Ideas for Any Fitness Level and Goal



• Whether you’ve just finished the Couch to 5K program (or haven’t started it at all) or have six marathons under your belt, one thing is for certain: We could all use a new workout plan every now and then just to keep things interesting. That’s why this terrific roundup of 32 activities for any and all fitness levels—from no-equipment-needed workouts to at-home yoga routines—caught my eye. Here’s to some much-needed change. [Greatist]

• The photo in this post gives me the worst case of the heebie jeebies EVER. Which means, I guess, that I’m trypophobic. You? [Refinery29]

• Guess what? Your brain needs a workout, too. Here’s how an EEG machine can train your brain. [Q by Equinox]

• Attention new moms: Most meds are okay to take while breastfeeding, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. [Women’s Health]

• Well, I’ll be darned. Those super graphic anti-smoking ads—you know the ones with those scary pictures and videos of ex-smokers with missing limbs or holes in their necks from tracheotomies—have prompted at least 100,000 smokers to quit for good, according to a new study by the CDC. [USA Today]

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