Tuesday, February 26, 2013
How Much Water Do I Actually Need to Drink Every Day?
Feb 26, 2013 10:00 AM
How Much Water Do I Actually Need to Drink Every Day?
Dear Lifehacker,
I've heard you need eight glasses of water every day, but I've also heard that it might be more or less. Some say too much water is bad, and many more say too little is bad. How can I know if I'm getting the right amount if nobody really knows what that amount is? Please help!
Sincerely,
Dumbfounded Drinker
I've heard you need eight glasses of water every day, but I've also heard that it might be more or less. Some say too much water is bad, and many more say too little is bad. How can I know if I'm getting the right amount if nobody really knows what that amount is? Please help!
Sincerely,
Dumbfounded Drinker
How to slim down and get rid of your muffin top forever!
If
you have a muffin top then I bet you want to get rid of it! Or, you
might be asking what on earth is a muffin top? I know I was bewildered
the first time I heard the phrase. My friend explained that it is the
fat on your back and sides that bulges over your waistband in the same
way the top of a muffin overhangs the base.On hearing of the muffin top phenomenon, my first reaction was ‘I have an instant muffin top remedy’. My friend listened closely, expecting me to share some profound fitness secret that could fix a muffin top in moments, but my answer disappointed her greatly. Apparently this wasn’t the response she had hoped for:
“A muffin top can be fixed instantly by wearing well-fitting clothes”
Unfortunately, my solution didn’t take into account the proliferation
of low-waisted pants and tops that don’t quite sit low enough. Although
my answer was funny, my friend really wanted to know which exercise
would magically erase her muffin top from existence. That way she’d be
free to wear what she pleased. After all, she explained, when she stood
in front of a mirror at the start of the day she had no muffin top. It
was only over the course of the day that her hated muffin top quietly
appeared because her posture slowly slumped and she stopped holding her
breath!Now, thanks to plenty of cardio exercise I don’t have a muffin top so perhaps I’m not as sympathetic as my friend had hoped. To my mind she looks lovely but I know that feeling like she has a spare tire brings her down, so here is my muffin top fighting action plan.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
11 Fascinating Facts About Breathing
Throughout our yoga, meditation, and pranayama
practices, there is a huge emphasis on the breath. But not so often do
we focus on how we breathe day by day, moment to moment – and, in turn,
how this affects our lifestyle.
Recently I completed an incredible course titled “Applied Anatomy and Physiology” with the inspiring yogi and physiotherapist Simon Borg-Olivier, through Yoga Synergy.
Simon talked (and demonstrated) a lot about the breath, and invited
along “Respiratory Physiologist, Behavior Modification & Breathing
Therapist” Roger Price.
Between the two, I learned many amazing facts about the breath, and how
these facts can completely transform your life! Here are 11 of them:
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