Leg Jiggle, Walking For Fun, and Taxed Farming

Nutrition Corner

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has funneled billions in tax dollars toward farming that it deems climate-smart. But what exactly that means is widely disputed.

Fiber might just be the key to healthy weight management – and nature packages it in perfectly balanced ratios with carbs when you eat them as whole foods.

Recipe for The Day

Peach Prosciutto Caprese Salad - When peaches and tomatoes are both in season, it’s hard to resist pairing these sweet, bright fruits together in this summery salad.

Lifestyle & Fitness Focus

How to make walking fun: 7 tips for fitness enthusiasts

• Set clear goals - Determine what you want to achieve with your walking. It could be increasing your daily step count, improving cardiovascular fitness, losing weight, or simply enjoying some time outdoors.

• Find the right pace - Walk at a pace that challenges you, but is still comfortable. Aim for a brisk walk where you can maintain a conversation without feeling out of breath.

• Vary your routes - Exploring your way through various routes keeps your walks interesting and keeps away boredom.

• Pay attention to form - Maintain good posture while walking. Keep your head up, shoulders back, and relax your arms.

• Track your progress - Use a pedometer, fitness tracker or smartphone app to monitor your steps, distance and pace.

• Incorporate intervals and challenges - To make your walking routine more engaging and challenging, include intervals of higher intensity.

• Walk with a buddy or join a group - Walking with a friend, or family member, or joining a walking group adds social interaction and can make your walks more enjoyable.

4 things can make the difference between being happy and miserable as you age

• Love and Connection - The unambiguously clear conclusion is that human connection and love lengthen lives and improve both physical and mental health.

• Purpose - How we find purpose may evolve as we age, but it’s no less important.

• Awe - Realizing that we are tiny, transient flecks in the vast universe leaves us feeling more connected, researchers have found.

• Storytelling - Old age is a rich time for storytelling, but one that’s often lost because we closet away older people, or we can’t deal with the painful, unfixable parts of what they have to say, or it doesn’t occur to us to ask, figuring there will be more time. So, we miss out on lots of great history, often our own.

Five Ways To Improve Your Experience At Work (Without A Work-Life Balance)

• Stay in your lane - Each person is unique and experiences life through the lens of their journey.

• Change your mindset - Practicing gratitude regularly can have a powerful positive impact on your mental, physical and emotional health.

• Practice self-care - There is a difference between self-care and the mirage of work-life balance. Self-care is giving yourself time to do what is good for your mental and physical health.

• Schedule your time - Start by planning a list of things to do, then schedule all activities to turn them into a routine.

• Create a healthy "escape" process - Everyone who has ever held a job has, at some point, felt the pressure of work-related stress. To manage such occurrences in a sustainable way long-term, you need to create a routine at work that will allow you to reset and release the pressure.

6 Best Exercises for Women To Eradicate Leg Jiggle in Their 40s

• Sumo Squats - Start sumo squats by holding a dumbbell or kettlebell with both hands, and position your feet in a wide stance outside shoulder-width. Maintain a tight core and a tall chest as you squat down until the weight is mid-shin level. Press through your heels, away from the ground, in order to rise back up, flexing your glutes at the top of the motion. Perform three sets of 10 reps.

• Bulgarian Split Squats - Next up, for Bulgarian split squats, assume a split stance with your back foot planted on a workout bench or couch. Your front foot should be a few feet away from the bench. With control, bend both knees as you lower into a split squat. Descend until your back knee almost touches the ground. Then, press yourself back up to the start position, squeezing your glutes at the top. Complete three sets of 10 reps.

• Machine Leg Curls - Machine leg curls start with you lying chest-side down on a leg curl machine. Once you're situated, bring your heels up toward your buttocks, flexing your hamstrings as you do so. With control, bring the weight back to the start position, keeping the tension in your hamstrings strong. Complete three sets of eight to 10 reps.

• Leg Presses - Next up on Liu's list of the best exercises for women to get rid of leg jiggle is the leg press. Take a seat at the leg press machine, and plant your feet on the foot pad outside shoulder-width. Point your toes out a bit. Then, drive through both heels to push the weight away from your body until your legs are extended, but not locked out. Bring the weight back to the start position while maintaining control. Complete three sets of 10 reps.

• Single-Leg Dumbbell Hip Thrusts - For the single-leg hip thrust, position the middle of your back against a workout bench and your feet together on the ground. Use your legs to serve as support for your midsection. Initiate the exercise by putting a dumbbell on your hips. Using control, extend one of your legs and lower your body by hinging at the waist. Push through your grounded heel in order to rise back up. Squeeze your buttocks at the top, and then descend. Complete three sets of 12 to 15 reps.

• Leg Extensions - With leg extensions, get started by situation yourself on a leg extension machine, placing your legs under the pad. Push the weights up with your legs, making sure to give your quads a solid squeeze at the top. Then, use control to lower the weight back to the start position. Complete three sets of 10 to 12 reps.

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