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• in Technorati Women
  Yoga and Simple Stretching May Lessen Back Pain
  Study evauluating benefits of exercise in alleviating lower back pain. Findings reveal classes in yoga and intense stretching are effective.
  by vicfizzlebottom / on Oct 25, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Some Like it Hot
  Succumbing to 105 degrees while tackling Bikram yoga
  by MichelleBrown / on Oct 15, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “stretching”

 

• 5 Ways to Become More Flexible

  
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  Flexibility is an important part of your workout routine, since stretching your muscle fibers helps increase your fitness level , prevent injury, and stay agile and well. These daily must-dos will help you become more flexible, whether youre just trying to touch your toes or if youre aiming to finally be able to do ...
  15 hours ago

• Xanatos Gambit!

  
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  Have you ever heard of the Xanatos Gambit ?  “A Xanatos Gambit is a plan whose multiple foreseen outcomes all benefit its creator. It’s a win-win situation for whoever plots it.  At its most basic, the Xanatos Gambit assumes two possible outcomes for the one manipulated — success or failure. The plan is ...
  5 days ago

• 5 Essential Martial Arts Stretches

  
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  Martial artists require a higher degree of flexibility than most athletes. Even the sport’s novice skills demand at least a moderate level of flexibility for correct execution. (See AJ Hawk’s Functional Martial Arts Workout.) During a match, a fighter moves in all three directional planes. By becoming more ...
  6 days ago

• Here’s Where To Focus If You Want A Limber, Pain-Free Body

  
  The "Best Breathing Exercises' Energy, Fitness & Personal Power Blog — Authority: 88
  Are you interested in the easiest, quickest way to get a limber, pain-free body? How much more would you enjoy your day…how much more would you move…how much more energy do you think you would have…if you knew a sure-fire way to loosen those muscles and joints – and keep them loose. You can make massive ...
  1 week ago

• 3 of the Best Post-Workout Glute Stretches

  
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  Strong glutes play a crucial role in athletic performance. Weak glute muscles affect the entire body, largely because the glutes comprise the leg’s three largest muscles—the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. When these muscles are unable to extend and externally rotate your hip and trunk, ...
  1 week ago

• Make changes in your personality to improve your life!

  
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  For me, one of the most frustrating aspects of psychology and “common knowledge” is the ridiculous belief that our personalities are somehow set in stone at birth, never to be changed or changeable. Many studies in the past few decades have found evidence to the contrary, proving this belief to be completely ...
  1 week ago

• Dressage – How to Increase Forward Movement and Exercises for Engagement

  
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  TweetIn dressage terms, the word ‘forward’ refers not to the direction the horse is travelling in, but to his movement. A horse that is ‘forward’ has more engagement and impulsion than one that isn’t. In order to be successful in dressage – whether you compete or not, you need to achieve ‘forwardness’ ...
  1 week ago

• Revealing new information about the female brain

  
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  In the largest brain imaging study ever, Dr. Daniel Amen and his team compared the scans of 46,000 male and female brains using a study called SPECT , which looks at blood flow and activity patterns. Out of the 80 areas tested, females were significantly more active than men in 70 areas.  These differences ...
  1 week ago

• To (statically) stretch or not to (statically) stretch

  
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  I recently had a debate on Twitter (it’s awesome for this) with @AdamMeakins (he has a lot of followers, so might be worth following) on the positives/negatives of static stretching before performance. This started because of something I said to someone else in a conversation: “making “good cases” is not ...
  1 week ago

• Can Tension Actually Help You To Relax?

  
  The "Best Breathing Exercises' Energy, Fitness & Personal Power Blog — Authority: 88
  The other day, during my work day, I got the phone call from hell. A phone call that left me feeling tense and stressed out. Not unusual, is it? I think a lot of us can feel tense and stressed when at work, depending on what is going in. My tension came from an unpleasant interaction over the phone, with someone ...
  1 week ago

• The Stunningly Simple Way To Unlock Baseball Power

  
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  One of the most important things baseball players can do to stay healthy, strong and powerful throughout the season is to pay attention to their hips. In baseball, the hips are involved in everything from sprinting and jumping to throwing and hitting. Watch the video below to see how important the hips are to a
  1 week ago

• Whose life have you been living?

  
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  “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”    — Nido Qubein And where you start today is determined by how honest you can be about where you are now…  I have been asked a number of times whether I had to hit rock bottom before I could ...
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• My Inspiring High School Friend - And Osteotherapy and Cranio Sacral Therpay For Animals

  
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  When I used to hang out with my high school friends in Canada, one of my close friends Jackie introduced me to her family and took me horse back riding. Since then I often visited the Keams and their horses on weekends and occasionally after school. Jackie´s younger sister Vickie was all about horses, saddlery, ...
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• Congratulations Class of 2013, Now What?

  
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  Congratulations class of 2013!  Four years or more of hard work has gotten you here.  Alright, maybe it wasn’t all hard work; you enjoyed college, joined a fraternity or sorority, participated in sports, joined clubs or organizations, enjoyed a party or two and had a good time.  Now you have to start acting like ...
  1 week ago

• Post-Workout Recovery Tips.

  
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  If you want to get the most out of your workouts, developing a recovery routine is essential. Some people are not aware of how important this is, or they often neglect it due to a lack of time. However, there are a few simple things you can do after you exercise to make sure your body will gain the maximum benefits of ...
  1 week ago

• 747 days to go….Stretching

  
  Vicki Travels - Backyard and Beyond — Authority: 114
  Last night we had a make-up Pilates class. Our wonderful instructor, Marena asked the few of us that joined her what we wanted to focus on. We all pretty unanimously selected doing some stretching, and am I glad. It felt good to stretch and give the muscles a chance to open up and loosen a little bit. All of us ...
  2 weeks ago

• Exactly how far have we come, baby?

  
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  With the passing of Maureen Stapleton this past week, best known for her role as “Edith Bunker,” comes the awareness that we actually have “Come a long way, baby!” Edith represented the old-fashioned wife and mother, the caring, loving but powerless and passive traditional American housewife.  This is not ...
  2 weeks ago

• Train to Inspire: May Recap

  
  Keep it SimpElle — Authority: 108
  Im back! ...We know April was a struggle...erm, May was a struggle too! Im still enjoying working towards my goals for 2013, but I have decided to put together some short term (monthly goals) to help keep / get me back on track. First up, let me tell you how May went... Goal 1:  Completed March ...
  2 weeks ago

• Negotiation Starts When You Ask a Question!

  
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  When you ask a question , you are negotiating!    Negotiation is a dialogue between two or more people or parties intended to reach an understanding, resolve point of difference or gain advantage in outcome of dialogue, to produce an agreement upon courses of action, to bargain for individual or collective ...
  2 weeks ago

• Exercise Safety Tips

  
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  Exercise Safety Tips by Amy Backer For people who want to lose weight and get trim there are a variety of exercise options out there. Pilates classes can be a great way for beginners to learn isometric exercises which help to tone and strengthen muscles. Yoga classes can be a great way to get ...
  2 weeks ago

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