Archive for February, 2008
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Be Yourself
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Here’s what happens when you try to fit into a mold.
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Let’s Recreate This
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Totally.
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A Different Type of Core Strength
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How much of your day is spent on automatic pilot?
Sometimes when we are driving, we suddenly “snap out of it” and realize that up until that point, we weren’t even really paying attention, as if the car was driving itself. Kind of like a, “how did I get here” moment. Besides when driving, how […]
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You Will Become Obsessed with This Hoodie
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I picked up one of these Prairie Underground hoodie/jackets in San Fransisco a while ago, and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. It is the thickness of a really nice hoodie with the length of a long jacket. I have two- one is black with brown stitching and the other is the one in […]
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Can Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat?
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Respect Yourself: Be The Best You Can Be with Caroline Phipps
Can Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat?
Have you ever noticed that people who substitute sugar for the fake versions like Sweet’N Low, Equal and Splenda, aren’t necessarily the svelt and healthy human beings the advertising industry would suggest? Millions of us take this route on the […]
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Furniture By Pilates
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Did you know that Joseph Pilates invented many pieces of furniture to help bring fitness and body awareness into our everyday lives? Today, pilates studios are full of his recognizable pilates equipment, but there were many other similar pieces of equipment that he personally used, advertised, and advocated.
He called his line of furniture, “Pilates […]
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The Foot Corrector
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The Foot Corrector is one of the least often used pieces of pilates equipment, even though it is simply amazing. This small, simple apparatus helps strengthen and stretch the muscles of the foot and lower leg. The exercises are done in a standing position, one foot at a time. It is best to work through […]
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Breathing Into the Back
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In previous posts, I’ve talked about the rib cage and how the uppermost ribs are actually above the height of your collar bones. When you envision that in your mind, do you think of just the front ribs? Realize that its called the “ribcage” for a reason- its three dimensional. The cage of the […]
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A Cause of Foot Cramps
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If your feet cramp during exercises like Side Kicks, Footwork, or the Stomach Series, there may be a simple explanation for it. Its all in the way you point and flex your feet. Test yourself by doing this: Sit on your mat with your legs straight ahead of you. Point and flex your feet […]
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Open Leg Rocker
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I love this exercise because its fun, challenging, and requires your whole body to work in specific ways, or the exercise just doesn’t work.
Your goals with this exercise are to hold your hands up at your ankles with legs straight. Roll back, then roll back up to the same position you started in, about 5-8 […]
