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[Karam Hmidani] Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012 - Qualificazioni 20 Settembre 12 - September 20th - Soccer Freestyle World Final by Francesco Sciolti Vecchio Account

Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012.

Qualificazioni del 20 Settembre 2012

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujNaKTcqV8 1st Place Final

youtu.be/CQDov2saQPY 3rd Place Final

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8-65hBgdOo Viki Gomez Show

Supersetting closed chain exercises (like glute hams, I elevated mine on a wood block) with open chain movements (like leg curls) are a fantastic combo. Even know these are both knee flexion exercises, they each put a different emphasis on the hamstrings, by Julia Ladewski

renepaik sanleandro by jai ce

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Plus size model in stretching position.

CervicalSpineInjuryExercise06cyan_Icon200 by Mark Howard

Injury Rehabilitation Exercises By Dr Mark Howard From work-out-routines.com

Ardha Chandrachapasana (Sugarcane) by Nathan Johnson

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www.nathanyoga.com - Sugarcane - Yoga Pose by Nathan Johnson

Benefits

Improves circulation

Increases energy to the spine and low back

Strengthens the arches, ankles, knees and thighs

Stretches the hamstrings

Opens the chest and hips

Improves balance and coordination

Builds focus

Develops willpower

Stimulates the mind

Relieves stress

Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) by Strength ~vs~ Weakness

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Benefits

Stretches and strengthens the thighs, knees, and ankles

Stretches the hips, groins, hamstrings, and calves; shoulders, chest, and spine

Stimulates the abdominal organs

Helps relieve stress

Improves digestion

Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause

Relieves backache, especially through second trimester of pregnancy

Therapeutic for anxiety, flat feet, infertility, neck pain, osteoporosis, and sciatica

Lying Hamstring Stretch by Paul Macdonald

Target muscle:

Hamstring

Instructions

Preparation

Lie on back and grasp one leg behind the knee with both hands.

Execution

Pull knee toward the chest keeping the other relaxed leg and on the floor. Push neck down and try to keep spine neutral.

Variation

Pull knee towards the chest and straighten the leg.

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Hamstring Strain by KT Tape

Dizzy by faisalkhaled1992

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Jason Gillespie's bouncing mullet, hook nose and Spofforth-like glare were a pleasing constant in Australian pace attacks during the first half of the 2000s. It was a rare treat for Gillespie, who played only 52 of a possible 92 Tests after his 1996-97 debut thanks to an assortment of ailments: busted feet, stress fractures in the back, hip twinges, side strains, dicky shoulders, torn calves, aching hamstrings, groin complaints and a broken right leg. Each time he recovered and until being dropped during the 2005 Ashes he had missed only two Tests since November 2002. Through it all, in partnership with Glenn McGrath, he blossomed into one half of Australia's most statistically successful opening pair ever. But if McGrath's strength was his ability to make the ball do just enough, then Gillespie's flaw is his tendency for it to do too much. No other contemporary fast man has elicited so many plays-and-misses. It explains, perhaps, along with his slightly samey length, why Gillespie never quite imposed himself as Australia's No. 1 strike bowler. Nor has he truly dominated an opposition line-up; remarkably, the most wickets he has taken in a single series is 20. Operating from a shorter reconfigured run-up, he is not so consistently quick and in England Michael Vaughan treated Australia's fifth most successful bowler like a medium-pacer.

However, few Australian fast men can have owned such deep wells of tenacity. Gillespie bowls long spells in the hottest conditions - always uncomplainingly, and always with the seam upright and the ball jagging both ways - and he showed the trait again when he promised to return to the national team and memorably achieved his aim against Bangladesh. He collected eight wickets in the two-match series, taking his Test tally to 259 while McGrath, Kasprowicz and Tait were missing, but his unforgettable moment came over 574 minutes and 425 balls. His maiden century was a magnificent, unbeaten 201 that was easily the highest score by a nightwatchman.

