Cindy Kuzma
Contributing Writer
Cindy is a freelance health and fitness writer, author, and podcaster who’s contributed regularly to Runner’s World since 2013. She’s the coauthor of both Breakthrough Women’s Running: Dream Big and Train Smart and Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries, a book about the psychology of sports injury from Bloomsbury Sport. Cindy specializes in covering injury prevention and recovery, everyday athletes accomplishing extraordinary things, and the active community in her beloved Chicago, where winter forges deep bonds between those brave enough to train through it.
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Latest from Cindy Kuzma
How Much Weight Can You Actually Lose in a Week? Here’s How to Calculate.
Again, the emphasis is on safety.
What Serious Runners and Lifters Should Know About 'Athlete's Heart'
Here’s what all those hours in the gym and on the treadmill do to your ticker.
What Are the Primary Benefits of Running?
Here are a few of the primary benefits that running can provide for your body and your mind.
How to Conquer Chronic Pain Without Opioids
In the midst of an epidemic, doctors are trying to pivot to alternative methods of pain management
Opioids Are Killing American Men— Here's What You Can Do to Help Today
Drug overdoses are the number one killer of American under age 50. Nearly two out of three victims are men. Here's how to help
Antioxidant Supplements, Heavy Lifting and 5 Other ‘Healthy’ Habits That May Be Causing You Harm
And how you can tweak them so they’re working in your favor
3 Times a Chiropractor Can Make You Feel Better—and 9 Things He Should Never Even Attempt
If he claims to cure cancer, you know you should run. But when else should you look elsewhere?
6 Voice Changes That Can Occur Well After You’ve Hit Puberty
If you notice #4, you want to see your doctor, stat
9 Out Of 10 People Don’t Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Here’s Why
Find out why this heart problem is so deadly—and how you can up your odds of surviving it
