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I asked a Pilates instructor for the best exercises to strengthen your deep core—these were her top four

I asked a Pilates instructor for the best exercises to strengthen your deep core—these were her top four

Published by Jenni Sidey

Training your deep core muscles—the ones that wrap around your spine in your torso—can help with everything from your balance to your posture and spinal health. One of the best ways to target these muscles is through Pilates, a practice that involves moving your limbs with control in sync with your breath. “It builds foundational stability from the inside out,” says Madison DiSalvo, Pilates instructor at STRONG Pilates Commack. Latest Videos FromFit&Well DiSalvo recommends starting with these four moves that require you to hold your mid-body still while your limbs are moving. Here’s how to do them. 1. Dead bug How to Do a Dead Bug: A Guide from Physical Therapists – YouTube Watch On Sets: 2-3 Reps: 10-15 each side You may like Lie on your back. Reach your arms straight up, bend your knees, and lift your legs so your calves are parallel to the floor. Your spine should be in a neutral position. Inhale to prepare. Exhale and lower your right arm above your head and extend and lower your left leg, …

I Asked An Astrologer What The 2026 Autumn Equinox Could Mean For Careers And Relationships

I Asked An Astrologer What The 2026 Autumn Equinox Could Mean For Careers And Relationships

Published by Sam Flores

After a summer of relentless heatwaves – with one last bout of warm weather hitting this week – a new season approaches, with the nights drawing in and sunset-coloured leaves crunching beneath our feet. The autumn equinox (23 September) is regarded as a clear marker of the start of autumn and a time when both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience equal amounts of daytime and night.  But according to astrologer Inbaal Honigman, its significance goes far beyond the changing seasons.  The autumn equinox can signify some big changes. What is the autumn equinox? “With summer drawing to a close, and winter on the horizon, the light half of the year begins to give way to the darker half,” Honigman told HuffPost UK. “The autumn equinox marks that precise moment of transition, and is a liminal space between light and dark. It is the moment when the sun sits directly above the equator, bringing day and night into balance with almost equal hours of light and darkness.” When is it? Generally, it’s around 21 September, give or …

We Asked Benjamin Moser to Name One Artwork He Considers a “Revelation”

We Asked Benjamin Moser to Name One Artwork He Considers a “Revelation”

Published by Jenni Sidey

Glowing harmlessly on the walls of the Century Association on Manhattan’s West 43rd Street is a work by John Frederick Kensett. It shows Mount Chocorua, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Today, in an age of easy travel to more exotic climes, this peak looms a bit less spectacularly than it did in the 19th century, when it was a kind of American Matterhorn: sung by our poets; painted by our artists; haunted, thrillingly, by a spooky legend—of an Indian chief named Chocorua who, after cursing the whites, threw himself off its summit. Kensett, the son of a British engraver who emigrated to New Haven, Connecticut, gazes out with rheumy eyes from the pictures I have found of him. His paintings have the Hudson River School’s luminosity, that sense of dawn or sunset—of warm autumn, not blazing summer or bleak winter. They show an undisturbed arcadia inhabited by men who sleep restfully and arise to purposeful labor, a view that, seen from honking Manhattan, beckons with the promise of picnics and porches and swims …

Vito Coppola: 'They Asked If I Was Strictly's New Italian Stallion… I'm More Like A Pony'

Vito Coppola: 'They Asked If I Was Strictly's New Italian Stallion… I'm More Like A Pony'

Published by Sam Flores

Strictly Come Dancing professional Vito Coppola Given just how many professionals have come and gone through the doors of Strictly Come Dancing’s iconic ballroom over the last two decades, it’s never been more difficult for one to really break through as a stand-out star. Still, in the last five years, Vito Coppola has managed to make his mark and emerge as a real fan-favourite among Strictly viewers. After just two seasons in the cast, Vito managed what some of the show’s longest-serving pros never achieved, by lifting the coveted Glitterball Trophy. In that time, he’s also made the live final on an additional two occasions, performed in some of the most popular Strictly routines in recent memory and is the current reigning Christmas champion, thanks to his work in last year’s festive special. You can put his success and popularity down to a few factors. Yes, he’s proficient in all the usual hallmarks we associate with Strictly – the high-energy performances, the imaginative choreography, the low-cut shirts. But the secret ingredient for Vito, truly, is …

What makes ‘The Pitt’ so horrifyingly realistic? We asked the show’s makeup and prosthetic pros.

What makes ‘The Pitt’ so horrifyingly realistic? We asked the show’s makeup and prosthetic pros.