He is popular with team-mates and bashful with the public. He watches wrestling, listens to heavy metal and celebrated his first Test fifty with a bat ride embellished from the movie Happy Gilmore. He was more restrained while clocking off unthinkable milestones at Chittagong and it was appropriate recognition for a hardy and valuable batting approach that has also produced two unbeaten half-centuries and a priceless 26, which sealed a hard-fought draw against India in 2004-05. A second first-class century came in 2007 at Yorkshire shortly before he retained his Cricket Australia contract. Throughout the previous home season he was certain he wouldn't be rewarded, but his 30 Pura Cup wickets at 28.43 helped him to sneak into the squad as experienced back-up, ending the idea of him moving states. With no chance of a recall, he announced his retirement from first-class cricket during the 2007-08 season and signed a three-year contract with the unofficial Indian Cricket League.

The great-grandson of a Kamilaroi warrior, Gillespie occupies a significant niche in Australian history as the first acknowledged Aboriginal Test cricketer.

IMG_2039 by Rafa Nostra

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Small Trades, by Irving Penn by angela z jamison

All the photos are of London, NY and Paris workers who Penn invited to his studio in 1950-1. Mill workers, coal-carriers, hotel staff, tailors, bus drivers, etc. Penn asked them wear daily work attire and hold their bodies as if they were working. See the steel mill firefighter in the last slide here: getty.edu/art/exhibitions/penn/

The Pulled Hamstrings by Keith Fuller

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This is a shot of my flag football team before our first playoff game at the OosterBann Fieldhouse, which is where the UM football team practices. We won by the way.

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Terre's Ten Ten Ten by Terre's Photos

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Ten Minute Workout - Ten Exercises Ten Times in Ten minutes - Licensed Nia Teacher - Certified Nia White Belt - Certified PiYo Instructor (pilates yoga fusion) - Certified Personal Trainer with the National Council on Strength and Fitness, Teaching San Jose Nia classes, Santa Clara County Nia, South Bay Area, Nia in the San Francisco Bay Area, Workout for EveryBODY

Recurrenting Sports Injury by Logan Osland

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-Recurrent injuries many times are due to improper biomechanics which lead to stress being placed on structures that are not made to handle that stress, causing the over stressed tissue to fail.

-A biomechanical evaluation can identify an improper movement pattern which can cause this type of injury history.

-Common injuries of this type include most of the, plantar fascitis, knee tendinitis, hamstring strains, groin strains, shoulder strains, most of the bursitis’s and also tendonopathies.

The Stretch by Brian Eden

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Standing Forward Fold by Charles Wills

Standing/Intense Forward Bend or Fold Pose, in Sanskrit it is Uttanasana or variations such as Padahastasana with a grasp of toes. The fold is at exhalation from the hip joints, not from the waist At each inhalation lifting the torso upward; at the exhalation, folding further as the body releases. This pose is part of the Sun Salutations practice OR stretching as part of a warm up. It is great for lengthening through the spine, hamstrings & releasing throughout the body, allowing gravity to assist into this revitalizing inversion. Using blocks or resting palms onto shins or thighs can decrease the intensity of the pose, also by softening at the knees will help stretch gently without overdoing it, especially for those with very tight hamstrings or lower back issues. Practice and all is coming!

BookletsInjuryRehabilitation by Mark Howard

Injury Rehabilitation Booklets By Dr Mark Howard From work-out-routines.com

My top 6 secret tips to be lazy and still get the body of your dreams! by Pranav Babu Photography

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Self portrait via tripod + Tips that I devised for a fitness mag. these have worked great for me and others. I learned them from my time working as a fitness trainer & neurolinguistic programmer/hypnotherapist. Do not reproduce this text without my express permission.

Please note: All of these work best when compounded together.

1. Increasing your metabolic rate helps you to burn fat when you do nothing. The largest muscles in the body are in the leg (hamstrings, quadriceps) thus they expend the most energy. If you work them out in the morning before eating any food, since the only energy made available to the body is adipose tissue, and no sugars or carbs are available the body will burn fat exclusively in the morning. Do squats/deadlft exercises in the morning (video tutorials on youtube) you can do it with a low weight of 10kg and start from 3 sets of 10-20 repetitions with a few minutes rest in between. The bio-mechanics of the body dictate spot fat reduction isnt possible and only overall body fat reduction is possible. Thus, working the leg muscles reduce stomach fat too.

