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You’re reading Move, the nudge we need to get active, however makes us happiest and healthiest. Poor posture impacts a lot, from your levels of pain and stiffness to your sleep quality and how confident you look and feel.  To help, Ruth Stone, a personal trainer who works with Sweatband.com, has provided HuffPost UK with a quick workout that opens the chest and releases tension in the back. All you need is a broom or stick (a tube of wrapping paper would work) and a small ball (such as a tennis ball).  “Poor posture is the modern bug bear of working from home,...

A good desk chair with great back support is a key element in any workspace. But a great desk chair? It provides not just strong lumbar support but also has that elusive element: style. Whether they’re bold and colorful or tech-y and almost futuristic, an ideal desk chair ties a home office together while helping you be your best professional self. And, yes, the same goes for kids’ desk chairs, but with a few notable differences. The importance of ergonomic elements—armrests and backrests, tilting seats, and adjustable heights—are usually lost on petite bodies and active minds. Compared to adults, kids...

Living in this thriving metropolis has tons of upsides. But you’re probably familiar with them already, which is why we wanted to look into different challenges you may face when you decide to move to the Big Peach. So tag along as we go through the top 10 reasons not to move to Atlanta. 1. Bad traffic The first reason not to move to Atlanta is bad traffic. Now if you’re moving from one of the cities known for road rage (we’re looking at you New Jersey), you may not find traffic to be that bad, but still…it’s far away...

When it comes to exercise, we focus on how to get fit. Our New Year’s resolutions are about working out more often, and we set goals to challenge ourselves in miles, reps, or weights. But then real life kicks in or our social calendar gets packed, and we realize we don’t have 60 minutes to spare during the busiest time of the year. Going on a run feels impossible, much less adding in the commute time to get to the gym. The truth is that getting fit isn’t the problem; it’s staying fit. Can you keep up your health goals and find time...

I wasn’t going to belabor the death of my dog. I really wasn’t. But some strange force, not the least bit concerned about overanalyzing personal tragedy in a public forum, took over, and I didn’t have the strength to fight it. The thing is you don’t have to publish everything you write. Bahaha While that little thought is bouncing around in my head my fingers are pounding out a sappy vignette on dealing with death. Two words, it sucks. I found out this week that grief pools with all the other grief that came before it, creating this cesspool of...