Move More Every Day!
- Get moving! Research shows that just two 5-minute walks each day will get you started in the right direction if you have not been active in a while.
- Decide on a personal fitness goal and write it down. Start at 10 minutes each day, and progress to 30-45 minutes each day.
- Choose an activity that fits into your lifestyle. That way, you’re more likely to stick to it. IF you are a person that believes you should only run when being chased – then I would not recommend a running program for you!
- Plan for inefficiency so you can fit more activity into your day. Take your clean laundry upstairs in several batches instead of one. Making one trip for each person’s room will get your heart pumping.
- Wear a reliable pedometer for one week to establish a baseline value for the number of steps you take daily. Then try to add about 250 steps each day. Remember, each step counts toward your goal.
- Use simple checkpoints to measure your success. For example, ask yourself how much less time it took you today than last week to swim a lap or walk around the block.
- Find a friend who can be an accountability partner to join you in your activity and keep you going when you’re tempted to skip a session. People who exercise with a friend or partner are 50% more likely to still be exercising a year from now.
- Add variety to your fitness plan to help yourself stay motivated and make your activity program more fun.
- Set aside a 30-minute block of time each day that you can devote to your activity plan without being interrupted. Make physical fitness a priority in your life.
- People who exercise first thing in the morning are 50% more likely to be doing it 5 years from now!
- Monitor your progress and reassess every six weeks. Be sure to change up your routine. Your body adapts to the changes so it is important to change it up to keep making progress.
Brazilian Butt Lift Work Out - A Review
This short review will look at the 'Brazilian Butt Lift Workout' and will discuss how easy it is to follow and, insofar as is possible, whether it works.
Just as in fashion, things come and go, and the same is true for exercise regimes that pop up every now and then, some are little more than 'fads' that disappear faster than they arrived and others stick around and become 'currency' in the exercise world.
One such recent phenomenon is the 'Brazilian Butt Lift Workout' a series of short exercises aimed at creating a sculpted rear, consisting of a series of five routines that, in total take around ten-minutes and which, surprise, surprise are focused on the buttocks. Designed by a Brazilian, this regime does what it says on the box and really is a tone-up exercise rather than a full body workout - the bonus being that it can be done at home, in the gym, or even in the office if you have the space and privacy available.
The five routines are all pretty much self-explanatory and can be found in graphic form on many of the web sites that purport to follow the program. It consists of five self-contained routines, each of which exercises the 'butt' and which stretch the body; the plié, touchdown, explosive lunge, single-leg squat with a towel and a squat with 'kick-back'. This review isn't designed to take you through the detail of each element so suffice it to say that there are many DVDs out there and available online - go take a look for yourself. However, for a ten-minute workout it isn't too strenuous and could easily be combined with others designed to give you a full aerobic session.
Suffice it to say that before I took the plunge and gave it a go myself, I did a bit of surfing to check out what others are saying and, to be honest, most are positive, some glowing and others 'yeah, so what!'
Any new regimen is aimed at getting the body working and whilst this one came with all the attendant aches and pains of working out muscles that haven't stretched for many a month, it wasn't too hard on this aged old frame.
It's worth following the routines properly as that is the way that Carvalho designed them to be used - as someone who looks at a lot of Butts, he ought to know. Each one of the five routines stretches and firms the gluteus maximus for around a minute on one side of the body and then switches to the other side ensuring that you don't have a lop-sided butt. The only one that gave me difficulty was the 'towel' and perhaps that was my fault - it's not an exercise for a carpeted area!
Does the 'Brazilian Butt Lift Workout' work? Well, only time will tell but I'm already feeling something 'down there', hopefully I'll be getting some admiring glances too.
If you are looking for an amazing workout to shape your butt for a tighter sexier butt and thigh take a look at Brazilian Butt Lift Workout reviews to read honest and insightful reviews.
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Barre Workout Secrets Revealed
If you are not familiar with barre workouts, you happen to be losing out on an exercise strategy that can renew the way you look and feel. By merging several modes of bodily exercise including dance conditioning, isometric exercise, interval training workouts and physical therapy practices, your muscles will become elongated, your own body is reshaped and you definitely will become physically (and mentally) more powerful. Furthermore, you will even experience an improvement in energy levels and an enhancement in your stamina.
