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30 Minute Power Yoga Basics youtu.be/6BS-5M83v0o A short, sweet, full body power yoga routine for all levels! Join Michelle Goldstein for 30 minutes of power yoga flow that includes standing flow, backbends, twists, hamstring and hip stretches, strength building, breath work and mindfulness. Filmed at The Springs in Downtown Los Angeles About Michelle Goldstein: Michelle has maintained a daily yoga practice for 18 years. A protégée of renowned Yoga teacher, Bryan Kest of Santa Monica Power Yoga, Michelle has been teaching yoga flow and meditation for 13 years. 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 Goldstein’s 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. Power Yoga Workout - Courage www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPR1I1qF6DA&t=1040s Power Yoga Workout - Go Deep www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_zfVwyZs5k&t=17s Intermediate Power Yoga Flow for Spring www.youtube.com/watch?v=R68aOXRDnO8&t=1856s

The North Carolina Tar Heels, a power five program out of the Atlantic Coast Conference, dealt Old Dominion its first home defeat since November 2015. But in the loss, ODU gained a new starting quarterback.

 

True freshman Steven Williams, a graduate of Woodrow Wilson H.S. in Washington, D.C., replaced starting quarterback Jordan Hoy and backup QB Blake LaRussa in the 53-23 loss.

"When you don't have a first down in the first quarter and you have no energy on the sideline because the players feel it, you have to make the move," ODU head football coach Bobby Wilder explained. "I didn't go into this game thinking [Williams] would play."

 

Seeing his first action, the 17 year old Williams completed 9-of-20 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns. He also threw an interception and lost a fumble. Williams added 34 rushing yards on seven attempts.

 

"We haven't developed an identity on offense," Wilder noted. "Stevie Williams today gave us an identity. Steven Williams is the quarterback of the Old Dominion football team moving forward."

"They just said 'let's go," Williams explained of how he learned he was about to receive his first college playing time. "My teammates were all behind me. I just had to go do my job and we'll be fine."

 

Old Dominion outscored North Carolina (1-2), 16-14, in the second half, after trailing the Tar Heels, 39-7, at the half.

 

Prior to the game, ODU learned All-Conference USA running back Ray Lawry, the program's all-time leading rusher, has a torn hamstring. Head coach Bobby Wilder reveals the injury could keep Lawry sidelined for the remainder of the season.

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

For decades, researchers have used the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, as a model for studying the physiology and biomechanics of skeletal muscles. Thanks to its disproportionately large skeletal muscles, this common amphibian has played a critical role in helping to build the knowledge base for understanding how these muscles work in other organisms, including humans.

 

More information: directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/01/12/snapshots-of-life-an-ele...

 

Credit: David Sleboda and Thomas Roberts, Brown University, Providence, RI

 

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This image was a winner of the FASEB 2016 BioArt competition.

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It is very important to set up your workstation by taking into consideration the Ergonomic features of your chair because it is the one that directly affects health of your body. Lots of chair manufacturers claim that their chairs are the best in the market, but are they really that good?

 

SpinaliS chairs are designed to initiate the so called "Active Sitting" phenomena, which strengthens your core muscles while you are sitting. No extra effort is required, but sitting!

 

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Back injuries result from damage, wear, or trauma to the bones, muscles, or other tissues of the back. Common back injuries include sprains and strains, herniated disks, and fractured vertebrae. The lumbar is often the site of back pain. The area is susceptible because of its flexibility and the amount of body weight it regularly bears. It is estimated that low-back pain may affect as much as 80 to 90 percent of the general population in Canada.

 

Low-back pain is often the result of incorrect lifting methods and posture. Repetitive lifting, bending, and twisting motions of the torso affect both the degree of severity and frequency of low-back pain. In addition, low-back pain may also be the result of bad lifting habits. Sedentary lifestyles most often lead to weak abdominal muscles and hamstrings. This causes the stronger muscles which have remained strong to pull the body away from its optimal anatomical form. The imbalanced muscles cause people to continue to perform these repetitive actions. This results in misplaced force application within the spine, often resulting in hemorrhage of disks within the spinal column.

