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TeleYoga Wants You and Your Friends to Do All the Minutes of Yoga You Can Muster
In a mere week, the Million Minute Month begins! To cheer us all along, we've gathered powerful forces for good in the form of Spirit Guides. Today, a big welcome to Spirit Guide Christine Miller, Founder of TeleYoga, whose sweaty minute encouragement begins...now. On the line: A free private TeleYoga session. All you have to do is rally a few friends as fellow challengers. Here's how it works:
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Sara Rue's Half Marathon Hurts My Lady Parts
I tweet, I admit it, but you know what I don't tweet about? My underpants. I personally prefer to keep the public underpants updates to a minimum. You know who doesn't? Sara Rue, Jenny Craig Spokesperson du jour. Yes, I am now imagining Sara Rue's vagina, and it's not my fault, she totally brought it up.
Her new skinny self ran a half-marathon over the weekend, along with her personal trainer. After the race she tweeted about having forgotten her undies at home, and how running commando is the only way to go.
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Underwear Redux
Greatest Ad Ever
Best Yoga Instructor - Libero Diper Commercial - For more of the funniest videos, click here
Genius! Diabolically well-designed to appeal to a certain kind of young mother, no? Cute yoga guys in soft organic cottons, sun drenched yoga loft, a baby.... Curious as to the people behind such a masterpiece, I did some research...
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Practical Eating
Skyr Vs. Fage: Yogurt Deathmatch
All yogurts are not created equal. Some are champion snacks or even meals, and others are sugar-soaked goop. One serving of my childhood favorite, Western Family lowfat blueberry yogurt, contains 44g of sugar, versus 9g in an equally if not more delicious serving of Total Fage. So no more Western Family for me. Which brings us to the topic at hand: yogurts' nutritional content, specifically high-end, thick-style yogurts.
More...Day 25: Please Don’t Judge Me
The apartment building I live in is not what you would call “nice.” I usually refer to it as old and busted. And these past few days we have not had any hot water. I didn’t mind at first, since I was always going to the gym and showering there after my workouts. On Saturday I had planned on making it a rest day but I was not prepared to take an ICE COLD shower.
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2nd day O’ Challenge (yesterday was off day…I’m not scared)
Today I conquered a dvd workout of bootcamp maximum calorie burn from the Firm. Curious about the workout?Yes--> keep reading. No-->skip to end of blog entry and have a great day. It is 50 mins of oscillation between weight-training/plyometrics (squat-thrusts, atomic lunges) and traditional cardio aerobics which I enhance with 2pound hand weights.
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The Freegan Foragers Guide to Prospect Park
A rare foodie freegan, Zaac Chaves says no to day-old dumpster donuts and yes to all things wild and nutritious. For dinner in his corner of Brooklyn: stinging nettles, mulberries, hazelnuts, and morel mushrooms, all found foraging in Prospect Park. Need evidence that free can be delicious and nutritious? Our friends over at Well + Good NYC got Zaac to divulge his recipe for a rich artichoke stew (his version, made with 100% foraged ingredients).
The Feralicious Challenge may be over, but wild eating goes on. So attention, all you untamed Brooklynites: Zaac leads regular Prospect Park foraging tours/expeditions, and the next one is this Saturday. Details after the jump. (Reminder, Manhattanites: Central Park foraging tours with Wildman Steve Brill go down all summer long).
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Yoga Trends
Nude Yoga Hits...Salt Lake City?
Nude yoga is old news in New York. (There's still time to sign up for Hot Nude Yoga's summer retreat!) But it's brand new to the fair state of Utah (last seen hosting the squeaky cleanest pole dancing competition in the lower 48). The AP reports today that thanks to pioneering Utah yoga instructor John Cottrell, SLC yoga enthusiasts can now enjoy twice monthly nude classes (a reasonable start, though a far cry from NYC's daily offerings). While the classes are supposed to be all about fitness, the AP reporter who attended noted "an undeniable sexual charge...in the room, making the exercise at times painfully weird and embarrassing." Having never been, I can't comment. Though I can certainly think of something even more painfully weird and embarrasing: Hot Nude Yoga Private Yoga Lessons. Awk-ward!
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Omala Undies
And now for a surprising discovery in the sensitive matter of workout underwear: It's all about bamboo. Let me explain. For running, I love shorts with built in briefs: Breezy, comfortable, and one item to launder instead of two. Hoorah! But for workouts involving, say, yoga pants, I generally opt for cheap cotton bikinis (think Bag-O-Hanes); or, in a pinch, a lacey thong (better a workout in Vicky S. than no workout at all). Both have drawbacks. The Hanes: Occasional bunching, lines... And the lacey business: Do we even have to explain? In search of a better solution, I found myself in Omala, a Brooklyn purveyor of yoga and pilates attire. Omala's signature fabric is environmentally friendly bamboo, and goodness gracious is the stuff soft! It's like your plushest cotton t-shirt after it's been tenderized in a vat of Downy for about ten hours. So we took the plunge and bought 3 pairs of Omala Bamboo Boy Shorts for $40...