There is a reason so many people, including celebrities, are die-hard regulars doing the barre workout. Though it may be no secret associated with the barre workout and its benefits, here are a few things you might not know.
The Workout utilizes an interval training format which increases the intensity level and heightens your metabolic rate. You most likely failed to know that performing minimal movements and maintaining poses can easily do so much but while you are using multiple muscle groups for every exercise and not resting in between almost every movement, your heart rate will stay elevated and more of the muscle's fibers will be working way more than they would in a cycling class or even running. The lactic acid that accumulates in your muscles also means you can expect to purge calories even after your workout is over.
The Workout teaches you to isolate certain muscles and use them for continuous cycles. Compared to normal sculpting and weight lifting exercises, you will find there's a given amount of rest that accompanies those exercises. But never with Barre workouts. The exercises target smaller, often overlooked muscles which are required to now work excessively hard to hold their position for a long time. This is not easy when these muscles are not regularly worked this diligently and they are getting practically no break.
The Workout strains your leg muscles, which is the place where a large percentage of of your body's muscle mass is located. Typically, the first half hour of a typical Barre Workout class is done while you are standing and the legs are worked using a mixture of approaches. Inside the course of the second half of the class, you are seated, but the legs are always working at full throttle, chances are, they are probably trembling from the first half. So your legs are working for the full hour without any kind of rest.
There is a valid reason that Barre workouts are certainly one of the most popular workouts today and still winning brand-new followers. It is a remarkable workout which pushes your muscles to the maximum without ever having to lift a weight.
You can find out more helpful information regarding Barre workouts and techniques at http://www.barreworkouthq.com. Barre Workout Headquarters is a site dedicated to help you raise the bar to a healthy lifestyle. Start your Barre Workout today!
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WIAW (3) & Stone Soup
I think this story is supposed to teach children to share, and that together they will have something wonderful. However, I don't want to dwell on that. What I like is that they just throw whatever any passing stranger happens to have handy right into the pot. One of my favorite things to make is soup, and although once in a blue moon I follow a recipe, generally I just throw whatever I have right into the pot. And Voila, I have stone soup. Sometimes it's vegetarian, sometimes it's not, and sometimes it has rice, or barley or quinoa. It almost always has beans. It is a cheap and easy way to have meals throughout the week. I usually make a big pot on Sunday and eat it for several days.
Today's stone soup recipe is just a guideline. If you have the ingredients, great. If not, you can substitute any bean, rice, pasta or meat you want. The key is the base. I usually do the base the same way and then where it goes from there is a surprise to everyone. (I apologize in advance for the crappy iPhone photos this week)
Stone Soup
Ingredients for base:
1 tbsp (roughly) olive oil (or any oil you like, or butter)
1 yellow onion, diced (Want an easy way to dice an onion? Go HERE)
2 or 3 or infinity number of garlic cloves, minced
3 stalks celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
Ingredients for soup:
- 2 cups (dry) mixed beans
- 4 cups (you may need more) water or chicken stock**
- 1 can of corn
Optional:
- 1 cup cooked or uncooked quinoa/barley/rice/pasta
- 1 large chicken breast, diced or shredded (or more, or a sausage..)
- Any other veggies you have on hand. Watch out for broccoli though; it tends to overpower the others.
A few notes before we start: If you are using beans, I usually soak them overnight, or if you don't have the time or you decide to make this late, you can use hot water and soak for about 2 hours, OR don't soak them at all; you will just have to cook everything a little longer. You can also used canned beans if you prefer. Today I used dried mixed beans, which you can buy pre-packaged. It usually consists of pinto, kidney, black, white, navy, black eyed peas, lentils, and green and yellow split peas). If you are using canned beans, I would use 2-4 cans, depending on how much soup, or how many different types of beans you want.
For the water part, I usually use the bean soaking water and add a little more. You want all the ingredients to be covered with about an inch or two of extra liquid. It will cook down. If you are using canned beans, go ahead and just dump the entire can into the pot, juice and all (if you are using black beans beware, they make the water kind of grey). You still may need to add more water. **I am currently using Trader Joes Savory Broth Chicken Flavor which comes in a concentrated liquid form. It also comes in veggie. Or you can use a few bullion cubes if you like. The sky's the limit. Most of them are 1 packet to 1 cup of water, so add accordingly. If you use liquid chicken broth, just use that in place of water.