2. Thermogenic supplements, there are chemical supplements sold for hundreds which make people thinner. They work, but are expensive, and often cause anomalies in the hypothalamus. There are natural herbal supplements which do the same thing with no side effects. After my trials these worked the best, Cayenne, Flax seed, Indian Bedellium, L-tyrosine (naturally occuring amino acid that gave me tonnes of energy) HTP-5 naturally gives the body more serotonin for happier moods. All have worked great for me, and have other benefits too. Do not take the Bedellium if you have any thyroid problems and always consult a doctor first if you are taking prescription medication, when used on average clients all of them showed marked improvement in mental health & fitness with no side effects apart from increased energy & occasionally increased libido

3. Drink lots of water

4. The days you feel lazy, just visualise yourself doing squats or other exercises or 10 minutes, all clinical studies show that " mirror neurons " can make our brain secrete neurotransmitters to make the body believe it just exercised. Trials show this has 70 percent of the same effect as real exercise, however to do it successfully you must visualise with all 5 senses.

5. Turn walking into a fun game, walk everywhere, see it as a game of exploration. Chew gum and contract your leg muscles randomly when you remember (increases metabolic rate even more)

6. An important one: You dont have to starve to lose weight. The archiphallium in the brain ie. reptillian part of our brain which has the most basic or human urges, through traits inherited from our caveman ancestors. Whenever we eat a large meal, the brain sends messages to the body saying " food is going to be scarce so this guy just had his last supper like jesus so store this food as fat so that when he starves he still has fat reserves ". Instead of 3 large meals a day, eat 5-8 smaller meals a day, consisting of snacks or smaller meals. Fresh fruit milkshakes, tuna sandwiches, any brown foods work well.

For personalised plans, message me, Im happy to help :)

SACREDspace - Pose of the Month w/April Ritchey by deZengo

Springtime is when beauty pushes and twists through the earth after a long dark sleep and emerges triumphant. This is a time for new beginnings, a chance to purify and to direct our hearts toward the light! A great practice leading toward twisted lunge will create a grounded stabilizing state of being connecting you to mother earth, purifying you and opening you to heavenly Grace.

Standing in tadasana (mountain pose) with parallel feet, hip width apart extending your energy down into the earth while you tone your legs lifting the knee caps, with a inhalation stretch your arms overhead weaving fingers together turning the palms toward the sky catching the rays of the sun. Exhale as you bring arms to your side.

Keeping all muscular engagement of the legs, inhale and extend the arms behind your back, interlacing fingers, keeping shoulder blades moving down the back, exhale softening between shoulder blades, scooping the tail bone under, moving the sides of the waist back in honor of the Universal and aim your heart at the sky.

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3)Forward Stand Pose: Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with arms up overhead. Keep feet firmly rooted into the earth and muscles engaged then exhale and fold forward into Uttanasana (Forward Standing Pose). Use blocks if needed or you can bend your knees to release tight hamstrings. Place finger tips on prop or floor and move you shoulder blades down the back and feel the softening of the heart.

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4)Anjaneyasana Prep: (monkey lunge)extend right leg back place knee on the floor and bend the left knee in 90 degrees making sure the knee is above your ankle. Isometrically draw legs toward each other this will draw the belly in and up while moving the tailbone down. Then from the from the center of the pelvis energetically extend legs outward. Repeat on other side.

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5)Lunge Pose: Extend left leg back and bend right knee in a square position. From the feet draw up into the core of the pelvis and from the core of pelvis extend out. Feel connected through a place of stability from the earth as you expand out in all directions. Repeat other side.

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6)Lunge pose again and this time come on to your forearms for a deep stretch in the hip flexors keeping engagement of muscular energy the legs. Breath for 5 counts on each side

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7)Revolved Lunge: Come into a lunge position with left leg back keeping integrity and stability in the legs, keeping the right hand firmly pressing in to the earth, and drawing the belly in and up, allow the right side of the torso to twist over to the left knee while lifting your left arm toward the sky in triumphant celebration of your eternal light. Repeat other side.