 

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

Myosource, LLC offers upper and lower kinetic bands for great resistance workouts . Use our abs plus video that will work the abs in just 10 minutes. We offer a variety of videos for full body, lower body, abs and upper body workouts. myosource.com/abdominal-workout/

 

improve arm strength, core strength, leg strength (including glutes and hips), speed, balance, and endurance with Kinetic Bands resistance

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

Elephants very quickly learn where they're safe and where they're not, this is one of a number of bulls that hang around the Zakouma HQ area during the dry season.

 

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

The second-ever St. George Ironman kicked off last week, and KT Tape was a major player for many of the Ironman athletes there! Dr. Jacob Luce of Luce Chiropractic and Dr. Tom Fletcher were two of the sports medicine doctors that treated athletes leading up to the race. Top Injuries taped for were:

 

1. Knee/IT band syndrome

2. Ankle

3. Hamstring

4. Low back

5. Shoulder

 

Check out the KT Tape blog for more details on the race and winners: www.kttape.com/theblog

 

Peter Allison testing his hamstring on Trifecta Middle V?, Flock Hill.

The Public Art Registry says

 

"This bronze figure commemorates athlete Harry Jerome's career as a runner. Jerome was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 1940. By age 18 he became the first man to hold the record in both the 100 yard and the 100 metre runs. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he and his sister and their friend Paul 'Winn were the only black athletes in track in the Canadian National Championships. He ran in three Olympic competitions. In the 1960 Rome Olympics he collapsed on the track with a severely torn hamstring and was labeled a "quitter" by the press. He set another world record in 1962 but later had another fall when his left quadricep muscle group was completely severed. After surgery and recovery he went on to win the Bronze medal in the 100 metre race at the Tokyo Olympics. Before his retirement in 1968 at 18, he established six world records. He was named BC's Athlete of the Century. Afterwards he created manuals and sports programs for young people. He received the Order of Canada in 1972 and died suddenly at age 42 in 1982."

 

Sculptor: Jack Harman

Alexander Scott Gonzalez (b: April 8, 1973) is a former MLB infielder, who spent the majority of his career with the Toronto Blue Jays. Gonzalez established a career-high with 20 home runs for the Chicago Cubs in 2003 and hit 20 or more doubles eight times. He was drafted straight out of high school in the 14th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft by the Blue Jays.

 

After making the major league team to begin 1994, Gonzalez batted only .151 in 15 games and was sent down to Triple-A Syracuse at the end of April because of a hamstring injury. Gonzalez was the Blue Jays starting shortstop from 1995 to 2001 with the exception of 1999 when Toronto traded for Tony Batista. Throughout his career, Gonzalez averaged around .250 with decent power for a middle infielder, but was unable to hit for high average. He made up for the lack of average with good RBI production and solid defense. He led the American league twice in fielding percentage for shortstops. After spending eight years with the Toronto Blue Jays, he was traded to the Chicago Cubs on December 21, 2001, for Felix Heredia and minor leaguer James Deschaine.

 

Gonzalez has worked as an analyst for NBC Sports and MLB Network covering season news and the World Baseball Classic.

 

Career statistics:

Batting average - .243

Home runs - 137

RBI - 536

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

Elephants very quickly learn where they're safe and where they're not, this is bull is one of a small group that hang around the Zakouma HQ area during the dry season. This bull has had a tracking collar put on so that his movements can be monitored to ensure that he can be protected throughout the year wherever he goes.

 

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.

Whether it's for specific fitness goals or sports elevation, there is always a reason for the need to reach higher goals (literally). Maybe your vertical necessitates an increase for basketball evaluations or your daughter is a monster striker in volleyball but wishes to assert more dominance in her game. Additional to speed and agility, the ability to spring yourself off the ground is the gold standard for athletic competition, from basketball to football.

