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This Is What Happens When You Do Yoga: Some Positive Health Effects

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For some, yoga is a form of exercise in the same way as strength training and running. For others, it's a way of life. What is it about yoga that makes so many people love it? Find out what happens in your body – and your mind – when you lie in child's position or do downward dog. Strengthens The Muscles Practicing yoga can eventually lead to your muscles becoming stronger. Mastering the various yoga positions requires both strength and mobility, so you will notice improvements in both technique and muscle strength as you practice.

A Flat Washboard Stomach Through Endurance Sports

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For men and women, the six-pack is a sign of fitness, sportiness and active training. Many athletes train hard on their six-pack abs, adjust their diet and try to get more and more definition through targeted exercises. But most people are aware that six-pack abs aren't just achieved through sit-ups and other abdominal exercises. In fact, a six-pack can also be purchased on the side. Through targeted endurance training during running, the abdominal muscles are automatically massively strengthened. How Does Running Affect Your Six Pack abs?

Fascia Roll - Training Against Pain

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Dagmar Training the connective tissue with the fascia roller is on everyone's lips at the moment. Many fitness studios offer such training, which is intended to prevent pain and loosen up the connective tissue. Experts discuss the topic controversially.  What is certain, however, is that fascia training as a supplement to muscle training can bring about decisive improvements in the areas of the back, neck and muscles in general. Fight The Pain With The Fascia Roller  If the pain isn't coming from the muscles or bones, then sticky fascial tissue may be causing pain. In order to make the connective tissue supple and to keep it supple, training with the foam roller is the best strategy to combat complaints and prevent them in the future. The fascia surrounds every muscle in the body and therefore can cause problems in different parts of the body. Therefore, training with the fascia roller is designed in such a way that very different areas of the body and muscle strands are u...

The Way To a better posture

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That posture has an effect on a person's demeanor and appearance is one aspect. But posture also contributes a lot to back and spine health.  Many common ailments in this area can be avoided or alleviated simply by adopting a better and more upright posture. Poor posture can cause back pain and headaches. It is quite easy to do something about incorrect posture. Posture Improvement  Methods An easy way to keep reminding yourself to improve your posture is to imagine a string or rod extending from your spine perpendicular to the ceiling. Keep looking in the mirror and, if necessary, use your smartphone to remind yourself of your posture every 15 or 30 minutes with a small noise. 

Post-workout Headache – How Come?

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Headache  that occur immediately after exercise are a phenomenon that both competitive and amateur athletes are familiar with.It is not 100% clear where this headache comes from after exercising. However, there are theories and strategies to avoid post-workout headaches. Headache After Exercise - Where Does It Come From ? Medical professionals distinguish between headache  that occur as a symptom of a disease secondary headaches and headaches that occur on their own primary or idiopathic headache.  A primary headache is a migraine, for example. However, primary headaches can also occur as a result of physical exertion and these can be just as unpleasant and severe as a migraine attack.

Escape From Stress With Autogenic Training

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With all the comforts of our modern society, however, there are also some negative aspects. This certainly includes the stress that inevitably spreads in everyday life for most people. Time pressure and too much stress are increasingly leading to health impairments ranging from slight headaches and mental stress to burnout syndrome. But small amounts of negative stress can impair our zest for life and quality of life. Therefore, less stress is always desirable. A good way to combat stress is autogenic tra`ining. With Autogenic Training Against Too Much Stres

Training With A Herniated Disc: What To Look Out For

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The herniated disc is one of the most unpleasant diseases in the spinal column area. Movement is restricted and the pain is often severe. Nevertheless, and precisely because of this, sport must not be dispensed with. With the right training, the spine is re-stabilized. Anyone who experiences the radiant pain during an acute herniated disc will hardly be able to think about sport. If the intervertebral disc presses into the spinal canal, it is often not only the back that is affected, but also the legs and arms. Under no circumstances should you train in this constellation. Seeing a doctor and resting the body is a priority.

Combat Back Pain By Swimming

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Swimming  can be the ideal sport when it comes to fighting back pain. But to do that, it has to be done right. Swimming and exercise in water in general has many advantages. Swimming is often brought into play, especially when it comes to fighting obesity and for people with joint problems. But the back can also be strengthened with the right technique. According to their own statements, about half of the people in Germany go to the swimming pool at least sporadically. If you're not one of them yet, you should think about it for the sake of your back!

