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Many people credit Patrick Mouratoglou for the amazing game of Serena Williams even as her age increases. However, theres one unsung hero from Serenas life who deserve an equal share of credit.

This man is known as Mackie Shilstone. Hes a fitness trainer of Serena Williams whos been with her for more than a decade now. In fact, hes been a key factor behind the career extension of Serena.

His shoulder program helped Serena in making sure her serve was perfect even when she was suffering from injuries. His affiliation with Serena has also helped her in improving her fitness on par with modern athletes. Lets find out the kind of relationship that the two share with each other.

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The 67-year-old Mackie is not really in touch with the modern world. However, Serena made him an internet sensation when he got popular on the Internet as Medicare Mackie.

As he was throwing out balls to her during a tough drill, he said I can do this and Im on Medicare!

The two are so close that he even officiated Serenas wedding. However, the two didnt meet by themselves but through a mutual connection. Mackie famously helped Riddick Bowe defeat Evander Holyfield in the Boxing ring.

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This prompted Cora Berry, the chairwoman of the D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission to recommend him to Oracene Price, the mother of Serena Williams. Talking to USA Today about how incredible Serena is, Mackie Shilstone had this to say

More than what she does on the court, which is what you know her for, I think what shes gonna do is show women everywhere, mothers, who have complicated pregnancies, who have to face adversities, Im not talking about losing on the court, he said. Im talking about within three hours of dying I think Serena is gonna set the tone for mothers facing true adversity to weather the storm. I think thats a bigger story than her winning the next Slam.

Mackie Shilstone is way more equipped to talk about the greatness of Serena Williams than we are. He only reiterates what we already know. Serena Williams is one of the toughest athletes in the entire world and will be remembered as one throughout history.

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Serena Williams And Her Fitness Guru Behind Her Comeback - Essentially Sports

Theres no disputing the fact that this is one of the most challenging times weve faced in modern history. The obstacles appear insurmountable, but, as with everything in life, we must start with ourselves and spread that strength outward. Its with that concept that I encourage everyone to start building some positive momentum by anchoring their lockdown time with physical training.

Weve been spoiled with easy access to the gym, but we can find a way even now. Since most of us wont have access to weight training equipment, muscle building will be limited. The aim right now should be to maintain your weight, with a slight focus on muscle development and cutting some fat (limit that stress eating!). As a result, we also need to adjust our nutrition. So eat fairly light, and as clean as you can.

Use what you have at home for your bodyweight exercises filled up water bottles, heavy books. Once restrictions ease, I recommend ordering a set of 2kg and 5kg dumbbells (heavier, if youd like), resistance band(s) and a yoga or Pilates mat, so you can workout at home with more ease. A medicine ball, yoga ball, and a pull-up bar that can attach to a doorway would give you lots of options. Aim for constant progression, as you would if you were going to the gym. Which means you should consciously try and increase your reps/sets/time every day.

Motivating yourself wont always be easy, so grab a friend youre in regular touch with, who can keep you accountable and on track, and vice versa. Given the fitness goals discussed above, I recommend a workout programme that incorporates strength work and cardio each day. (see sidebar for options.)

Heres the methodology. Youre the boss pick two or more of the Big Work Exercises and aim for three-four sets of 15-20 reps. Pick two or more Core Exercises and aim for three-four sets of 25 reps. Pick one cardio option and execute 10 sets of 30 seconds on/30 seconds off. Aiming for this workout six times a week, with the seventh day reserved for stretching, should give you a nice routine while youre at home. The flexibility of picking your own exercise also allows for a little creativity, and the opportunity to keep things new and exciting. The goal is to increase the sets and reps and time as the weeks go by, and eventually, to unleash your inner caged beast.

With such a workout structure, and while the optimum ratio is different for everyone, I would recommend leaning towards a low-carb, low-fat diet, keeping the protein medium to high. If possible, keep the carbs and fats towards the early and mid parts of the day. And dont forget to hydrate; aim to drink at least eight glasses of water daily.

As humans, we are resilient. Though we feel we cant do much while at home, we must still do our part by staying indoors, wearing a mask if we need to step out and following the advice of health experts. But lets also keep our mind, body, and soul ready, so we can be our best selves when we return to the outside world. Were in this together.

Focus on these aspects, and despite the difficulty of this quarantine period, I promise that you, and your Code, will emerge stronger.

I used a combination of these exercises for GQ Indias 30-Day Fitness Challenge. Check out the proper form for each exercise here.

