The Daily Check-In 10.31

In his Trick or Treat Precision Run on Variis, David Siik challenges you to hang on to the same recovery speed throughout the run—even with the added “trick” of upping the incline half-way through. The recoveries should be tougher than the intervals. Try it:

-Start at 2.0 MPH under your one-minute PR (your under-control top speed for one minute) with your incline at 1% for 45 seconds.

-Keep the incline but recover (at an active walk or jog pace) for 2 minutes. Halfway through, increase your incline to 2%.

-Go back to 2.0 MPH under your one-minute PR at a 2% incline for 45 seconds.

-Keep the incline but recover for 2 minutes. Halfway through, increase your incline to 3%.

-Continue this pattern until you reach a 5% incline.

Satisfy afternoon candy cravings with these chocolate-covered bites. Almond butter, oats, and flaxseed contain healthy fats and protein, which balance out the sweetness of honey and chocolate. A mix between truffles and energy balls, they’re also the perfect pre-workout snack.

Working out provides a host of body benefits: cardiovascular fitness, muscle tone, and—luckily for the well-conditioned—wiggle room for a sweet tooth. “For a fit body, a candy bar will be pretty uneventful. Bits of sugar and fat will be processed, broken down, and shuttled off to cells. No biggie. The person will go and eat a nutritious dinner and move on,” says Ryan Andrews, R.D., a fitness and nutrition coach with Precision Nutrition.

The problem, then, isn’t one sweet, but the snowball effect of handful after handful. “It’s hard to give an exact number and say, ‘once you’ve hit this threshold, you’re officially overdoing it,’” says Andrews. But in general, he estimates 50 grams of sugar and 50 grams of fat in one concentrated, candy-filled dose is too much, even for an athletic body. Two classic candy bars (like Butterfinger or Milky Way) would put you over that sugar figure and almost halfway there in fat.

Exposing yourself to scary situations, like watching a horror film, without trying to control or fight the fear can help you become more fearless.

Better yet: Watch the movie with friends or family. Experiencing psychological pain (fear is one type) with others acts as a "social glue" and brings you closer together, according to research in Psychological Science.