Month: September 2020

You've probably seen numerous workouts promising to make you sweat like never before, implying that the sweatier you are, the harder you've worked and the closer you are to achieving your fitness goals. But here's the thing, how much you sweat doesn't determine if you've worked harder, if you're getting stronger, or anything like that. It's just sweat — kind of.

Is Sweat an Indicator of a Good Workout?
If you're wondering if there's a correlation between how much sweat you've produced during a given workout and if it means your training better, Lindsay Baker, PhD, senior principal scientist at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, told POPSUGAR, “No, the two are not necessarily correlated although it can be.” While your sweat more than likely isn't an indicator of having an optimal workout, “The intensity that you're working out is definitely an important factor that determines how much you sweat, but it's not the only ..

As a company, Estée Lauder has done a lot within the beauty industry over the last few decades, but the brand has never launched one of its own products into space — until now. The company announced on Sept. 18 that it's sending one of its star products — the Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex — into space at the end of the month.

According to a release, the serum will be photographed and filmed by the crew aboard the International Space Station for Estée Lauder to later use for promotional purposes on its social media pages. “We are thrilled to reinforce our leadership once again as the first beauty brand to go into space,” Stéphane de La Faverie, Estée Lauder's global brand president, said in a statement. “NASA is at the forefront of space exploration, and as a leader in skincare innovation, Estée Lauder is proud to support the incredible work NASA is doing to promote a space economy by being the second-ever commercial product to launch.”

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Get ready to learn all about Barack Obama's political rise with his forthcoming memoir, A Promised Land. On Sept. 17, Crown Publishing Group — a subsidiary of Penguin Random House — shared new details about the book, revealing that it will be split into two volumes. The first installment, which consists of 768 pages to be printed in 25 languages, is set to hit shelves two weeks after the presidential election on Nov. 17. The second volume's release date has not been announced yet.

A Promised Land will detail Barack's life story, highlighting his political endeavors and accomplishments. “I've spent the last few years reflecting on my presidency, and in A Promised Land I've tried to provide an honest accounting of my presidential campaign and my time in office: the key events and people who shaped it; my take on what I got right and the mistakes I made; and the political, economic, and cultural forces that my team and I had to confront then — and that as a natio..