Push-Ups

Close Grip Push-Ups

Wide Grip Push-Ups

Incline Push-Ups (feet on chair)

Decline Push-Ups (hands on chair)

Tricep Dips in a chair

Bicep Curls with weights

Tricep Overhead Extensions with weights

Shoulder Press with weights

Bent-over Rows with weights

Squat Press

Side Lunges

Front Lunges

Back Lunges

Sumo Squats

Crunches

Superman Back extensions

Bicycle Crunches

Leg Raises

Individual-leg Raises

Reverse Crunches in a chair

Plank Holds

Running in place

Jumping Jacks

Mountain Climbers on ground

Kangaroo Jumps

Squat Jumps

Single-leg Jumps

Jump Rope in place without rope

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For the past few months, people have been working out inside their homes. Bedrooms became yoga studios, offices doubled as cycling spaces.

But now, as states reopen, some gyms and fitness studios are welcoming customers again.

People are antsy to get back to their normal exercise routines, but many are left wondering how risky going to a gym is right now.

Health experts say the key to protecting yourself comes down to four things: masking, physical distancing, handwashing and whenever possible, taking your workout outdoors.

Heres what to know if youre thinking about going back to the gym.

One of the main concerns health experts have about COVID-19 is how readily it can spread through the air via respiratory droplets, especially in confined spaces.

Researchers from South Korea recently warned people against rigorously exercising in confined spaces like fitness studios.

For an early release report published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Korean researchers looked at a confirmed case of COVID-19 and eventually traced consecutive confirmed cases back to a nationwide fitness dance class.

Ultimately, the research team found 112 COVID-19 cases linked to dance workout classes across 12 different facilities.

According to the researchers, the moist, warm air combined with turbulent air flow from exercising may create an environment in which droplets can spread readily.

Based on recent research, aerosolized droplets can remain airborne for up to 3 hours, making the potential for spread in crowded and confined spaces such as fitness studios problematic, said Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

The size and intensity of the class can also impact transmission.

According to the study, transmission was detected in fitness classes that were about 50 minutes long, were held in a studio measuring around 645 square feet, and included anywhere from 5 to 22 people.

People breathe harder when they work out, which is the prime way the virus spreads from person to person.

When people breathe more rapidly and more deeply, they expel greater numbers of droplets, Glatter said.

Keep in mind that even if people who have COVID-19 dont have symptoms, they can still spread the disease.

Dr. Anne Liu, infectious disease physician with Stanford Health Care, said people are most infectious the day before, day of, and a couple of days after developing symptoms. They can even transmit the virus several days before symptoms appear, Liu noted.

If a person is asymptomatic or presymptomatic, they can expel viral particles into the air through droplets that can become aerosolized, according to Glatter.

This increases the potential of transmission among people in hot and crowded fitness studios with poor air circulation, Glatter said.

The most effective solution is to take your workout outside, according to Liu.

Gyms with access to outdoor space should consider hosting fitness classes outside, Liu said.

The risk for contracting the coronavirus outdoors is lower than contracting it inside because coronavirus particles can disperse more quickly outside.

When working out outside, people should still stay 6 feet away from others, bring their own equipment, and limit the number of people in the group.

Remember, just because youre outside doesnt mean you cant get sick it just means you have a lower chance of being exposed to viruses in the air.

If your heart is set on going to the gym, make a plan.

Liu said everyone has to grade their own risk.

Look at local transmission in your area (more outbreaks could mean you have a higher risk) and what local health authorities are saying about community spread.

Consider your own underlying health conditions and age, and whether its safe for you to be in confined spaces with others.

Each person needs to really assess their own risk, and then assess the risk of that situation to determine whether that level of risk is acceptable to themselves, Liu said.

At the gym, practice good hand hygiene, bring your own equipment when possible, and disinfect any communal weights or mats you may use.

You may also want to consider wearing a mask while exercising.

Though this can be tricky with high intensity workouts, masking will ultimately help us share space again, according to Liu.

Physical distancing can cut your risk of developing COVID-19, too.

Until theres a readily available vaccine, we shouldnt let our guards down at the gym just yet.

People are antsy to get back to their normal exercise routines, but many are wondering how risky going to a gym is right now.

Early evidence shows COVID-19 can spread readily in confined spaces where people are rigorously working out. The safest thing to do is take your workout outdoors.

If your heart is set on the gym, its crucial to look at community spread in your area and your own risk factors. When in doubt, wear a mask while exercising if possible, practice physical distancing, and keep washing your hands.