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Power Yoga Workout - Go Deep by Lisa Carney

Power Yoga Workout - Go Deep youtu.be/Z_zfVwyZs5k A 45 minute power yoga workout that moves! This power yoga class is a fun and creative yoga flow that strengthens, tones, stretches and opens body mind and spirit. Taught by yoga teacher Michelle Goldstein and filmed at The Springs in downtown LA, this power yoga class is an all-over body workout that also includes breathing, meditation, philosophy, upper body, backbends, hip stretches, hamstring stretches, lower back strengthening and corework. Michelle leads workshops, immersions & retreats worldwide as well as teaching at Santa Monica Power Yoga & Equinox Fitness Clubs. Known for her creative vinyasas (sequences of yoga asana) and pranayama, Michelle Goldsteins teaching integrates influences from various forms of movement and meditation set to powerfully inspiring backdrops of music. Approaching instruction with a deep spiritual reverence for the sacredness of yoga coupled with a joyous playful sense of humor, Michelles classes offer a safe, nurturing and challenging environment for students to come and explore their mental and physical boundaries. Check out our other videos: Yoga for Travel with Michelle Goldstein www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVOIsT3EAt4 Daily Yoga Workout ~Calm is a Superpower www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcI78APK6JQ Power Yoga Workout (Strong) www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6BolRyGshw Click below to subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/heartalchemyyoga Power Yoga Mandala - Hands Free Yoga! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFPwKps855I&t=25s Power Yoga Workout - Youtube Sessions www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=pDCBxObqn24&video_refer... #poweryoga #yogaworkout #poweryogaworkout #yoga

[Boyka] Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012 - Qualificazioni 20 Settembre 12 - September 20th - Soccer Freestyle World Final by Francesco Sciolti Vecchio Account

Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012.

Qualificazioni del 20 Settembre 2012

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujNaKTcqV8 1st Place Final

youtu.be/CQDov2saQPY 3rd Place Final

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8-65hBgdOo Viki Gomez Show

This morning I am up early for a 7am bootcamp 🙊 It's been about 6 months (!!) since I have done any exercise other than Yoga and walking the dog because I've have ongoing problems with my hamstrings (& also been quite lazy 🙈) It by Danique Rambo

Elephants in Zakouma National Park in Chad by inyathi

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Even after establishing where the elephants were thanks to their tracking collars actually getting close enough to spot them in the thick Vachelia (Acacia) seyal bush was difficult while they were still on the move.

For roughly 6 months of the year between June and November Zakouma National Park is almost entirely inundated with floodwaters at this time elephants would often disperse into the surrounding area of what is now the Salamat Faunal Reserve. During this time Arab horsemen from the Darfur region of neighbouring Sudan would come to hunt the elephants as they had done for perhaps several hundred years. Traditionally a group of up to 20 horsemen armed with lances would charge a herd aiming to separate out one of the elephants. A single horseman would then ride in front of this elephant to draw its attention and get it to pursue him allowing the other men to ride in and spear it from behind with their lances. They would aim for the elephant’s hamstrings in its hind legs which if severed would bring the animal down and ensure it could not get up again. Huge numbers of elephants were killed this way and in response the surviving herds in the region have learned that at the first sign of horsemen their best defence is bunch up into tight groups to ensure that no individual can be separated out.

Today this is no defence the horsemen are Janjaweed militiamen and members of the Sudanese armed forces and they come not with the lances used by their ancestors but with AK47s, belt-fed machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. This habit of bunching up into a single large herd has meant that the poachers can easily kill 50-60 elephants in a single attack by simply machine gunning the terrified animals as they try to escape. In 2005 an aerial count found 3,885 elephants in Zakouma and the surrounding area in under a decade the population was reduced to just 430 and had stopped breeding due to the constant stress. Since African Parks took over Zakouma the poaching has been almost entirely stopped and the elephants are breeding again the population now stands at around 470.

After so many years of poaching most of Zakouma's elephants still generally stick together in a single big herd and often keep to the thick bush making them difficult to find.

