Enjoy this weeks round-up of articles, podcasts, and more from the web.
“If Life Is A Race, Here’s Why You Keep Redlining”
Takeaway: If you want to reach your goals, you need to be steadily moving toward them. If you can go fast and steady, by all means make haste. But if going fast risks being consistent, then reducing your speed—going slow and steady—is your best move.
Never risk consistency for perceived speed.
“3 Benefits of Daily Exercise”
Takeaway: If I could give you a daily supplement that would be proven to boost your levels of happiness, confidence, and memory, would you take it? Would you take it if it was free?
Exercise is that daily supplement to give you all those benefits.
Takeaway: It’s not enough to do the right things. You also have to make sure you aren’t doing the wrong things. This insightful list will spell out some of the common bad habits that hinder success.
“To Sleep Better, Resistance Exercise May Beat Cardio”
Takeaway: Resistance training already has so many benefits over standard cardio—increased bone density, increased muscle tissue, improved metabolic rate, just to name a few. As it turns out, It may have another leg up via improved sleep.
The cause isn’t entirely known, but this study found that individuals following a resistance training program reported better sleep than those following a cardio-only program.
Of course, this doesn’t mean we should give up cardio exercise in its entirety. More than anything, this is further support for a good combination of both forms of exercise for maximum impact.