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The Number One Reason Women Need To Embrace Lifting Weights And Ignore The ‘Bodybuilder’ Myth

Let’s talk about gyms. Despite many great efforts, they are places that can still be ridiculously gender-specific, and the expectations that get created in gyms can spill out into all forms of exercise in general. This is a bad thing for many reasons, one of which is that these dated expectations limit women from doing [...]


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Why Do You Exercise?

There’s one of those simple questions, one that gets harder the more you think about it. “To feel better,” we might say. “To get in shape” is another common reply. But we can keep asking further questions that stem from those ones: “why do you want to feel better?” or “why do you need to [...]


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Zuzana, Tell Me The Truth About Your Diet!

Submitted on 2009/08/07 at 6:36am
Hi Zuzana,
first of all, thanks for the nice pasta salad – it’s a nice change to normal pasta salads but can be also enjoyed warm.
Well, just had a look at your diet & nutrition section, where you calculated how many calories you burn in a day and how much you could [...]


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The Biggest Diet & Exercise Secret in the Entire Known World Is Revealed.

So we have gone ahead and discovered the greatest diet and exercise secret in history. Ever. Seriously. And it’s yours, free, in this article. 
Try this out: pick up any book on the wisdom of philosophers or the meaning of life (there are plenty), and nine times out of ten it will contain a section where [...]


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Crazy for Lululemon Pants (Yeah, Those Ones That Make Your Butt Look Amazing)

Title: We Explain Exactly Why Everyone’s So Crazy for Lululemon Pants (Yeah, Those Ones That Make Your Butt Look Amazing)
Just Who Are These Guys, Anyway?
Although they only started in Vancouver in 1998, Lululemon (officially known as lululemon athletica) is quite possibly the fastest-growing fitness appparel company on the globe. Why’s that? Read on—we’ll explain it [...]


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Commando Pull Ups Challenge Heats Up

This awesome video was posted as an entry into our commando pull ups challenge – watch it all the way through to see how the girls did! I’m still training to be the champion :)
Best,
Zuzana


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How do I reduce my body fat percentage?

1. Keep your portion sizes small. You can easily do that and still consume enough food to keep healthy and satisfied if you eat at least 5 to 6 times a day. Eating this number of times requires advanced planning and some preparation on your part, but it is by no means an impossible obsticle. [...]


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Which Exercise Shoes are Right for You?

EXERCISE SHOES: WHICH ONES ARE RIGHT FOR ME?
ADVICE, ADVICE, AND MORE ADVICE.
Everyone has lots of advice to give when it comes to exercise. And when it comes to something like buying shoes, what started as something simple can become an exercise in sheer confusion, with dozens of people suggesting this product, that philosophy, these orthodics, [...]


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How can I get rid of cellulite?

Cellulite is basically stored fat that is trapped underneath a layer of skin. Most people and especially women have areas of skin with less density which results in the appearance of the orange peel like effect. Deep massaging every night can help to decrease the appearance of dimpling, but only temporarily, because it will not [...]


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How many calories should I consume daily to loose weight?

There are hundreds of equations that you can apply using your weight, height, and body fat percentage to figure out how many calories you should be eating every day to loose fat. However I can tell you from my own experience that any math equation you apply to weight loss doesn’t often equal the reality [...]


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