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The Upgraded Compact Calendar, 2020 Edition

Here’s our upgraded “not-so-compact” compact calendar with dates and weeks for 2020. Use it to plan and see your entire year at a glance.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020Productivity

Five tips for eating healthy while on the road

Eating well on the road is hard. Here are some ways to make it easier.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on September 30, 2019September 30, 2019101 levelNutrition
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Are wearables worth it?

Is it worth it to get a Fitbit or other wearable health tracker? Should you take their calorie counting features seriously?

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Coleman CollinsPosted on September 6, 2019September 6, 2019AMAExerciseGearSleep

Getting the most out of travel time

Too many travelers treat travel time as ‘dead’ time where they can’t get anything done — use these tricks to reclaim as many as 10 hours a week.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on August 16, 2019August 16, 2019AirportsProductivityTime ManagementTravel
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One more reason you should never check a bag

Only owning a carry-on bag isn’t just a good idea, it’s a blueprint for a powerful behavior-modification trick.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on August 2, 2019101 levelAirportsGearPackingProductivity

How to pack for any business trip

The key to perfect packing isn’t sexy, but it’s effective.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on July 18, 2019July 26, 2019PackingProductivityTravel

Five and a half sources of exercise information you can (mostly) ignore

How to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to fitness blogs and magazines.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on June 24, 2019July 18, 2019101 levelExerciseScience

Bullshit detection 101, or why you don’t need to eat a bunch of small meals

You almost never find outright falsehoods in the health space — but a lot of information is outdated, decontextualized or overblown information that has been modified for its ability to sell and be repeated. Here’s how to figure out what’s worthless and what works.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on June 16, 2019July 18, 2019ExerciseMetaNutritionScience
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AMA #2: Protein myths and negative calorie foods

Welcome to the second in an ongoing series of Ask Me Anything posts, where I take questions from friends, readers, and the internet at large and do my best to answer them.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on December 21, 2018July 18, 2019AMANutrition

35 exercises and 18 workouts to do in a hotel room (or anywhere else)

One of the most critical pieces getting yourself to work out is knowing what you’re going to do in detail before it’s time to do it. This article should help.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on December 7, 2018December 7, 2018ExerciseHotelsTravel

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