THE CHECK-IN

SATURDAY | 2.13.2021

TRY FLOATING CHILD’S POSE.

In his Upper Body Strength 2 PURE Yoga class on Equinox+, Damien Alexander takes the standard Child’s Pose up on a notch. Watch Manzell Glover demonstrate in the video at right: Inhale to come forward into a plank pose, exhale to lower halfway, inhale to assume a high plank, then exhale and bend the knees to floating Child’s Pose. “So the knees stay floating above the ground,” Alexander says, of this core- and arm-strengthener.
In his Upper Body Strength 2 PURE Yoga class on Equinox+, Damien Alexander takes the standard Child’s Pose up on a notch. Watch Manzell Glover demonstrate in the video at right: Inhale to come forward into a plank pose, exhale to lower halfway, inhale to assume a high plank, then exhale and bend the knees to floating Child’s Pose. “So the knees stay floating above the ground,” Alexander says, of this core- and arm-strengthener.

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ACT ON YOUR EMOTIONS.

Being aware of your emotions in this moment and identifying them will help you reduce distress, according to a new study at the University of Iowa. The research surveyed Americans’ emotional responses to the coronavirus pandemic and found that those who took stock of what they were feeling and then responded to it with mindful action (like calling a friend or family member) reported lower levels of stress than those who attempted to ignore or discount their feelings.

"The goal is to try and help people become more resilient by remaining in touch with their emotions and finding creative ways to maintain or build upon relationships with people or activities that are important to them," says Emily Kroska, Ph.D, one of the study’s researchers. "People who do that will generally not be as distressed, or anxious, as those who don't."

WASH FRUIT IN BAKING SODA.

For a deeper clean on fruit, add in a baking soda rinse. Research in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that soaking apples in a mix of water and baking soda for 12 to 15 minutes helps remove upwards of 80 percent of certain pesticides—far more than just rinsing them with water alone.

Soak your produce in a bowl of two cups of water and one teaspoon baking soda. It’ll remove at least two key pesticides (including thiabendazole) and likely a handful of other low-pH offenders as well.

TEST NEW MASKS.

“It is never fun to have a workout interrupted when trying out a new mask and discovering it is not comfortable or breathable,” says Michael Clark, group fitness manager at Paramus in New Jersey. “I advise using a warm-up to test a new mask and always have a back-up that you have used before ready to go in case the new one doesn't work for you.”

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