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You may spend 20 minutes working your abs every other day, but you sit at a desk for hours upon upon hours a week. If you slouch at that desk, you are quite possibly undoing all your hard at the gym strengthening your abs and back. When you slouch, all your hard work slouches with you. Slumped over a keyboard, your abs essentially turn off and your back muscles get tired from being overstretched. Read more
Do you find yourself slouching throughout the day? While you may be aware that it looks bad, you may not be aware that all that slouching could be reversing all your hard work at the gym. Here's why from Men's Health: Slouching sabotages your six-pack. Training your core helps correct poor posture. But an hour a week of core work can't compensate for the 50 hours spent slumped over your keyboard. Read more
Did your mama always tell you to stand up straight? Mine did, and let me tell you she was right. Good posture is important for both looking and feeling good. OK, so let's start with the looks category. Standing up straight will make you look 10 pounds lighter - no joke. Slumping and slouching give the body the appearance of looking heavier, not to mention shorter. More than just looking Read more
Back pain is the most common complaint of office workers in the US. And go figure, the problem might just be their perfect posture. In a recent study, 22 healthy volunteers had their spines scanned with an MRI while sitting in 3 different positions. The position causing the least amount of undue stress on the vertebral disks was a relaxed position, with 135 degrees between the top of the Read more
While Drew Barrymore hasn't confirmed she's expecting her first child with fiancé Will Kopelman, her growing baby bump tells its own story. The actress was photographed holding a sonogram image in February, and ever since, she's been sporting a laid-back style, featuring belly-hiding t-shirts and oversize jackets. But Drew is no style slouch, and she's amped up her casual clothing with designer Read more
When it comes to looking your best on the beach, it's not all about how to build a six-pack or which exercises make your backside look the best in a bikini. In fact, having a healthy and strong back can make you feel your best on the beach in more ways than one. Here are some essential back exercises and why they will help you rock a swimsuit with confidence. Stand tall and slim: Wanna look five Read more
Rounded shoulders and bad posture have the unfortunate effect of making us all look heavier than we really are, especially in the midsection. If you spend hours hunched over a computer, you need to combat the inevitable slouch so you can rock your bikini at the beach or wow your wedding guests as you walk down the aisle. Having good posture can really make you look 10 pounds thinner! So try this Read more
Madewell launched a massive road trip yesterday, using a vintage Airstream as a kind of nomadic pop-up shop to bring its awesome (we can personally vouch for this) denim to cities and college campuses from Boston to Seattle. We stopped by the Airstream yesterday morning to share coffee, donuts, and Spring shopping tips with Kin Ying Lee, the ever hospitable and eternally cool creative director of Read more
When I visited the Louisiana set of The Lucky One, which is out April 20, I had a chance to chat with star Zac Efron about the Nicholas Sparks adaptation with a few other reporters. Efron plays Logan, who falls for a girl (Taylor Schilling) he finds after first seeing her in a photo, so when we sat down with the actor, he talked about being able to relate to that kind of romantic gesture. His Read more
With seasonal change comes a significant wardrobe shakeup, but we'll make the switch a little bit easier on you. From exchanging heavy knits for barely there coveralls and replacing your warm wool-infused frocks with silky sundresses, we've scoured the world wide web for classic pieces — on sale, no less — you'll want to wear again and again once the warm weather sticks. A chic white Read more