 

Soccer goalies, rebounders, dunkers, spikers, hurdlers, receivers, and defensive backs, to name a few, should all incorporate Plyometric Box Jumping into their exercise circuits. Plyometrics or plyos are jumping drills where muscles distribute full force in minimized time intervals. The objective is to increase speed + strength, which = power. Moreover, plyos enrich cardiovascular health, incinerate calories precipitously, and tone the physique.

 

For the "Fit Fathers Plyometric Box Jumping Routine," use an anti-slip, three-in-one box (20-in, 24-inch, and 30-inch) for various height levels and exercises. Our set goes like this:

 

•Stretch the calf, Achilles tendon, quads, and hamstrings for five minutes

•Complete 3 sets of 20 weighted step-ups with dumbbells your size of choice

•Complete 3 sets of 10 weighted box jumps with light dumbbells

•Engage in 3 sets of 20 box knee highs

•Finish with 3 sets of 10 explosive box jumps at the highest level

 

Follow-up exercises could include running in place, burpees, jumping jacks or going out for a jog. Have fun with it and keep reaching higher!

 

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, there hasn’t been a single poaching incident in 5 years, as soon as the elephants started to feel secure, they began to breed again, at the last count in 2021 the population has reached 636.

 

All of this poaching led to Zakouma’s elephants forming a single large dysfunctional herd that included adult bulls, that would ordinarily have been pushed out of the herd, perhaps because of how much the population has grown, the big herd does seem to have started to split into several large herds rather than one single one. Although they are now safe, elephants have long memories, they remain extremely nervous and are difficult to find and approach. Your best chance of seeing them is to wait for them to come to the Salamat River to drink, having established from park HQ where they are first, so that you know where best to wait. This is not fool proof, we tried this and missed them, finally chancing upon this big herd in the south of the park, they didn’t remain in the open for long and quickly ran back into the bush, even though we were a long distance away.

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

Myosource, LLC offers upper and lower kinetic bands for great resistance workouts . Use our abs plus video that will work the abs in just 10 minutes. We offer a variety of videos for full body, lower body, abs and upper body workouts. myosource.com/abdominal-workout/

 

improve arm strength, core strength, leg strength (including glutes and hips), speed, balance, and endurance with Kinetic Bands resistance

Model : Martina Passa

Photographer : © Rupert T Photography Rupert RupertTPhotography.500PX.com

 

In English

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Travel: NEW YORK CITY

Industry: Modeling is a Business!

Interview of a travel photographer: Joshua DAHL

Make UP: Holiday ! Celebrate !

What party person are you ?

Easy and cheap holiday gifts

«Holidays» themed contest winners

God save the Queen !

Fashion from NYC : the latest trends

Why Should you Perform a Body Detox ?

The Potiche Column

Recipe from our French cook : Chocolate mousse and Rum dessert

Fitness : Tone your butt, hamstrings, lower back, abs, and increase core balance

Nonprofit organization : Boxer Rescue Los Angeles

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En Français

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Voyage: NEW YORK CITY

Le mannequinat est un business!

Interview d’un photographe de portrait Joshua DAHL

Maquillage : Les fêtes de fin d’année !

Quel type de fetard etes-vous ?

Les cadeaux passe-partout a petit prixs

Concours photo sur «Les fêtes de fin d’année»

God save the Queen !

Mode : Urban Fashion

Why Should you Perform a Body Detox ?

La chronique Potiche

Cuisine : Bûche mousse au chocolat et rhum

Fitness : Comment raffermir fessiers, cuisses, bas du dos et abdos tout en augmentant votre équilibre en un exercice!

Association : BOXER RESCUE LA

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Neural mobilisation exercises (sliders and tensioners). (Photo credit: C. Hanson, 2014)

I have an anatomy test today...

 

Whether it's for specific fitness goals or sports elevation, there is always a reason for the need to reach higher goals (literally). Maybe your vertical necessitates an increase for basketball evaluations or your daughter is a monster striker in volleyball but wishes to assert more dominance in her game. Additional to speed and agility, the ability to spring yourself off the ground is the gold standard for athletic competition, from basketball to football.

