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30-Minute Beach Workout Time on the beach is as synonymous with summer as watermelon and barbecues. If you’re lucky enough to vacation (or even live) near a beach, the sand is a perfect spot for a fun, functional and, if you are up for it, intense beach workout. The benefits of beach workouts are plentiful, but the real magic lies in the sand. The constant shifting of grains creates an unstable environment, so your nervous system recruits more muscles in your legs, ankles, hips and core to keep you stable. The sand also provides a soft landing surface, which reduces wear and tear on your joints during higher-impact activities. Lastly, the forgiving grainy surface absorbs more energy, so sand workouts can burn up to 50% more calories than their hard-surface counterparts. The best part? Once the workout is finished, you can run right into the water to splash around and cool off. The beach workout below takes just 30 minutes, requires zero equipment, and works your entire body. 30-MINUTE ...

  Does the 5:2 Diet Work For Quick Fat Loss? If you follow any health or wellness gurus on social media, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of intermittent fasting. Commonly referred to as “IF” in the fit-fluencer world, it’s a diet in which you restrict your calories—aka, fast—during a window of time ranging anywhere from 12 to 40 hours. It’s become such a hot topic that it replaced the keto diet as the most popular diet in the United States in 2022. There are a lot of different methods of intermittent fasting, whether you skip breakfast to do 16:8 or just eat one massive dinner for OMAD (one meal a day). Or, if you’ve watched any of the thousands of #fastingtiktok videos, you might follow the current intermittent fasting craze: the 5:2 diet. What is the 5:2 diet? The 5:2 diet approach consists of eating your regular calorie intake for five days and then a restrictive calorie intake for two days (which are considered your “fasting” days). While the exact calorie requirements vary ...