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the-exercist:

Star Jumps

Stand with your knees slightly bent and your feet shoulder-width apart.

Your arms should be slightly bent at your sides. Bend your knees to get into a squat position.

Extend your legs and arms fully out to your sides at the same time in midair to form a star shape with your body. Bring your arms and legs into a tuck as you begin to descend from the jump.

Land softly on the ground with your knees bent.

1healthyhappyfitnessblog:

I got the ball, so doing this on booty day ^^

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get-up-n-go:

10000steps:

For more signs go here.

Rest days are just as important!

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giuliajustdoit:

I love Zuzka.

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Bitty Kitty: thisisthinprivilege: I’m not sure how to phrase this in terms of thin...

thisisthinprivilege:

I’m not sure how to phrase this in terms of thin privilege, but I just have some important information I feel like I need to share.

Before I became a freelance writer, I worked in a hospital. I was a clinical coder. What that means, is that whenever anyone checked out of the hospital, we read their notes, and then assigned numerical codes to designate what their diagnosis was, and what treatments they received. These codes are then reported to the World Health Organization for statistical purposes.

While I was working there (circa 2006) when the “obesity epidemic” panic started, they changed our co-morbidity list. That is, the list of other things - usually chronic disorders - that we mark on the forms (if there’s room) that are wrong with the patient, such as asthma or diabetes or heart disease that may or may not be related to the actual reason they are in the hospital. If an asthmatic breaks their leg, asthma is listed as a co-morbidity, even though it has nothing to do with their broken leg.

They changed the co-morbidity priority list and put obesity near the top. Like, if we only had room for a few co-morbidities, we had to work the list from the top down, and put the top ones first. So if someone came in with a broken leg and they had high blood pressure, a severe mental illness, and an enlarged prostate, and they also happened to be fat, if there was only room for one code on the form, we had to list obesity instead of any of the other problems and if there was room for more than one, obesity had to be listed first.

This is why there is a recent sudden “rise” in obesity related illnesses. There are not more fat people or more diseases related to being fat. It’s just that the people who collect the statistics are now required to report fatness as a priority over actual diseases.

(This was in the UK and the change in the co-morbidity list was a nation-wide change in operating procedure. It is also probably true in the US, though coding there is different and less accurate due to health insurance playing a part in what is coded.)

(emphasis mine-FA)

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fitandfunforever:

fuck-yeah-fitness:

fit-fierce-fab4ever:

say-hello-to-the-new-me:

this-is-me-creating-me:

bringoutthebeast:

Tip yourself $1 each time you workout and after every 100 workouts, buy something you deserve.

Must do

I should really do this.

this is one of the best ideas I’ve ever seen! so doing this

too poor for this

I like this

nutrientnatalie:

Let me just say, just because you eat healthily and work out doesn’t necessarily mean you ARE healthy

Being afraid of sugar, a piece of cake, or anything not “clean” is not healthy

Being pissed and anxious and upset and mad at yourself for missing one day of working out is not “healthy”

Your entire life revolving around food, exercising and being healthy is not “healthy”

Just putting that out there

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the-exercist:

Quadruped

Get on all fours. Keeping your hands under your shoulders and your knees under your hips, tuck your abs in, holding them tight to stabilize your body.

Reach out with your right hand, and extend your left leg. Now connect your elbow with your knee under your body. To increase the difficulty, hold a two- or three-pound weight in your right hand. Repeat 15 times to complete the set before switching sides.

Perform three sets with each leg.

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bikiniibootcamp:

Big booty squat workout, you will definitely feel the burn.

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ilovecharts:

The Scientific 7-Minute Workout

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imperfectatbest:

Riia’s Vegan Sweet & Spicy Chickpeas
(Adapted from Damy Health & Kalyn’s Kitchen)

Sweet Chickpeas
1 can Organic Chickpeas (drained, rinsed & dried)
1 tbsp Coconut Oil (or Olive Oil)
2 tbsp Agave Nectar (or Honey)
Dash of Salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Cook in oven at 350 degrees for 25-30 min (or until slightly brown)

Spicy Chickpeas:
1 can Organic Chickpeas (drained, rinsed & dried)
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tsp Spice Mix (see Spice Mix recipe below)

Spice Mix:
(only 1 tsp of the overall spice mix needed for Spicy Chickpea recipe)
2 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Ground Criander
1/2 tsp Chili Powder
1/4 tsp Ground Allspice
1/4 tsp Ground Ginger
1/8 tsp Gayenne Pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Cook in oven at 350 degrees for 25-30 min (or until slightly brown) Enjoy! :)

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the-exercist:

Downward Dog Push-Up

Begin on your mat, coming into Downward Facing Dog. Be sure to have your body weight spread equally between both hands and feet. Draw your navel toward the spine, engaging uddiyana bandha (your abs). Spread the fingers wide creating a stable base in the palms. Hold here, breathing steadily for five complete breaths.

With your core strong, slowly lower your forearms to the floor, so they are parallel with your torso, coming into Quarter Dog. This is an odd movement for your upper body, so it may take some thought to figure out which muscles to engage in order to make it happen. If your upper body isn’t strong enough, you might need to lower one elbow at a time, but you’ll eventually work up to lowering both simultaneously.

After five breaths, reverse the move. Press firmly into your palms and engage the core to straighten both arms, coming back into Down Dog. Again, it might take some practice to be able to lift both arms at the same time, but stick with it. Repeat, building up to a total of 10 times.

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foolishjourney:

so trying these!!

Works your abs, legs, arms and pecks :)

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