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Back to Basics: Keeping Your Shoulders Down
When teaching Pilates, I am always telling clients to keep their shoulders away from their ears. Raised shoulders is a sign of serious tension in the neck and upper back and over time it will create pain. Not only that but it wastes energy and can make surrounding areas not function correctly.
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How Octomom Slimmed Down to 125 Pounds
Whatever your opinion of Nadya Suleman's decision to carry eight babies at once, most can agree that her quick slim-down is rather astonishing. When her octuplets were born nine months ago, Nadya weighed 270 pounds. In the latest issue of Us Weekly, she admitted she packed on the pounds by "eating everything in sight."
Hit the Hay: Back Flying
If you enjoyed stretching your abs and back in bed doing Cobra, then you're going to love this one. You'll not only stretch the muscles in your torso and feel your spine elongate, but you'll also feel this in your neck, chest, and shoulders.
For instructions on how to do this stretch keep reading
Partner Yoga Pose: Reverse Bat to Front Walkover
If you love practicing yoga on your own, why not practice with a friend? Doing partner yoga allows you to do deeper, more creative, poses since you have the support of someone else. Here' a really fun one to try that doesn't take a lot of flexibility, just a love of being upside down.
Strike a Yoga Pose: Dolphin Plank
Many yoga poses challenge your core strength, and this one is no exception. Not only will you feel your abs and back muscles engaged, but it will also strengthen your legs and upper body.
Sanskrit Name: Makara Adho Mukha Svanasana
English Translation: Dolphin Plank Pose
To learn how to do this pose read more
Hit the Hay: Knee to Chest Back Stretch
After a stressful day at work or a night out on the town, it may be difficult to rest your mind and body enough to get some shuteye. I like to stretch in bed to inspire calmness, and if you liked the spinal twist bed stretch, here's another one that will target the muscles in your lower back. It's not only great for bedtime; I also like waking up and doing this stretch.
Strike a Yoga Pose: King Pigeon
It's so important to include backbends in your stretching routine. Not only do they increase flexibility in your spine and neck, but they also stretch your abs, hip flexors, shoulders, and chest. This pose is a combination of Bow and Cobra and it's one of my favorites.
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Find Your Chi and Run With It at ChiRunning Workshop
Dealing with some troubling knee pain, I decided to focus on my running gait. I had the pleasure of taking an all day workshop with the running master Danny Dreyer, the founder of ChiRunning.
I'd like to say my running was transformed during the hours I spent with about 30 other runners from all walks of life, but I must admit I have a lot to work on.
Exercise
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- A new study found that aerobic and resistance training significantly reduced fatigue in men undergoing radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Fatigue is a common side effect of such treatments.
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