After a lifetime spent playing other people, Drew Barrymorehas created a new career—and a home line—based on being herself.
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Our bodies are a combination of 206 bones and more than 600 muscles that do everything from pumping blood to helping us carry heavy groceries to the kitchen. Just like any other animal, our bodies are designed for movement. Muscles need to stay in shape to work properly and keep us active in the ways we are accustomed to moving. Our ancestors were constantly on the move engaging in manual labor or walking as a means of transportation. Compared to generations before us, we are spending increasing amounts of time in environments that limit our ability to be physically active. Thanks to modern conveniences that have created less physically demanding lives, we are often in situations that encourage prolonged sitting – at home, work, travel, and social gatherings. Evidence shows that all this time spent sitting is having serious effects on our health.
To help prevent the development of multiple chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers, we need to move our bodies at moderate-to-vigorous intensity for 150 minutes each week. This breaks down to about 30 minutes of exercise 5 days a week. Does this seem like a lot of time to dedicate to being active? That leaves 165.5/168 hours free each week to pet your dog, brush your teeth, and complete other important tasks. Moderate activities include any movement that increases your heart rate and quickens the breath but still allows you to speak comfortably during the activity.
Try your best to begin gradually, adding more movement to your day. For example, park a little further from the store or office and walk quickly to raise your heart rate. Interrupt every 30 minutes spent sedentary with a quick dance, yoga, or workout video found free
After a lifetime spent playing other people, Drew Barrymorehas created a new career—and a home line—based on being herself.
Though located in a stately pre-war building on New York’s Upper East Side—a neighborhood not generally associated with laid-back, loosey-goosey vibes—the sunny three-bedroom, three-bath apartment that Drew Barrymore shares with her two daughters, Olive, 10, and Frankie, 9, is anything but uptight. Her two cats and two dogs make themselves at home on the sofas, her girls regularly spread out their messy art supplies all over the dining room table, and even Jeremy, the family’s bearded dragon (who, by the way, is female), is allowed to roam free.
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