Our Smartest Closet Refresh Yet

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Something we’ve learned over the course of this quarantine period: our clothes aren’t as practical as we thought they were. With our work time bleeding into our workout time bleeding into our personal time, we’re realizing that we don’t need all the clothes we thought we did–all we need are a few key items that…

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How to catch a sweat (and a few laughs) in isolation

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How we’re staying healthy and staying happy It goes without saying: with all that’s going on in the world, it’s become harder to stay healthy and happy. For many of us, our lives have been upended, our livelihoods put on the line, and any semblance of normalcy so far out in the future that it’s…

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Intake FAQs: All About Intake Sizing

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Q: How does Intake’s sizing system work? How do I determine my size range? A: We get this question a lot. Because of how many ways there are to wear Intake, we have a number of different answers. Read on to learn more. How the size range works– Intake comes in three size ranges (Small,…

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Why We’ve Fallen in Love with Walking

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Last month, we were ready to double down on any quarantine fitness challenges and streamable workouts we could get our hands on. We felt pressured to come out of this period of downtime with something to show for: a personal best, some extra muscle tone, a fully-tackled marathon training program. We thrive on pushing ourselves,…

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Coronavirus shut down the world. What do I do?

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A few ways you can stay healthy in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Hospitals are severely understaffed, entire countries are on lockdown, and everything from Disneyland to March Madness has been shut down while the world gets a handle on the spread of coronavirus.  Here are three simple ways you can protect your health…

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RECIPE: Grain-free Blueberry Scones (or muffins, or shortcakes–they’re versatile)

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You know how they say the devil only wears the finest clothes, so as to trick you into thinking he is upstanding and wholesome, the type your mother would label as “good for you”? Well, we’re well acquainted with our own personal devil, and that sugar-dusted, freshly-baked goatboy is gluten.  We’ll be the first to…

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Oh S***. It’s Valentine’s Day?

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Of all the Hallmark holidays, Valentine’s Day gets a bad rap. Maybe it’s the aisles of cringeworthy cards and bad chocolates that start popping up the day after New Years, or the expectation and inherent dread of doing something “special.”  But ultimately, Valentine’s Day is an excuse to celebrate your nearest and dearest, and make…

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Fighting off this season’s nemesis, the flu

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At Intake, we like to start each morning by scrolling through the news and freaking ourselves out. For instance, listen to this timely piece of winter news: The CDC has estimated that this flu season (from October 2019 until the date of this post in January), there have already been between 9 and 14 million…

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Our (Every) New Year’s Resolution

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Happy New DECADE, Nose Breathers! Maybe it’s no surprise that the simplest New Years resolution we’ll be making in 2020 is to focus on our breath. Of course, we’re already in the business of focusing on our breath, but we see it this way: as much as each new year is an opportunity to incorporate…

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20 Last-minute Gift Ideas

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For procrastinators, last-minute shoppers, and victims of unexpected holiday guests December is in full swing, and it seems like you can barely unlock your phone without seeing app notifications and emails dedicated to gift-guides. These were excellent about three weeks ago, but now Christmas is upon us, and the time of leisurely shipping windows has…

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