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Clean Momma Recklessly Combines Dusting and Pliés
Let's say you're a mom with no time, but you still want to get fit. Stop trying to carve out special exercise time, says Carolyn Barnes, a.k.a. cLean Momma. (Her strange capitalization.) Instead, she suggests working fitness into your household chores: Push-ups while you do the dishes, or lunges while vacuuming. Really?
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Motherhood, E. coli, and Britney — Oh My!
And in today’s news...The Center for Disease Control tells us that women in America are having their babies later. Apparently, the average age of a new American mother is now 25. That still seems pretty young, but teen pregnancies must more than offset the fertility clinic effect. In any event, American moms are spring chickens compared to the Swiss and Japanese who are 29 on average when they become mothers. Meanwhile, attention you moms, The Guardian declares that a potentially dangerous strain of E coli struck two girls at a dance festival in Wales. (Reminder: Go see Food, Inc. for context on this one.) And, finally, everyone take heart: Britney mother-of-two Spears’ body is hot again. So how was your weekend?
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Mohawk’s Got the Rants
Maybe I’m channeling msh258 here, but something about today seems like it deserves a rant or two. Lo and behold, I refresh my Yahoo news page and read this lovely article about new Wisconsin legislation that’ll slap a 10k fine and some jail time on health teachers if they teach kids about contraceptives because a) it’s illegal to have sex if you’re a minor in Wisconsin (HA!) and b) knowing how to have safe sex will “contribute to the delinquency of a minor.”
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Jon Togo of "CSI Miami" on L.A. Gyms, Boxing, and Body Dysmorphia
Golden Oldie alert! Reaching back to late summer 2009 for a classic from our My Body series. ~ The Eds.
I used to do Pilates for exercise when I first moved to L.A. I was really good at it. It was all the Beverly Hills housewives and me. The place was called “Pilates Plus.” This French guy ran it, and he used to grab all the cougars' asses who were in the class while they were working out. It was a great workout, but I couldn’t take all the yentas. It was fifteen Joan Riverses and me.
I haven’t been to the gym in a long time. I box now. The regular gyms in L.A. are horrible. Literally, Fabio works out at my old gym. Once I saw Vin Diesel working out with a giant wooden staff. It's so douchey, it's unbelievable. It’s irritating and horrible. Once I was in a spin class and the teacher was like, "This is why you don’t work as actors! You don’t push yourself!”
I like the idea of going someplace where what you do for a living doesn’t matter. When you go to a boxing gym, you’re treated the same same no matter who you are. There’s no posturing in boxing. You can put on any front you want, but, once you get in the ring, you have to back it up. Everyone is really friendly, but they beat the shit out of each other. I get my ass whipped all the time. Some of the guys I train with fight for a living, and they have nothing to prove. There’s something very America about it. It’s like jazz. It’s a throwback sport. It’s the hardest workout there is. Because you’re working out and trying to not to get punched in the face at the same time. It would be like if you were holding a position in yoga trying to breathe and relax, and at the same time the yoga teacher was kicking you in the face. But boxing doesn’t hurt. It’s not a painful experience. You wear so much padding. You learn how to do it. I got the shanan punim. I got the money maker. I can’t get hit in the face. All the actors wear headgear because they don’t want to get punched in the face.
More...not so (Mc)Fit yet – please help!
I decided on the cheapy gym. Well, I’ve decided but I haven’t yet signed up…the choice between the two gyms in the end was pretty easy…I simply couldn’t handle the über-structured environment of the fancy gym and the colorful and young McFit location around the corner from my apartment was way more appealing.
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Noon Stretch
What Fun!
"So, we made hula hoops a week ago, and well, they pretty much rock. If you haven't made one yet, you should. Here's a link. We haven't gotten them all decorated yet, more like an understated black, but what fun. Keep them handy while you're doing other things. For instance, around here, it's been droughty and I've been trying to keep some young trees alive. So, I was hooping while watering the trees. Oh yeah. Count it." — Craig B., today, 6:30 A.M.
Jordan Black Cement 4 How to Start a Retail Business in Singapore
gapore namely a combination of an Eastern and Western access the community is enriched with Asian ethics meanwhile in the meantime mingled with Western access of conducting happening Since Singapore does never have its own natural resources apt increase its economy, it relied aboard additional field such as exporting and manufacturing.
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The Teen Girl Gym Rat Phenomenon
Teen girls are taking up weight lifting in ever increasing numbers, reports a new study, (especially the college-bound junior athlete set) and one result is that they're sustaining an increasing number of gym injuries. Teen boys often injure themselves by moving up to heavy weights too quickly. Girls are more likely to suffer sprains and crushed fingers. In case you need a reminder of why it's really nice to be past puberty, one personal trainer who works with teens sums up the situation: "It's hard to lift properly when your body is changing from month to month." Gosh, it's good to be old.
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