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The definitive guide to strength training on the road

Strength training is incredibly important — and incredibly difficult to do while you’re traveling for work. In this guide, we cover ways to strength train wherever you are, be that a full gym, a hotel gym, or a hotel room.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on July 18, 2018December 1, 2018ExerciseGearTravel

What kind of workout should you do?

What kind of workout you should do depends pretty heavily on your goals — but the answer probably includes strength training.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on July 5, 2018July 11, 2018ExerciseGoals

How I lost twelve pounds in four days, and why it doesn’t matter

Weight is an at-best misleading and at-worst useless measurement for virtually everything we try and use it for. This article covers why, and what to measure instead.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on June 29, 2018June 29, 2018MetaNutritionScience

The best (and worst) supplements for sleep

Sleep is important, but sometimes circumstances conspire to make it impossible. These supplements can help you get to sleep, and also help you stay awake when you haven’t slept well (or need to stay up).

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on June 21, 2018November 8, 2019GearScienceSleep

The best snacks for plane rides, according to science

The short answer is that you should eat snacks that are both dense and highly filling, but that’s a pretty tough needle to thread — we have to turn to SCIENCE! to find food that fits all those criteria.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on June 14, 2018June 14, 2018AirportsNutritionScienceTravel

The vacation trap

A short note about what work travel is and — more critically — is not.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on June 7, 2018August 8, 2018MetaTravel

The case against ultra-minimal packing

Necessary is a relative term, and an ascetic lifestyle isn’t required to be successful at packing.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on June 7, 2018August 8, 2018AirportsGearPackingTravel

Are artificial sweeteners bad for you?

All of that stuff you’ve heard about them giving you cancer or spiking your insulin “just like sugar does” is total nonsense, but that doesn’t mean we should all suck down a half-dozen Diet Cokes a day, no matter how delicious Diet Coke is.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on May 30, 2018July 4, 2018NutritionScience

Define your terms: on the practical value of pedantry

Defining terms and asking good questions to yourself and others is important, and worth being pedantic about, because better questions lead us to better answers.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on May 24, 2018June 12, 2018GoalsMeta

What to do when your flight is delayed (or worse)

Fly enough, and you’re guaranteed to have a flight delayed, or cancelled, or to miss a flight, or to get walked at a hotel. Here’s how to deal with it.

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Coleman CollinsPosted on May 17, 2018May 18, 2018AirportsMetaTravel

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