Directions:
- In a large soup pot, sweat the onion, carrots and celery for about 5 minutes. Then add the garlic and cook for another 5 minutes, until the onions become translucent. (a quick how to on sweating veggies)
- Add the chicken (I am usually lazy and want to "set it and forget it" so I add everything all at once. You could also add the chicken near the end, once the beans are done).
- Add the beans, corn and stock/water.
- Cook for about 3-5 hours.
- If you are adding uncooked quinoa or other grains, add them about 30- 45 minutes before the soup is done.
You could also just dump everything in a crock pot in the morning and it would be done by dinner time! So there you have it, stone soup!
This week's What I Ate Wednesday is the traveling alone version. When I am traveling alone, I tend to eat more healthy than if I am with someone else. Maybe because I don't go out to eat as much? Here is one of my travel meal days from Washington DC! Thanks to Jenn for hosting!
Tacabro - Tacata
Şarkı Sözleri
Taka Takata . . .
J'entends mon cceur qui bat
Taka Takata . . .
Au rythme de ses pas.
La sangria coulait
A la feria de Tolede
La fille qui dansait
M'etait montee a la tete
Quand un banderillo
M'a dit: "L'ami
reste calme
Care au grand torero
Si tu regardes sa femme!"
Mais ell' s'avance vers moi
Et laiss' tomber sa rose
Avec un billet qui propose
Un rendez-vous a I'ascienda . . .
On s'etait enlace
Sous I'oranger mais la duena
Dont c'etait le metier
Criait vengeance aux arenes
Le matador trompe
Surgit de I'ombre et s'avance
Moi
sur mon oranger
J'essaie de faire I'orange.
L'homme, tu va payer,Dit-il, voici I'estocade:Mes picadors sont pretsEt mon ceil noir te regarde!
Et c'est depuis ce jour
Qu'un torero me condamne
A balayer sa cour
Pour I'avoir faite a sa femme.
I Don't Think We are in California Anymore
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Six Pack of Spring Break Shape-Up Tips
In order to shape up in a hurry, here's my six-step spring break shape-up plan:
1. Cut down on calories - Losing weight and getting more trim comes down to burning more calories than you consume.
2. Get on an exercise program - Reduce the number of calories you take in and get on an exercise program immediately if you're not on one already.
3. Eat a healthy diet - The types of calories you take in are just as important as your exercise plan.
Take some time to plan a smart, healthy diet and stick to it. Most people who are slightly overweight, or very overweight, can lose 5-10 pounds quickly by simply cutting out empty calories such as soda pop, desserts and white breads and pastas.
Instead, eat natural foods such as fruits and vegetables and whole grain breads and pasta.
4. Eat smaller meals - Instead of eating one or two big meals, space out your meals throughout the day by eating smaller meals. Have healthy snacks such as fruit, carrot sticks and peanut butter sandwiches on hand.
5. Drink lots of water - Water makes up 60 percent of a person's body weight on average and is crucial to healthy functioning of every system in the body.
Even mild dehydration can drain a person's energy and make them feel tired. The Institute of Medicine recommends an average male should drink approximately 3 liters of water a day (about 13 cups), while a female should drink 2.2 liters (nine cups).
This counts any beverage that has water in it, but it's better to drink pure water instead of sugary drinks. Drinking a lot of water will also help you feel fuller and eat less. This is trick No. 1 for models who are trying to stay trim.
6. Perform interval cardio exercises - When exercising, the best way to get a beach body is to perform lots of cardio exercise.
More specifically, do interval workouts when you run on the treadmill or outside, or ride a bike or elliptical machine. Instead of trudging along at the same easy pace for 20 or 30 minutes, when interval training you should exercise near peak level for three minutes, then back off to a moderate pace for one minute, and go hard for the next three minutes.
Repeat this process for 20 minutes or so for an incredible workout. You'll get more benefit in less time. Follow these tips and within a few weeks or a month you'll notice the difference - and feel a lot more confident on the beach or at the swimming pool.
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Aaron Dorksen, sports editor of The Daily Record in Wooster, Ohio, has won numerous Associated Press state and national awards. He was voted Ohio AP sports writer of the year in 2006. Dorksen was a scholastic multi-sport athlete and is still a competitive slowpitch softball player, while also remaining an avid weightlifter, cyclist and runner.
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