Category: Health Fitness
Tips on how to train a dressage horse to turn on its haunches and walk with pirouettes
The systematic way to train a dressage horse to do a walk pirouette is to start with a roll on the haunches. A haunch roll is a 180 degree turn performed while walking. His horse bends in the direction of the turn. His forehand moves around his hips until he’s facing the opposite direction. Its…
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Why do we eat turkey on Christmas day?
The festive period is filled with age-old traditions like eating turkey on Christmas Day. But how did this originate and why should we continue this tradition? It hasn’t always been traditional to eat turkey on Christmas Day. In fact, before turkey was introduced to Britain, geese, peacocks and even wild boar’s heads were eaten as…
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3 easy steps to fast and lasting weight loss
3 steps to weight loss that will last When it comes to losing weight, there are no magic pills or secret diets that can help you achieve your weight loss goals. But you can achieve your goals with these 3 steps to help you lose weight. Like most things in life, losing weight (a lot…
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Medifast and Diet Pills: Can You Use Weight Loss Medications With the Medifast Program?
Many people wonder if it’s okay to use weight-loss medications, such as appetite suppressants, with the Medifast program. Here is an overview of the medications that can and cannot be used with Medifast. First, let’s take a look at the medications available. There are only a handful of different ones that are FDA approved specifically…
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5 reasons why you should stretch
Stretching is very important at the beginning and end of an exercise. But its functions go beyond preventing strains and sprains. So why stretch? 1. Stretching before starting an exercise prevents injuries. Helps muscles “warm up” and prepare before moving on to more intense exercises. Helps prevent “pulled muscles.” Allows for a greater range of…
Read MoreHow to Protect Hair Extensions From Getting Wet
How to Protect Hair Extensions There are a few ways to protect your hair extensions from getting wet. One way is to make sure they are out of the water while swimming. Salt and chlorine can cause damage to hair extensions, so it is important to take the appropriate precautions when swimming. Also, it is…
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Jump Like Nate Robinson – 5 Drills For Short Basketball Players
Let’s be honest; every basketball player wants to dunk. That statement is even truer for short basketball players. Being a short guy, all I ever wanted to do is dunk a basketball on someone. I thought it was impossible since I’m only 5’7″ and standard basketball rims are 10 feet tall. However, you see NBA…
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6 Week Body Makeover – Accelerated Fat Burning
You will lose weight with the 6 week body makeover; however, you will lose more weight if you combine the meal plan with the accelerated fat burning program. The Accelerated Fat Burning (AFB) program is specially designed to program your metabolism to use food more effectively and burn calories, rather than store energy as fat.…
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Nutrisystem Meals vs. Healthy Choice Meals: A Comparison of Calories, Carbs, and Protein
I recently received an email asking me if simply eating healthy foods would be as effective as being on the nutrisystem diet. I only have experience with one of these, but I suspect the answer to this question would be no. The reason for this is that healthy choice foods sometimes contain more calories, carbohydrates,…
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Myths and facts about diet
Myth 1: Removing fat from your diet will help you lose weight faster. Fact: Many people think that cutting fat out of their daily diet will help them lose weight faster. But check out fat-free or low-fat items like cookies and ice cream, which are very high in calories. Do you think it is a…
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