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Mindfulness may help marathon runners deal with “hitting the wall” – 3 strategies for more endurance

With record Pay Increasingly more runners could have to tighten their shoelaces to run marathons, and an increasing number of of them could have the infamous “hitting the wall” experience. Hit the wall is the phenomenon by which runners suddenly experience debilitating fatigue, difficulty maintaining, and infrequently experience a shift away from their goal pace […]

Sleep deprivation benefited our ancestors but harms us today – but staying fit may also help us cope

People need less sleep as our closest evolutionary relatives. Nonetheless, we frequently sleep lower than we want. The reduced need for sleep is a results of our ancestors’ decision to not sleep longer – a behavior that led to evolutionary benefits. Sleeping lower than we want is the results of our decision today to not […]