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Yoga: 5 Warrior Poses to Sculpt Your Body

Warrior poses are among the most dynamic yoga postures. Besides being a great stretch for the outer hips and hamstrings, it’s proven to be an amazing strengthening pose. There are five variations of this pose: warrior one, two, and three, reverse and humble warrior. All target different muscle ...

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Stretch: 5 Easy Ones You Can Do at Home & Work

To be able to stretch is imperative to help you mitigate the chances of injury, or pain. Flexibility is a key benefit of stretching, but there are numerous other reasons to stretch, especially just before a workout. Even if you're just going for a quick walk during your lunch break at work, (which ...

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Top 5 Benefits of Yin Yoga!

Ready to hear about another kind of yoga? Of course you are. Yin yoga is based around the concept of yin and yang (the cute symbol on your choker necklace, you know the one) in the sense that this practice involves being stable and unmoving, yet ever-changing and revealing at the same time. Yin ...

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Top 5 Benefits of Vinyasa Yoga!

If you're desperately looking for a new form of yoga to practice, then look no further than Vinyasa yoga. The word 'Vinyasa' translates (from the Sanskrit terms vi "in a special way" + nyasa, which means "to place") as 'arranging something in a special way' which is exactly what you'll be doing ...

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5 Top Benefits of Warm Ups and Cool Downs!

We are all told to do at least an hour of exercise a day but did you know that we also need to incorporate two days of strength training? Before you hit those dumbbells, you need to warm up and after you do your exercises, a cool down session should be done. Why is this needed you ask? Read on to ...

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4 Step Easy Yoga Routine!

For years I made excuses about having no time for yoga. Yeah sure, I’d love an hour a day to shut myself away and flow and stuff but in reality tasks get in the way. Work, kids, life - it all takes time and before we know it another day has passed and we’re comatosed on the sofa at 9.30pm. If you ...

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Top 5 Bicep Exercises!

The bicep is a simple muscle which only performs one function: to flex the arm, bringing the forearm closer to the body via elbow flexion. The biceps are made up of the lateral and medial head but in this article I am going to include two other muscles which work synergistically with them to ...

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