Salome's Seventh Veil(Fitness)

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Men please click further, this item is only for the ladies. Today we're talking about one of the oldest, most beautiful and - quite frankly - sexiest sports known to mankind: belly dancing. Artists have painted it thousands of times, singers use it for their music videos. The whole palette of strip tease, burlesque, snake and pole dancing has its roots here. In its oldest, most primal form, Tom Robbins celebrates it in the bestseller Skinny Legs and All*, one of the best books ever written on the subject of men and women if you ask me. The German translation is entitled: "Salome's seventh veil*". Older Than Yoga - But At Least As Effective  

Short Time Exercise

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A day in the office and tied to the desk is the ideal breeding ground for back and neck problems. Regular exertion in everyday life often makes you feel that your strength and stamina are declining quickly. In addition, one recognizes more and more often and with horror how many problem areas one's own body has, regardless of whether one feels that the stomach is too big, the muscles are too hidden or that one feels too fat and not well-formed. All of these problem cases appear daily and in almost everyone, but they are by no means a condition that you have to let go of. No matter how much time you can sacrifice each day to do something for your personal well-being, you can always find the right training for every occasion to quickly feel fitter, more comfortable and more attractive.

Can You Get In Shape Without Endurance Sports ?

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Let's face it, treadmills are boring. Bicycle ergometer especially. Jogging isn't for everyone, and neither is swimming. In addition, every endurance sport takes a lot of time, and not everyone can or wants to invest that. The price question: Is there an alternative? Train Your Condition Without Endurance Sports? You get more condition than a sofa sitter with any kind of movement. Every sport that you practice for more than a minute at a time creates a bit of endurance . Even yoga. But let's assume you've already left the sofa and are training, for example strength. Also, you want endurance , but you don't want to run a marathon with it. Medium level is enough. Targeted fitness training, you don't have the time or motivation for that. What to do?

Fitness Online – Workout At Home

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For several years now, it has been possible to complete various courses online, watch films and series online or hold company seminars with international participants via online platforms without having to leave your computer.This trend has many advantages and is therefore gradually being extended to other industries as well. Now the time has come that there are even online fitness studios. How does this new trend work? Fitness Comes Via Streaming Buy a DVD? Who else does that? At least in North America, DVDs are almost as outdated as music cassettes. The new trend is called streaming and it is so convenient. In Australia, where so many people live hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest gym, online fitness has been around since 2007.

Aerobics – A Sports Trend From The 1980s Is Being Rediscovered

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Aerobics was yesterday? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that. This sport , which enthralled Europe in the 80's and 90's, has returned with a vengeance and is once again inspiring many people with its versatility and the fact that moving to music is just so much fun.  Aerobics hasn't been a flash in the pan because it's a sport that's just so adaptable. This will also benefit her in the new century. Revival Of A Fitness Trend: Aerobic Fitness

Boxing Yoga – Training For The Whole Body

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Like many other trend sports, the concept of boxing yoga is not a completely new invention. Once again, two old acquaintances have been mixed together to form a new dream team and have been inspiring trendsetters and athletes in Europe for a few months. This time the trend even comes from Europe, from a boxer and a yoga teacher from London. The two actually spotted some similarities between boxing and yoga and created a funky new sport out of it. An Interesting Combination: Boxing And Yoga

Exercises For An Upright Posture

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Workplaces at the desk and in front of the PC are not exactly conducive to posture and the back. Poor posture is often the cause of back pain. Yet it is so easy to take preventive action on this issue in particular. A straight and healthy posture can be practiced and learned. If you stand up straight, you not only do something for your back and shoulders, but also appear much more self-confident and attractive to others. Avoid Back Problems Through Simple Posture Exercises

Tara Fraser - Yoga For Beginners

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I'm not the yoga type. I don't even consider yoga a real sport, more like extensive stretching exercises. Some poses strengthen a few muscles in the legs and core, but none develop the endurance that is so important to me. So why did I take up yoga practice, and why am I recommending a textbook? Because I wanted my mobility back after the pregnancy, and I have had very good experiences with this textbook. With a baby in the house there is no time for endurance sports anyway. Yoga For Beginners: Let's Leave Out The Meditation For Now