 

Soccer goalies, rebounders, dunkers, spikers, hurdlers, receivers, and defensive backs, to name a few, should all incorporate Plyometric Box Jumping into their exercise circuits. Plyometrics or plyos are jumping drills where muscles distribute full force in minimized time intervals. The objective is to increase speed + strength, which = power. Moreover, plyos enrich cardiovascular health, incinerate calories precipitously, and tone the physique.

 

For the "Fit Fathers Plyometric Box Jumping Routine," use an anti-slip, three-in-one box (20-in, 24-inch, and 30-inch) for various height levels and exercises. Our set goes like this:

 

•Stretch the calf, Achilles tendon, quads, and hamstrings for five minutes

•Complete 3 sets of 20 weighted step-ups with dumbbells your size of choice

•Complete 3 sets of 10 weighted box jumps with light dumbbells

•Engage in 3 sets of 20 box knee highs

•Finish with 3 sets of 10 explosive box jumps at the highest level

 

Follow-up exercises could include running in place, burpees, jumping jacks or going out for a jog. Have fun with it and keep reaching higher!

 

Seeing this cow lying flat out on the sand while her calf drank from one of the Salamat's few remaining pools was a truly wonderful sight. Under constant attack from poachers Zakouma's elephants had stopped breeding entirely for a few years. Just in the last few years they have started to relax enough to start breeding again this beautiful scene perfectly illustrates how safe they now feel. After they had first been spotted from the air we were able to pinpoint their location and then walk a short distance along the river until we found them. With the wind in our favour we watched them from a safe distance without them ever being aware of our presence and after a few minutes quietly walked away leaving them none the wiser.

 

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 the management of Zakouma the poaching has been almost entirely stopped and the elephants are breeding again the population now stands at around 470.

 

As you can clearly see in this photo mum has no tusks this is a common sight among elephants populations that have been subject to severe poaching.

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (Standing Hand To Big Toe Pose) is a pose with the body standing straight, on one leg; the other leg is stretched out straight, and the foot of the raised leg is grasped by the hand on the same side of the body. It is entered from the standing pose Tadasana.

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Benefits: Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana strengthens and stretches the legs and ankles. It deeply stretches the hamstrings (the back thigh muscles), while gently opening the hips, shoulders, and arms. This pose challenges and improves your sense of balance, which in turn develops greater concentration and focus.

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More details: aatmyogashala.com/

Whether it's for specific fitness goals or sports elevation, there is always a reason for the need to reach higher goals (literally). Maybe your vertical necessitates an increase for basketball evaluations or your daughter is a monster striker in volleyball but wishes to assert more dominance in her game. Additional to speed and agility, the ability to spring yourself off the ground is the gold standard for athletic competition, from basketball to football.

 

Soccer goalies, rebounders, dunkers, spikers, hurdlers, receivers, and defensive backs, to name a few, should all incorporate Plyometric Box Jumping into their exercise circuits. Plyometrics or plyos are jumping drills where muscles distribute full force in minimized time intervals. The objective is to increase speed + strength, which = power. Moreover, plyos enrich cardiovascular health, incinerate calories precipitously, and tone the physique.

 

For the "Fit Fathers Plyometric Box Jumping Routine," use an anti-slip, three-in-one box (20-in, 24-inch, and 30-inch) for various height levels and exercises. Our set goes like this:

 

•Stretch the calf, Achilles tendon, quads, and hamstrings for five minutes

•Complete 3 sets of 20 weighted step-ups with dumbbells your size of choice

•Complete 3 sets of 10 weighted box jumps with light dumbbells

•Engage in 3 sets of 20 box knee highs

•Finish with 3 sets of 10 explosive box jumps at the highest level

 

Follow-up exercises could include running in place, burpees, jumping jacks or going out for a jog. Have fun with it and keep reaching higher!

 

Have made serious progress on my couch to 5K program. I've moved on to week 5, day 1, which is 3 5 minute jogs. This is where I was on Day 45, when I tripped and twisted my ankle (hence the brace).

 

Tried to take some Face Down Tuesday shots for you, but I didn't like how any of them came out.

Hamstring exercises. (Photo credit: C. Hanson, 2014)

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