Knock Knee by Tinus de Beer

Straightening knock knees are easy if one goes about it the right way. One has to not only strengthen the muscles of the legs, but also the hamstrings and other tendons. tinyurl.com/y95mewb6

And one has to increase blood flow to the legs as well. While there are complex exercises that are used to straighten knock knees, the foundation for those exercises is laid using two basic exercises that we all know.

The special calf raise to straighten knock knees

The simplest of exercises that are used to straighten knock knees is the special calf raise. You will need no exceptional equipment - just a small, long block of wood. This needs to be about two feet long, five inches broad, and about two inches thick.

Place this block of wood on the ground. Now place just the front of both feet on the wood, with your heels resting on the floor. Using mainly the muscles of the calves, and to a lesser extent, of the feet, stand up on your toes on the block of wood. Hold this pose on top of the block for about ten seconds, and then slowly and gently lower your heels to the floor.

Do this about ten times. Repeat the exercise once in the morning, and against just before going to bed. If you can manage to repeat the exercise three to five times in the course of the day, this would be even more beneficial. You would need to maintain this regimen for at least three months to see any improvement in your knock knees.

Advancing the exercise

As you become more proficient in the exercise, it is important to increase the amount of time that you spend on tip-toe. At first, you will start with just ten seconds, but as you become better at the exercise, you should increase that time from ten to fifteen seconds, and ultimately, to thirty. Extending the leg under tension in this manner tends to contribute a lot to the straightening of the leg.

You might feel some discomfort in the leg when you first start doing this exercise. This is perfectly natural and does not signify injury. Rather, it is the sensation of the bones and joints in your leg adapting to the new exercise - it is the feeling, in short, of your legs straightening themselves out.

Of course, it goes without saying that this exercise alone will not straighten your knock knees.

A whole course of exercises is necessary.

This exercise has been described in this article to show you that it is possible to straighten knock knees without surgery... that science and medical knowledge have advanced to a point where we know enough to make this possible. One single article cannot describe a whole course of complex exercises - that would take a book. But one sees that there is hope, that curing knock knees without surgery is possible, and that knowledge itself is the first step towards a total and complete cure.

Beyond that, all that is needed is dedication and patience.

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Knock Knee

Jose "Spidey" Reyes leaves indoor cage after taking batting practice. by John Lott

Blue Jays shortstop says his injured hamstring is feeling "way better" today.

Credit to @coach_regina_berlin : Swimmers need to be flexible. Fridays zoom is all about gymnastics/ ballet. At the end we worked on our splits, our hamstring and hip flexor flexibility as good as we can Afterwards I tested everyone on a swim associated t by New Wave Swim Buoy

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Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012 - Semifinali e Finale Maschile - 22 Settembre 12 - September 22nd - Soccer Freestyle World Final - Men Semifinals and Final by Francesco Sciolti Vecchio Account

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Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012 - Semifinali e Finale Maschile - 22 Settembre 12 - September 22nd - Soccer Freestyle World Final - Men Semifinals and Final

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujNaKTcqV8 1st Place Final

youtu.be/CQDov2saQPY 3rd Place Final

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8-65hBgdOo Viki Gomez Show

Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012 - Qualificazioni 20 Settembre 12 - September 20th - Soccer Freestyle World Final by Francesco Sciolti Vecchio Account

IMG_2063 by Rafa Nostra

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snowboarding injury. by smile_kerry

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please someone explain to me why this photo has almost 1,000 views?!?!?

Managed to hyper extend my leg snowboarding.

Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012.

Qualificazioni del 20 Settembre 2012

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujNaKTcqV8 1st Place Final

youtu.be/CQDov2saQPY 3rd Place Final

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8-65hBgdOo Viki Gomez Show

[Avalos] Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012 - Qualificazioni 20 Settembre 12 - September 20th - Soccer Freestyle World Final by Francesco Sciolti Vecchio Account

Red Bull Street Style Lecce 2012.

Qualificazioni del 20 Settembre 2012

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujNaKTcqV8 1st Place Final

youtu.be/CQDov2saQPY 3rd Place Final

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8-65hBgdOo Viki Gomez Show