Her World Singapore

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A silky serum infused with plant stem cells, peptides and brightening botanicals to lift and tone skin while softening the look of lines and wrinkles. Also protects from blue light damage from digital devices. A supercharged velvety cream that helps

Pick Me Up

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1 Each person sheds 22 kilograms of skin in his or her lifetime. 2 One in every 1000 babies is born with a tooth. 3 During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. 4 Your body has enough iron in it to make a nail thre

Naples Illustrated

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Hungry for something refreshing? Try making this simple mixed-berry protein smoothie by personal trainer Jen Cleaves of Naples-based Healthy Living with Jen. She raves that it’s packed with flavor and goodness (antioxidants, vitamin C, flavonoids), m

Women's Fitness

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Before you start, warm up with 20 star jumps, 20 high knees (jogging on the spot) and 10 arm circles (10 forward, 10 back). These moves will help prep your muscles and mind for the workout ahead. Then progress from one move to the other and perform t

Oxygen

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Heat up your irksome area. If you touch an areawhere you have alot of fat, you mightnotice that it’s colder. This is becausefat deposits havevery low bloodflow. One studyhypothesized that bymaking a fatty areaphysically warmer, therefore increasingbl

Science Illustrated

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The new biobots are made of cells from the African clawed frog. In nature, skin cells protect the frog’s interior, whereas heart cells pump blood about its body. A biobot behaves like a robot – its cells perform tasks that have been programmed by a c

Men's Fitness South Africa

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The classic bodybuilding superset — two exercises done back-to-back for the same muscle group, with no rest in between — is one of the most commonly used techniques in any gym. Unfortunately, it’s probably the most misused too. This month, learn to p

Men's Fitness UK

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“This exercise focuses primarily on building the vastus medialis oblique (VMO), an inside quad muscle just above the knee, to improve knee stability,” says PT James Stark (pictured). While the depth of the exercise is completely individual, everyone

Men's Fitness UK

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PULL: most of us are anterior (front) dominant, so pay particular attention to pull exercises to keep the ‘hunch’ at bay. STRETCH: particularly the pectorals, to prevent inward rotation. RISE: walk tall and lift your sternum, and sit up straight at

Women's Fitness

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You can achieve a lot with your running fitness in six weeks if you build up your time gradually and don’t overdo it. Follow this plan to make gradual improvements. Make sure you stretch at the end of each run, holding each stretch for at least 30 se

Men's Fitness UK

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This crunch variation brings a variety of abdominal muscles into play, including the obliques. Lie in a crunch position, with your head and shoulders slightly raised and your fingers resting lightly on your temples. Lift one leg slightly off the gro

Men's Fitness UK

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Giant sets – multiple sets of different moves done back-to-back with little or no rest – are guaranteed to kick-start stubborn muscles into growth, and the high work rate ensures a serious calorie burn in the process. While supersets often target an

Australian Men's Fitness

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It’s the most practical way of carrying someone, but it also works every muscle in your body. Form is vital: over both shoulders, one arm and leg in front. ■

Australian Men's Fitness

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Erector spinae, quadratus lumborum, obliques, recuts abdominis, triceps, pecs Reps: 6-10 Rest: 30-60 secs • With your hands under your shoulders, rest your shins on the Swiss ball. • Keep your arms fixed and use your core to pull your hips up in the

Muscle & Fitness Hers South Africa

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Dynamic stretches and strength moves can help keep the supporting shoulder muscles in balance. Arm circles and rotations should be an important part of anyone’s routine. “Shoulders thrive on movement, so it’s important to take them through unloaded r

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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It’s been lingering in the corner of your living room, untouched, for a while now. In fact, you can’t really remember why you bought it. But, if used correctly, an exercise ball, or Swiss ball, can give serious results. The secret is the instability

WHO

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Caring for the face and décolletage is a given, but the skin above the face needs your love and attention, too. “Exfoliating your scalp is super-important as you’re removing dead skin cells, dandruff, excess oil and any hair products that have built

Malaysia Tatler

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Also known as the Ardha Chandra Chapasana. This posture will help build endurance, especially in the feet, plus it strengthens legs, as well as opens the hips, among other benefits. “Prasarita Padottanasana C stretches the back and inner leg muscles

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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This simple exercise is so effective! Holding your body stiff as a board develops strength in the core – the muscles that connect the upper and lower body – as well as shoulders, arms and glutes. This is a static exercise, so your body stays in one p

Oxygen

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By Michael Berg, NSCA-CPT / Photography by Ian Travis Barnard all the excitement and hope of the new year — setting new goals, changing your mindset and chasing your dream of a perfect body — unfortunately comes with a big, fat asterisk. That’s becau

Simply Knitting

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I’m trying out unusual and different-sized needles, including cocktail sticks and needles made from a tree branch! There is no time like the present to experiment! These special makes are for my crafty friends, inspired by a project found at a local

Woman & Home South Africa

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Iyengar yoga, pioneered by its namesake – Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja (B.K.S.) Iyengar, who lived healthily till 95! – is hugely popular worldwide, with followers including our editorial director Frith Thomas and celeb chef Nigella Lawson. This

Mother & Baby India

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During labour, your pelvic floor muscles help to rotate your baby’s head in a good position. Studies have shown that exercising these muscles during pregnancy can shorten early stages of labour. This is specially worth trying if you’re planning to ha

Men's Health Australia

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Squats increase your testosterone levels. A 30-minute spike of T will help build muscle and help combat anxiety and depression. They strengthen your hips and glutes, crucial to transferring your leg power upwards, adding oomph to all your athletic en

Men's Health Australia

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WORK THROUGH enough reps of any exercise with a challenging weight and you’ll experience the mythic pump, a swelling of blood and metabolites within the muscle that, over time, gives you the kind of superhero muscle you’ve always wanted. But what if

Women's Fitness

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This month’s postnatal workout builds on the core rehabilitation work you’ve done over the past few months, taken from Stage 2 of the Fiit Mum plan. The new moves will improve mobility in your thoracic spine to help alleviate any tightness in the mid

Diabetes Self-Management

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Joints are the areas in the body where two or more bones meet, keeping the skeleton together and helping to allow movement. They are configured to be supple but stable, consisting of cartilage (tissue that covers the bone), synovial membrane (which l

Women's Health Australia

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But there’s more to a bad-arse core than a six-pack and countless crunches. “The ‘visible’ portion of your abs – your six-pack – is the superficial rectus abdominis, while the core comprises all your abdominal muscles and includes your lower back and

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - The death of Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, who lived seven weeks after he was cut from his mother's womb, was ruled a homicide, officials said. An autopsy Saturday revealed the baby died from lack of oxygen and blood to his brain, and a prolapse of

Men's Fitness UK

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Warm up your muscles by doing walkouts, skydivers and supermans for 30 secs each x 2. Walkout: engage your core, walk hands out until you reach a high plank/ press-up position, walk hands back towards feet and then return to standing. Skydiver: belly