If you’re reading this, chances are good that you may have one or more virtual meeting on your calendar during your average workday. From 2020 to 2022, the percentage of remote workers who use video conferencing platforms like Zoom or Microsoft’s Teams rose from 48% to 77%, according to Webex’s guide for virtual meetings. But the rise of virtual calls and remote work can keep you more sedentary, and this can have harmful consequences on your body. “Many people spend between six and eight hours a day on Zoom calls, which means in general, unless you have a walking desk, you’re…
Author: William Harris
One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to get in the gym and tackle your fitness goals, but doing so doesn’t have to be an investment that empties your pockets. “Nowadays there are so many free resources that we can find. Different plans and workouts,” Kollins Ezekh, a celebrity personal trainer and founder of Members Only Boxing and Fitness, tells CNBC Make It. For example, putting “the right question into ChatGPT is going to give you a great answer” that can help you develop your own at-home workout routine, Ezekh says. “I can type in ‘I’m a male, 30 something years…
When it comes to aging healthily and happily, your physical mobility is a key factor. Many people confuse mobility and flexibility, but the two are not the same. Flexibility is how far a muscle can safely and comfortably stretch, whereas mobility is how well you can control that muscle as it stretches. Increased mobility can help prevent injuries, allowing you to exercise better and even live longer. It releases built-up tension within the body, improve your posture and sports performance, and strengthen your joints. As a fitness trainer, I constantly focus on improving my mobility; it keeps my body young and healthy. I recommend doing mobility…
Whether it’s working at a computer desk or scrolling on the phone, we spend a lot of time looking down — usually slouching at the same time. As we slouch, our shoulders round and our head moves forward, leading to a painful condition known as “text neck.” This causes the upper back to become weak and the chest to become tight. Over time, the shoulders may overcompensate, leading to painful knots in the neck and shoulders, and even headaches. As a fitness trainer, I do five stretch exercises every morning to prevent neck and shoulder pain, especially ones caused by…
Starting at age 30, your muscle mass starts to deteriorate. But there are steps you can take to help fend off the negative effects. As a personal trainer, strength training is the No. 1 type of exercise I recommend to live longer. Research has even shown that people in their 70s with mobility issues can boost their longevity with a strength-training program. Some major aging benefits include: 1. Squats What it targets: lower body, core, and knee, hip and ankle joints Squats help your body perform everyday activities as you age, like getting up from a chair or picking something up off the ground.…
When House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan sat with President Donald Trump at the NCAA wrestling championship in Philadelphia earlier this month, it was only a matter of time before they discussed the party’s brewing effort to impeach federal judges seen as blocking the president’s agenda. Trump and Elon Musk have publicly pushed GOP lawmakers to impeach federal judges impeding the administration – a call that a number of far-right GOP lawmakers have seized on, introducing impeachment resolutions in the House. But House GOP leadership has signaled in recent days that they don’t have the votes to greenlight the effort and are pursuing…
Four Senate Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to deliver a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump over trade policy. The Senate adopted a resolution by a vote of 51 to 48 aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on Canadian imports. The four Republicans who voted with Democrats were: Sens. Rand Paul, who cosponsored the resolution, Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell and Lisa Murkowski. The move amounts to rare bipartisan pushback against Trump in the GOP-led Senate and comes after Trump criticized the measure and urged Republicans to vote against it. The impact of the Senate vote may…
In recent weeks, some of America’s most powerful law firms have faced a defining choice: do a deal with the White House, or prepare to fight severe restrictions President Donald Trump has placed on firms and lawyers he opposes politically. Facing potentially ruinous sanctions from Trump because of past or current work he opposes, two high-profile firms cut deals with the White House, fueling fears in some portions of the industry that Big Law would cave to Trump’s tactics, upending how large firms have done business for decades in Washington. But Friday morning, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale, two large firms…
A wide majority of Americans –– 70% –– oppose impeaching federal judges who are slowing down President Donald Trump’s agenda as the idea continues to gain traction among Republicans in Congress, according to a poll released Thursday morning. In addition, 83% say the president must obey US Supreme Court decisions, the Marquette Law School poll found. (That view holds across party lines, including 78% of Republicans, 82% of independents and 90% of Democrats.) Trump, Republicans and allies like Elon Musk have railed against courts that sided against the administration as the White House pushes a historically aggressive agenda. At the…
In the two months since Donald Trump became president, the Taliban has ratcheted up its efforts to ingratiate itself with the Trump administration, appearing to sense an opening to re-establish official ties and a presence in the US, according to people familiar with the American conversations with the group, which is still designated as a terrorist organization by Washington. “There’s a path that’s positive and if they walk that path, we walk that path,” said an American official who described the early conversations as “exploratory” and fluid. “I wouldn’t rule out negative things too,” the official said, emphasizing that normalization of ties…