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It is easy to motivate or help someone who already values being healthy, moving well, and moving often. But what if they aren’t? The fitness industry primarily markets to people who are already active and value the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Gym members often just migrate to the next new gym that opens around the corner, but what about the millions of Australians and Americans that ignore basic health advice? 

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I’ve taught several thousand exercise classes in my 16 years in the fitness business. The success of those classes was determined by several variables, from safe and effective programming, to the flow of class, to high-level coaching and communicating. But in addition to nuts and bolts of exercise selection, perhaps the most underrated and important variable in developing a successful fitness class is music.

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Open Cooking Lesson

Kombu broth, or dashi, is as quintessential to Japanese cooking as chicken broth is to American cooks. The ingredients are incredibly simple, and the technique for making dashi is much easier than any other broth you can make.

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Electric pressure cookers can be surprisingly difficult to understand, thanks to the abundance of multifunction buttons and not a lot of explanation about what those buttons do.

Take the pressure settings. On some models, high pressure is the only option. Others offer both a high and low pressure setting. And one in particular even allows you to select a specific psi (pressure).

So what’s a cook to do?

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The Old Fashioned

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When you go out to your favorite cocktail bar, what’s your regular order? Do you stick with something classic, or do you try something the bartender has created? Cocktail trends come and go, and it’s hard to keep up with what is trendy. Negronis might have been incredibly popular a few years ago, but is that still the case?

Drinks International asked 100 of the top bars around the country to find out what the most popular cocktails are for 2016.

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It could be argued that chickpeas are at their absolute best when blended into smooth hummus — I feel pretty strongly that this is indeed the case. While I’ll take the beige beans in any shape and form, I am happiest when they’re made into hummus. We at Kitchn love the stuff. It makes a frequent appearance in our snacks, lunches, dinners, and even breakfasts.

Here are a handful of our favorite tips and tricks when it comes to making, and of course eating, creamy, garlicky hummus.

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