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Wednesday was a big day for Nathan Jespersen. Not only was he able to open his five Anytime Fitness locations, he also was able to open the inside of his ax-throwing bar in Stillwater.

Thats a big deal for us, Jespersen said.

He opened his gyms, which are mostly in the east metro, early around 4:30 am. The Life Time fitness club in Edina had a steady stream as it opened this morning and had state officials on hand to check out how a 400-page reopening manual translates into business.

Wednesday was the first day that fitness centers, bowling alleys and some other activities could reopen in Minnesota if they followed social distancing and other restrictions.

At the Anytime Fitness in Cottage Grove, there were about a dozen people exercising in the facility at one time, which is busy for an Anytime Fitness, Jespersen said.

I think the gym is a place for people to connect, he said. Its not just about fitness.

His bar the Lumberjack had only been open about three months before Jespersen and his wife had to close it due to the threat of the coronavirus. Last week, they were able to open an outdoor ax-throwing pit. Wednesday they will be able to reopen the inside, but only half the lanes will be used.

At the Life Time fitness facility at the Southdale Center in Edina, the members there were eager to exercise. Members were spaced out on treadmills and other machines. Workers in masks were seen spraying weights and training mats with disinfectant. Signs on walls, machines and the floor directed people to social distance.

Steve Grove, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, and states Chief Information Officer Tarek Tomes visited the facility Wednesday morning to inspect how the fitness center was working to safely reopen.

Life Time founder Bahram Akradi said he was happy with his companys preparations, which were detailed in the 400-page operational manual.

Why you come to Life Time is because of the collective experience you have with these people, Akradi said, as he sat in the Edina facilitys cafe.

Akradi said he and his team of employees were thrilled to be open.

Sectors like ours got hurt the most, he said. We were shut down the longest. Despite the losses we had to take, I am not shaken.

Members were lined up at all of the 23 Life Time locations Wednesday morning before their 5 a.m. opening, a Life Time spokeswoman said.

Kelly Lukanen of Eden Prairie was glad to be back at the Life Time Edina center Wednesday. She had started working with a trainer and cardio coach to help her lose weight and had made a lot of progress in a 60-day weight loss challenge at the gym before it was forced to shut in March.

It was a disaster, she said. I gained it all back.

She said she thought Life Time had taken the right steps to reassure members of the facilitys safety.

Its good to be back.

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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/AP) -- The YMCA of Dane Co. is now the latest in more than a thousand fitness facilities to sever links with the CrossFit organization following its now-former CEOs tweet about George Floyd that sparked a social media backlash.

With so many folks of all races and backgrounds standing together in support of justice and equity around the world, I was especially disheartened to see the divisive comments of CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman, YMCA Presdient/CEO Mark Westover said.

Westover said they are dropping their relationship with the CrossFit immediately. So far, around 1,250 gyms have ended their affiliations and Reebok cut its ties with the exercise brand.

The YMCA doesnt plan to end its scalable strength and conditioning program altogether, though. The organization said it will move forward with it under the Four Core Community Fitness name. Nothing else is expected to change.

Scott Shoemaker, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, told NBC15 the person who runs the YMCA's strength and conditioning program is African-American, and the YMCA wanted to support him and members of color.

Glassman said in a statement posted on CrossFit Inc.'s website late Tuesday that he decided to retire. In light of his leaving the company, Westover added that there is a chance the YMCA will partner with the company down the road, but said it needs to see an established pattern of change in the organization before making that consideration.

Other Madison gyms are also taking action and ending their relationship with CrossFit.

"The words of Greg Glassman were powerful and hurtful," said Nikole Gessler, owner and founder of CrossFit Recursive.

CrossFit Recursive announced Monday the gym would end its affiliation with CrossFit.

"We just felt like we needed to make sure to take a stand on this," Gessler explained, adding, "Distancing ourself from the CrossFit name and finding ways to be better in the community."

Gessler explained she has worked to make her gym inclusive for everyone, especially for the LGBTQ members.

"Getting rid of mens and women's things, we've had a lot of transgender athletes," she described.

However, Gessler felt she could do more for members of color.

"We haven't always done everything we can do to support people of color and other minorities," she said. "It's just important for our family to make a difference and stand up and try for some real change finally."

Now, Gessler is rebranding her gym as Recursive Fitness and Nutrition. To legally end the affiliation with CrossFit, she has to remove anything connected to the brand, including all logos and signs, and rename the website and social media accounts.

Other CrossFit gyms are taking action. . CrossFit Big Dane said Monday it would also end its affiliation if Glassman did not step down.

