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Fit Tip: Cool Down After Lifting
Even if you're only lifting weights or doing body resistance exercises, you should still cool down. A great cool down for your lifting days is stretching the worked muscles for five minutes. Then using a foam roller over the worked body parts for another five minutes.
BodyBolster
I just came across the BodyBolster. It's a foam roller, gym ball, and Pilates reformer all rolled into one.
It can be used with your exercise routine, to rehabilitate injuries, or for workplace health.
Exercise Video: Hip Flexor Stretch with Foam Roller
Do you run? Do you sit? Do you bike?
It Is Thigh Time: Roll Out
I have had lots of requests for thigh trimming exercises and I know a thing or two about bulky thighs - having speed skater thighs myself. A lot of factors are at play when it comes to body shape. There is genetics - when I look at the legs of all my female relatives and see many "speed skaters."
The Skinny On: Foam Rollers
You've seen them at the gym - the simple cylinders, about 3 feet long. You've seen white ones. You've seen blue ones.
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Ease Sore Muscles With a Tennis Ball
Getting a massage is not always an affordable option to relieve sore muscles. I use The Stick at home but when I'm on the go it's not something I can take with me. Because of its size, a tennis ball provides on the spot muscle relief wherever you are.
FABTV: The Drums, "Let's Go Surfing"
Now that I survived Burning Man and New York Fashion Week, I just want to just kick back and surf. I've been trying to perfect my skills for a while now, but Fab life happens, and I haven't gotten out there as much as I'd like. Now is prime surfing time in Northern California so .
Low Back Pain? Try Stretching Your Hip Flexors
After doing a sprint interval workout, my running buddy complained that sprinting often made her low back feel tight. I had a notion that her psoas might be tight. This muscle is a major hip flexor and it attaches to the low spinal vertebrae.
Take a Look at the 2009 CEW Award Winners!
What do all of these products have in common? They're just a few of the select winners of this year's 2009 Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) Awards. If you're not familiar, each year, members of the CEW, who are working professionals in the industry, gather together to select their top beauty picks of the year.
Spring Running Prehab: Roll Your IT Band
Longer days plus warmer weather equals longer runs, especially if you're training for an endurance race. While you can often feel that your muscles have taken a beating, the IT band, the fascia that lines the outside of your quad, takes a beating too. Often you don't feel how tight the IT band is until it interferes with your knee joint function and you end up with the Iliotibial Band Syndrome.
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