Staying Healthy

What are your top tips for making consistent progress in the gym?

For the past year, my lunch break has consisted of shoving a salad into my face with my left hand while typing out Slack responses with my right. Yesterday, I actually closed my laptop lid for a full ...

How do you all kick the caffeine habit? I usually hit a massive wall around 3:00 PM, and my historic solution has been to head straight to the office espresso machine for a double shot. I’m tired of b...

How do you mentally transition from your strict routine to a vacation mindset without feeling guilty? I am heading out for a well-deserved, ten-day beach vacation next week, and a part of my brain is ...

Any tips on hitting your hydration goals? I seem to get 6-7 cups every day, but almost never hit that 8-10 goal.

Has anyone here done intermittent fasting? I kind of want to give it a go, but my first meal wouldn’t be until noon and I’m worried being hungry will hurt my morning productivity.

I think I lost too much weight. Started working out every other day, driving more water/ electrolytes, less sugar and more protein. I didn’t expect my body to change this drastically in a month

How do you manage your meals for the week? I signed up for one of those premium, pre-made healthy meal delivery services. The food is honestly fantastic and saves me hours of cooking, but it’s so expe...

On days when I commute to the downtown office, I easily hit 10,000 steps just navigating transits, stairs, and walking to lunch. On my home-office days, however, I looked at my tracker yesterday and r...

For those of you stuck in an office 8+ hours a day, how are you keeping your flexibility and mobility up? When I worked from home I would do little yoga and primal movement routines in between tasks, ...

If you bike or run to work, what is your secret system for looking pristine by clock-in time? I decided to skip the subway this morning and bike the five miles to our office building to catch some ear...

I woke up the other day feeling completely burned out. Just mentally running on absolute fumes from a month of heavy project management. I wrestled with the corporate guilt for an hour before finally ...

What is your ultimate day-one reset strategy? I just got back from a four-day industry conference where I survived entirely on boxed lunches, minimal sleep, and endless networking happy hours. I feel ...

Whats the best way/best app to track exercises in gym. Whenever I go to the gym I am lost on which exercisses or which machines to use

My company offers a health screening as part of our benefits package, and I finally took advantage of it last Friday. I thought I was doing great because I hit the gym regularly, but my bloodwork came...

What is your favorite commuter-friendly gym bag that actually keeps your corporate life and fitness life cleanly separated? I am trying so hard to eliminate the "I'm too tired once I get home" excuse ...

Anyone over 60 worry about old age? Seems any ailment u had over the years is just a glimpse of something more serious later. I’m beginning to see how bad habits can catch up to me and it scares me. A...

Do any of you use blue light glasses and do you think they actually work? I’ve been wearing them this week, and while my eyes do feel slightly less strained, I can't tell if they are actually working ...

Anyone know the general vibe and work life balance at Allstate? Got a fully remote offer in the risk management area.

Do you prefer to listen to music, podcasts, audiobooks, or nothing at all while working out? I made the switch to audiobooks a few times a week for lighter workouts and I’m finishing more books than I...