Don't Go Soft Tone your midsection with these easy moves
A trim middle not only looks great—it means you’ve got a strong core. That results in good posture, more energy, and even a clearer head. You don’t even have to roll out your mat to use these tips. Read
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Spin, Doctored Putting some yoga soul into a cardio-heavy cycling class
A year ago three New York women devised their dream workout combo and created Soul Cycle (soul-cycle.com),
intense spin classes that include meditative music and the
muscle-toning practices of yoga. iYogaLife rode in on this hot new
class in New York City, and picked up tips from senior instructors
Stacey Griffith and Laurie Cole on how you can create the calming—and
then energizing—cardio workout in your own gym’s spin studio. And we’ll
tell you how you can cycle with soul at home, too.
"Don't look for results the first time. Muscles will get worked, your
calories will be burned," Blanchard says of these posterior postures.
Come out of each pose when you start struggling: "You're defeating the
practice if you're struggling and imbalanced, because you're trying to
create symmetry in the body," he says. Read
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Most of us can't even find our lats. That's okay. Yoga doesn't require
you to know where they are, because the back work is built in. A hint
on how to get ripped where it's hard to reach: "Recruit the upper back
muscles between the shoulder blades when you transition into Upward
Facing Dog,'' Lechonczak says. "Then you are getting into that deep,
deep fascia, and you'll get results." Read
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No more whining about your pathetic spaghetti-noodle arms or underarm
flab that you jiggle in front of the mirror to torture yourself. In
these arm strengtheners, "you're moving and lifting your own body
weight with grace,'' Lechonczak says. And soon, with power. Read
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Hilary Lindsay has turned NFL players into mewling kittens, so we
figured her abs routine would be challenging enough for us. These
exercises will create strength but not bulge-out bulk, the kind that
can come with more standard abs work. Lindsay says her proballers and
boxers have hard bellies for a purpose: to protect vital organs during
violent collisions. Unless you really need your abs to be your armor,
she says, you don't need crunches. Plus, these poses are cheat-proof:
They prevent you from using the hip flexors—the muscles you use to lift
your legs—instead of your abs. Read
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In this series, we've pulled over 20 poses from ashtanga (better than a Hollywood weight trainer), vinyasa (the Ironman of yoga), kundalini (could be called ginseng yoga), and power yoga (equal to power lifting), pick the ones you need for your workout goals, and get started on the body you want. Read
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In this series, we've pulled over 20 poses from ashtanga (better than a Hollywood weight trainer), vinyasa (the Ironman of yoga), kundalini (could be called ginseng yoga), and power yoga (equal to power lifting), pick the ones you need for your workout goals, and get started on the body you want. Read
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In this series, we've pulled over 20 poses from ashtanga (better than a Hollywood weight trainer), vinyasa (the Ironman of yoga), kundalini (could be called ginseng yoga), and power yoga (equal to power lifting), pick the ones you need for your workout goals, and get started on the body you want. Read
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