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Just two seasons into its run, The Pitt has fast become one of the most celebrated television shows of the 21st century, combining the hour-to-hour intensity of 24, the procedural probity of ER, and an IV drip of Scrubs to take the edge off the constant chaos and carnage in the emergency department at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. The series has won Emmys for Outstanding Drama, Lead Actor, and Supporting Actor and Actress, but The Pitt may be best known for its hyper-realistic portrayals of degloved flesh, dismemberment, electrocution, priapism, impalement, botched cosmetic injection, fecal disimpaction, cutaneous maggot infestation, and childbirth. Even anatomical pros marvel at the show’s veritable snuff-film visuals. “It’s kind of like shadowing in the ER for a day,” …

I asked registered dietitians which cooking oils they really use—here’s what they said

I asked registered dietitians which cooking oils they really use—here’s what they said

Published by Jenni Sidey

From sunflower oil that’s fortified with vitamin D to genetically engineered omega-3 oils, it seems a new generation of cooking fats are promising to squeeze even greater nutritional benefits. But some dietitians say the marketing can run ahead of the evidence. “I do not believe every oil needs to function as a supplement or superfood,” says registered dietitian Johannah Katz. “Sometimes, an oil earns its place in the kitchen because it helps make vegetables, whole grains, fish, tofu, or other nutritious foods more enjoyable.” Latest Videos FromFit&Well I spoke to Katz, and Olivia Hamilton, a registered dietitian at meal delivery service Factor, to find out which oils they use. 1. Extra-virgin olive oil “Extra-virgin olive oil is the oil I use most often,” says Katz. “I use it in salad dressings, to finish meals, and for everyday sautéing and roasting. You may like “It’s rich in monounsaturated fat [a type of healthy dietary fat] and also contains phenolic compounds that may contribute antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.” While Katz is a fan of extra-virgin olive oil, …

Sandra Bullock Recalls ‘Auditioning for Pervert,’ Asked to ‘Drop Pants’

Sandra Bullock Recalls ‘Auditioning for Pervert,’ Asked to ‘Drop Pants’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sandra Bullock looked back on the duration of her career in the entertainment industry in conversation with Jennifer Aniston for Interview magazine, where she recalled making a decision that she did not want to take on roles that required her to audition for “perverts” who would ask her to “drop my pants.” The Practical Magic 2 star chatted with her dear friend, the Friends actress, for Interview‘s Tuesday cover. They discussed Bullock’s return to the big screen, why the Practical Magic sequel is a “love letter” to Bullock’s own daughter and navigating life in the public eye. Aniston asked Bullock if there was a “moment when you made a deliberate choice about the kind of career you wanted, or did it just evolve?” The Oscar winner cited a time when she was living in New York, working as a waitress. “I was auditioning for every pervert that existed, asking me to drop my pants. I was like, ‘Nope, not the role for me,’” Bullock said. “I was working my way up. Every working actor thinks …

The Joy of Being Asked to Help

The Joy of Being Asked to Help

Published by Daniella Wilson

This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. Learning how to drive is a rare instance in a teenager’s life, Liz Krieger argues in a recent article: “This wobbly uncertainty, this return to a kind of innocence, is the rarest condition in a 16-year-old, and it lasts about as long as a learner’s permit does.” The best part of teaching her daughter how to drive, Krieger writes, is being allowed to help. Even once we move beyond the fierce teenage desire for independence, asking for assistance can feel awkward and vulnerable—espsecially in America’s culture of individualism, Julie Beck noted last year. But deciding to go it alone ends up depriving loved ones of the joy of participating. “Pushing through discomfort to accept the help that was offered” in planning her wedding, Julie wrote, made it “feel less like a product we had purchased and more like …

Should You Lie With Your Legs In The Air For Vein Health? I Asked A GP

Should You Lie With Your Legs In The Air For Vein Health? I Asked A GP

Published by Sam Flores

Legs up the wall pose I was scrolling on Instagram and a video stopped me in my tracks. Lifestyle content creator Katey Brigham was discussing how “one of the best things that a woman can do is legs-up-the-wall, almost every night”. Legs-up-the-wall, or viparita karani, is a yoga pose which could help improve circulation, reduce lower-leg swelling, and aid relaxation, according to Cleveland Clinic. “Our veins are going to age, and we never ever think about that,” Brigham said in a reel, suggesting that to improve vein health, people can simply lay down and lean their legs up against the wall for a few minutes each day. “Vein health probably isn’t something most of us think about until we notice visible veins, swelling or aching in our legs,” Dr Nikki Ramskill, a GP verified on Doctify and founder of The Female Health Doctor Clinic, told HuffPost UK.  But our veins have an important job to do in the body – returning blood back towards the heart, often working against gravity when we’re standing or sitting. “As we age, …

I asked a dietitian which seeds women should eat in midlife—here are her five top picks

I asked a dietitian which seeds women should eat in midlife—here are her five top picks

Published by Jenni Sidey

I’ve been adding pumpkin seeds to everything I eat. I read that they contain phytoestrogens—plant compounds with a similar chemical structure to human estrogen—and wondered if they might help with my perimenopause symptoms. While some research suggests phytoestrogens could help reduce hot flushes, the evidence is mixed. Latest Videos FromFit&Well So, I asked registered dietitian Johannah Katz to tell me about the best seeds for women in midlife, and how they could support cardiovascular, bone and metabolic health as our bodies change. “The biggest point is that seeds should be viewed as one piece of a much bigger picture,” explains Katz. You may like “During the menopause transition, cardiovascular risk factors can begin changing and bone loss accelerates in late perimenopause, so the overall diet matters much more than any individual seed.” Katz explains that while seeds wouldn’t be her recommended treatment for menopause symptoms—with the possible exception of flaxseed—they are nutrient-dense foods that can help support areas of health that become particularly important in midlife. Start your week with achievable workout ideas, health tips …