LIVING
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Renovate Your Home in Record Time, 5 Tips
Renovating a house in Spain is often a complex project that many people avoid. Discover five tips to renovating a property in record time without going over budget or delaying your move-in date. Read more
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According a new study, being inactive puts you at a greater risk from COVID-19 than any other risk factor except age and having had an organ transplant. If this is right, it’s a big deal.
COVID-19: Does Exercising Really Reduce the Risk?
According a new study, being inactive puts you at a greater risk from COVID-19 than any other risk factor except age and having had an organ transplant. If this is right, it’s a big deal. Read more
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Is Moving to Barcelona a Good Idea?
Yes! Moving to Barcelona is the best decision you will ever make. However, due to the travel restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, moving to Barcelona has indeed become much more of a challenge than in the past. Read more
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There’s a very low barrier to entry, meaning almost everyone, regardless of age or ability, can start walking regularly as a form of exercise. Photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Walking Workouts Are Great for Heart, Bone and Muscle Health—and Almost Everyone Can Do It
Walking has clear benefits on keeping our bodies functioning as we get older, improving cardiovascular health, helping lose fat mass and maintain muscle mass, and helping to maintain bone density as well. Read more
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What You Need to Know About Bringing Your Pet to Spain
If you and your two-legged family members plan to travel or move to Spain with your four-legged kids in tow, it’s important to know the rules for entering the country, as well as the national, regional, and municipal animal regulations. Read more
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Joggers in Jardins de Joan Maragall. Photo by Paola de Grenet courtesy of the Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
The Exercise Pill: How Exercise Keeps Your Brain Healthy and Protects It Against Depression and Anxiety
Contrary to what some may think, the brain is a very plastic organ. Regular exercise, especially cardio, does change the brain. Read more
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20 Ways to Create More Diverse Conferences
Stereotyping and unconscious bias can lead to discrimination in any professional area, as an organizer, making sure that your team is diverse can help to mitigate this. And, diverse teams make good business sense. Read more
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Ending the Conference “Manel”
Have you ever been to a conference and noticed that you’re watching an all-male panel? Or looked around the room at an event amazed to see such diversity, only to disappointingly turn to the front and see that the diversity isn’t replicated on stage? Read more
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5 Common Mistakes Job Hunters Make and How to Avoid Them
Discover how you can avoid making some of the most common mistakes job hunters make and increase your chances of landing that dream job. Read more
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Snack Your Way to Better Health with Bite-Sized Exercise Breaks
Exercise snacking isn’t new, although the research and the term are. If you’ve ever been sitting at your computer or watching TV and had the urge to stand up and walk around or stretch, you’ve had an exercise snack. Read more
