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Residents of Sardinia, Italy get plenty of longevity-boosting exercise from walking the region's hilly terrain. imantsu/Getty Images Some of the longest-living people on earth get their exercise with daily walks, not the gym. A longevity researcher reconsidered his routine after visiting centenarians in Italy's Blue Zone. He learned that a more relaxed approach may prevent injury and lead to a longer, healthier life. Steven Austad is a gym fanatic. As the director of an anti-aging research nonprofit, he's deeply aware that exercise might be the closest thing we have to a longevity cure-all. That's why he puts in about an hour a day on his bike or in the weight room as part of his longevity routine . "I don't take any supplements. I don't even take a multivitamin, but I do spend a lot of time in the gym," he told Business Insider But on a recent research trip, Austad met with centenarians who stayed spry with a completely different style of...

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Senada Greca started working with Kim Kardashian in 2023. Courtesy of Senada Greca Senada Greca has been training Kim Kardashian four to six times a week since 2023. She says fitness should be about nurturing and strengthening, not punishing or shrinking. Fitness helped her overcome stressors from being a first-generation immigrant. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Senada Greca , founder of WeRise and cofounder of Aonic . It has been edited for length and clarity. At least four times a week, I meet with Kim Kardashian for a personal training session. Today, we're focused on the upper body and core. Over our hour-and-a-half session, we'll do assisted pull-ups, hollow-body chest presses, face-pulls, and more. Kim likes to end most training sessions with a dead hang on the bar. I've been training Kim for three years now. I also help millions of other people (mostly women) through my training platform WeRise, and the fitness and nutrition v...

Luigi Mangione speaks with attorney Jacob Kaplan (L) on December 1, during a New York state court evidentiary hearing in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Steven Hirsch / POOL / AFP via Getty Images Luigi Mangione is charged in both NY state and federal court with killing UHC CEO Brian Thompson. An ongoing tug-of-war over which venue — state or federal — will try him first ended on Friday. A state judge set a July 8 trial date, and Mangione left the court shouting about "double jeopardy." A state court judge in New York set a July 8 trial date in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Friday, ending a nearly yearlong battle over who — federal or state prosecutors — will be first to try the accused killer, Luigi Mangione. The short, contentious hearing ended with Mangione shouting to a courtroom audience of press and admirers about "double jeopardy" as he was led back to jail. "It's the same trial twice," he sai...

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