NBC15 reached out to CrossFit Big Dane Wednesday to find out if the gym reached a final decision after Glassman's resignation, but did not hear back.

Glassman had angered many with his glib response to a tweet by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a health research group, which said, "Racism is a public health issue."

"It's FLOYD-19," he replied on Saturday, and in a second tweet criticized the group's "failed" quarantine model and accused it of attempting to "model a solution to racism

Floyd died while handcuffed after a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes. His death set off protests around the U.S. and the globe.

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TrillFit CEO Heather C. White is still breaking a sweat with her clientele with free on-demand YouTube classes (www.trill.fit/trillfit-at-home). If Im doing an early class, I love to play Before I Let Go from Homecoming right before I get into it, White said. Its the happiest song. It never fails to put me in a good mood and it gets me moving. Bonus track: When White switches to a strength-based workout, she turns up Nicki Minajs Yikes. That helps her get in the mind-set where I can grab that heavier set of weights and really crush it.

Physical by Dua Lipa

Achieve Fitness co-owner Lauren Pak is also keeping clients in her virtual flow (www.achievefitnessboston.com/virtual-classes) and recommends Physical from Dua Lipas Future Nostalgia album. For high intensity, I like EDM, so Ill pick popular songs and look up the remixes because theyll have more interesting beats, she explained. Pak and her husband have also added their 18-month-old to their workout crew. He knows if Im on the floor in a push-up position, hell hop on my back, she said. Its been fun to get him involved and remember that any movement is good. Even if I only get in five push-ups.

Stronger than Ever by Raleigh Ritchie

Between her online strength and cardio classes, Boston fitness pro Erin Bailey (www.ebaileyfitness.com) is keeping up runs through this period of social distancing. I was finishing my long run last weekend, literally entering my final mile, when Stronger Than Ever came on, she said. Its this tough beat that builds and [is] all about coming together. Bailey cited her favorite line as motivation for not only finishing a run but getting through this challenging time: And I wont be crushed by the weight of this town/Ill fall from the sky but I wont fall forever/Ill fall but when I rise Ill be stronger than ever.

Give a Little Bit by The Goo Goo Dolls

Former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi says hes keeping up with his runs and recommends this 90s cover of the Supertramp classic for a little pep in your step. The Goo Goo Dollss sunny, catchy version came on during a difficult long-run when he was training for the 2014 Boston Marathon. I was struggling up one of the hills in my neighborhood, Bruschi remembered. I just ran 13 miles, was exhausted, and didnt have anything left in the tank. That song came on and it gave me the push I needed to get up that final hill.

This Is Me from The Greatest Showman soundtrack

Fitness guru and YouTuber Sarah Dussault (https://sarahfit.com) reaches for the bold, colorful The Greatest Showman soundtrack for her workouts. It sounds cheesy, and maybe a little slow, but the beats and lyrics make for an easy motivational playlist, she said. Epic ensemble hit This Is Me and Zac Efron and Zendayas power ballad Rewrite the Stars are must-repeats. The next thing I know, Im feeling better from a rush of endorphins," Dussault said.

Two Thousand and Seventeen by Four Tet

Pilates instructor Kara Duval (www.karaduvalpilates.com) keeps an active Zoom and Instagram Live class schedule and says the ambient electronic instrumentals by Four Tet keep her motivated at home. One woman [in my class] said it felt like she was in an underground nightclub in Berlin, Duval said. Its moody but light ethereal. For heavier workouts, Duval likes another Four Tet track called Insect Near Piha Beach. "Youll feel more connected to muscles you didnt even know you had, she said. Music sets you up for an environment. Its not so it can distract you. Its to bring you into the vibe that much more.

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A Central Massachusetts gym owner was ordered to close his business last week after opening his doors in May in defiance of Gov. Charlie Bakers phased coronavirus reopening plan.

In an emergency hearing in Worcester Superior Court on June 5, David Blondin, owner of Prime Fitness & Nutrition in Oxford, was ordered by Judge Susan Sullivan to stop operating his gym until permitted to do so by an executive order from the governor, according to court records.

Bakers four-part reopening strategy puts gyms in the third phase, allowing them, in a best-case scenario, to reopen on June 29. The later reopening date has drawn ire and sparked defiance from some gym owners.

Ahead of the governors announcement detailing the specifics of the reopening plan last month, Blondin told gym members in a video posted to Facebook that he would begin operating again no matter what on May 18.

Im not stepping down. Im staying open as long as I have to," Blondin told MassLive last month.

