Inverse - 💪 Does the Best Workout Exist?

Jan. 30, 2023

Eat vegetables. Exercise. Manage stress. As we move into the new year, these phrases get repeated as pillars of maintaining personal health. While these age-old words of wisdom are indeed worthwhile, science has made tremendous advancements in our understanding of the human body, how it works, and how to optimize it. This week, we bring you a series of stories from the cutting edge of health research. Welcome to the future of you.

Today, Inverse's staff health reporter, Katie MacBride, investigates whether there actually is a best, most optimized way to work out. Are we, in fact, exercising all wrong? Researchers say that while there is a set amount of time that should be spent getting sweaty, the way we can get it done is simpler than we might think.

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The Future of You
Does the Best Workout Exist? Exercise Scientists All Agree on One Thing

Regular exercise is among the most important things a person can do to maintain good health and increase longevity. This is a real bummer for people like me, who are both innately unathletic and have sedentary jobs.

When you don’t include exercise as part of your routine, it’s hard to know how to start. Fortunately, researchers are increasingly understanding how exercise affects the body, and, in doing so, finding smarter ways for people to exercise smarter. Whether you’re trying to get back into a regular exercise habit after a pandemic lull or getting started for the first time...ever, here’s what experts say about the optimal ways to exercise.

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THE INVERSE INTERVIEW
'The Last of Us' Episode 3 Director Reveals the Secret Meaning Behind the Last Shot

The Last of Us Episode 3 was shocking.

Not only was it huge deviation from the previous episode’s commitment to adapting the video game source material, but it’s also the first time someone other than the showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann directed an episode. The honor fell to It’s a Sin and Umbrella Academy director Peter Hoar.

Hoar spoke with Inverse about directing the heartbreaking love story of Bill and Frank, The Last of Us Season 2, and the secret meaning behind the episode’s final shot.

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Space
JWST captures images of an asteroid with a ring

A handful of planets in our Solar System have rings: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which most people know. But there are a handful of other objects in our neighborhood that have rings around them, and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently caught a glimpse of one of the ring systems in unprecedented detail.

Chariklo is an icy asteroid that orbits in the vast space between the paths of Neptune and Uranus, and it’s tiny: about 160 miles (250 kilometers) wide. But it sports at least two narrow, finely-wrought rings. That discovery startled astronomers a decade ago, and JWST recently helped shed more light on it.

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Gear
Audi’s new EV concept is a pickup, SUV hybrid that's built for our AR future

Audi is back again with another wild look into the future of EVs. Audi unveiled the fourth concept in its sphere series, the Activesphere, which is a four-door crossover packed with AR and outdoorsy features.

It may look like a crossover, but you can convert the rear into an open cargo bed so it becomes more of a pickup truck. Audi says this setup gives you enough room for two e-bikes or your winter sports gear.

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AWARDS SZN
Where and how to watch the 2023 Oscar nominees

RRR may have been, tragically, snubbed by the Oscars due to some flaws unique to the Best International Feature Film category’s voting process, but some other top titles of 2022 will get their fair due at the 95th Academy Awards— several of which Inverse lauded as the best of the year.

Puppet boys made of pine will duke it out with swashbuckling Golden British shorthairs; pro-war propaganda will clash with anti-war wake-up calls; rich people deserted on an island will be at odds with other rich people deserted on an island. It’s all happening at the Oscars this coming March. But are you all caught up with the Oscar nominees? Never fear: here’s how to watch all the major Oscar contenders right now.

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