Prime Fitness reopened with reduced capacity and with staff cleaning the gym regularly. Blondin only allowed people with existing memberships to enter the gym and did not permit people to buy day passes or members to bring in guests.

Going against public health guidance from the state and federal government, Blondin recommended that members not wear face coverings when inside the gym. They will not be able to breathe well while working out, he claimed.

The gym owner was given both verbal and written warnings by town officials, who said they would issue Blondin fines and a cease-and-desist order if he continued to keep the gym in operation.

In May, Blondin noted he had no plans to close his business again and urged other businesses across the state to reopen as well.

A GoFundMe page was set up for Prime Fitness to pay off fines issued by the town. Any remaining money from the fundraiser would go to a mental health charity, according to Blondin.

All small businesses need to take a stand and open their doors," the gym owner said. "This is impacting our businesses and our families.

The town of Oxford, on behalf of the communitys board of health, sued Blondin on May 28. Officials filed a motion for a temporary restraining order halting Prime Fitnesss operations, which Sullivan later granted, according to court records.

The defendants, along with their agents, servants, employees, and all others in active concert with any of them, are enjoined from operating the gym and fitness center at the property located at 1 Norwood Court, North Oxford, Massachusetts, until permitted to do so under any executive order issued by the governor, the records said.

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The software firm said it recently retooled and expanded parts of its software with components designed to increase communication with gym members

ST. LOUIS ClubReady, a Chesterfield-based provider of management and billing software for fitness studios, has bolstered its technology to meet the changing needs of gyms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The software firm said it recently retooled and expanded parts of its software with components designed to increase communication with gym members and help gyms practice social distancing.

Founded in 2009, ClubReady is owned by parent company Clubessential Holdings of Cincinnati and provides software and services for boutique fitness and wellness studios. It has more than 4,000 customers.

Perhaps one of the biggest changes ClubReady has made to its software during the coronavirus pandemic is integrating its technology with video conference software Zoom. That addition has allowed gyms to provide a hybrid class structure including in-person instruction that can also be streamed online.

One thing that were seeing is that studios that are opening are still maintaining their virtual presence too. I think thats going to be a little bit of a new norm, said Darol Lain, president of Club Ready.

The pandemic has forced ClubReady to think differently about how its fitness studio clients operate, Lain said. That means ensuring its technology offers gyms expanded tools that can be tailored to the varying social distancing requirements across states and municipalities.

Many gyms, Lain said, have instituted contact tracing of members and pivoted their check-in systems, using ClubReady's no-touch technology offering barcode scanning or online sign-ins. Lain said check-in processes have become an increased priority for many fitness facilities because of COVID-19 restrictions on how many users their gyms can hold at any given time.

About 25% of the studios and gyms that use ClubReadys software have reopened, Lain said. The company said its clients have had more than 300,000 combined weekly unique member check-ins, which totals nearly 40% of previous highs prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

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This round-up is part of Harvard Magazines series At Home with Harvard, a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about the history of women at Harvard, the climate crisis, racial justice, and more, here.

Whats the best diet and exercise routine for you? This is a question with a seemingly infinite number of answers and follow-up questions. Sifting through questionable health and fitness content on the Web can be exhausting, especially when quarantine has given many of us more time to invest in exercise. Thats why weve compiled some of our best coverage on health and fitness research for you to read and rely on.

The immune system protects the human body from diseases, but its power to destroy invading pathogens, if misdirected, can lead to illness and death. Many chronic diseases are linked to low-level inflammation. Researchers have therefore sought ways to turn the immune response off, or at least tamp it down. In the course of this work, Harvard Medical School professors Paul Ridker and Peter Libby made a fortuitous discovery: an experimental drug, acting through the immune system, was anti-inflammatory without being immunosuppressive at the same time. The idea that the immune response is multifaceted has led other researchers to explore its final phase, when healing occurs, after the inflammation caused by injury or illness has begun to subside. This is an active process mediated by a class of immune-system moleculescalled specialized pro-resolving mediatorswith properties that are just beginning to be understood as scientists work to develop them into a pharmacology for resolving inflammation.

This story about the power of exercise had its origins in a pile of press releases. Sometime in the late 1990s, I began saving science-based press releases that showed how exercise could prevent everything from gallstones to strokes, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and declines in mental acuity (that can occur naturally with age). Each of these was a separate finding, conducted by researchers who did not know each other, and who in most cases were not even acquainted with each others work. At the time, I found it extraordinary that so many maladies were linked through exercise, and wondered why. Shortly after the article was published, I began receiving heartfelt letters from people saying that it had changed their livesand that was extremely gratifying. The letters continued for many years, and the opening paragraph was reprinted with permission in several books. Scientific understanding of how exercise confers its many benefits has come a long way. Remarkably, however, more is being discovered all the time!

~Jonathan Shaw, Managing Editor

Matthias Nahrendorf uses equipment like this PET/CT imaging scanner to study the role of white blood cells in inflammation.Photograph by Jim Harrison

The culprits are well known: sleep, diet, exercise, and stress. These four lifestyle factors are implicated again and again in studies of chronic health conditions, and one way they affect the body is by causing inflammation. But how? wondered radiology professor Matthias Nahrendorf. Biologically speaking, what links inflammation to lifestyle? In a study published in 2019, he found an answer in the behavior of blood stem cells. When mice exercised, for instance, he saw that their blood stem cells went into a kind of dormancy, generating fewer pro-inflammatory white blood cells and platelets, without decreasing the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells. Soon, reports Harvard Magazine writer Jonathan Shaw, Nahrendorfs exercising mice had fewer circulating white blood cells than their sedentary counterparts, dampening inflammationan effect that persisted for weeks.

Bruce Spiegelman and Michael Greenberg

Imagine getting the neurological benefits of endurance exercise from a pill. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is working on it. In 2013, scientists there, working with Harvard neurobiologist Bruce Spiegelman, isolated a protein that increases with endurance exercise and gave it to sedentary mice. The protein turned on genes that promote brain health and lead to the growth of new neurons involved in learning and memory. If it can be made in a stable form and developed into a drug, it could improve therapies for cognitive decline in older people caused by diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons. Spiegelman noted at the time that more study was needednow presumably underwaybut said, What is exciting is that a natural substance can be given in the bloodstream that can mimic some of the effects of endurance exercise on the brain.

~Lydialyle Gibson, Associate Editor

Photograph of gymsuit by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe Institute

Recently, I was looking through our online archives for a lively piece to promote on social media. An article came up with a photo of a Radcliffe College gymsuit circa 1896that immediately piqued my interest. Womens fitness was highly encouraged at the time because it was widely thought that intellectual exertion would damage a young womans childbearing capacity. These gymsuits were made of heavy wool that was hard to wash, and buttoned from chin to belly. Today they may seem awfully restrictive, but back then these outfits, with their divided skirts, were rather scandalousand liberating.

~Kristina DeMichele, Digital Content Strategist

In recent years, the microbiomethe universe of microbes teeming in the guthas become the focus of intense research as scientists have come to realize its powerful influence on human health. The microbiome has been linked to conditions like depression, anxiety, allergies, and obesitybut the mechanism remains mostly unknown. Two years ago, A. Sloan Devlin, a Harvard biological chemist, discovered that altering a single gene in a single type of bacteria in the human gut can vastly change metabolism. As she explained to writer John Griffin, Its a bacterium, and a single enzyme in a bacterium, thats causing a change in whether the host is using fats versus carbohydrates.

~Lydialyle Gibson, Associate Editor

Weve all experienced the internal conflict: we like the feeling we get from exercise, but the idea of just curling up on the couch with a pint of ice cream has appeal, too. These competing impulses are the two sides of a deep-seated, highly evolved tension. On the one hand, the human body has evolved in myriad ways that have made us among the best endurance athletes on the planet. On the other hand, humans evolved in an environment of food scarcity. Survival hinged on conserving energy. In the modern context of caloric abundance, that strategic laziness is maladaptive, as Lerner professor of biological sciences Dan Lieberman explains. In Born to Rest (with apologies to Christopher McDougall 85, author of Born to Run) he suggests tactical countermeasures that anyone can employ to help tip the scale toward exercise.

~Jonathan Shaw, Managing Editor

Hu believes a plant-based diet can help feed a growing population in a healthy, sustainable way.Photograph by Jim Harrison

For this feature, I profiled Stare professor of nutrition and epidemiology Frank Hu, who has spent his life studying how diet and lifestyle affect health. A member of the 2015 USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, Hu saw first-hand that developing a strong scientific base for recommendations isnt enough to get science-backed nutritional advice to the public. Today, he believes that a plant-based dietone low in meat, especially of the red or processed varietiescan improve personal and population health while reducing the production of greenhouse gases. No longer content just to let the science speak for itself, Hu has embraced political leadership, advocacy, and communication.

~Jacob Sweet, Staff Writer/Editor

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