Get a Dancer’s Body
Exercises to get you strong and fit, but not bulky.
Make it harder: Rise up on your toes while you perform the entire set.
And do not forget to stretch! Stretching keeps your muscles long and lean, so it is an important part of building a dancer’s thin body.
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"You can change your life by changing your mind. It’s really that simple-nothing is impossible for the willing mind."
Jiliian Michaels (via stayhealthybehappy)
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Don't count the days. Make the days count!: The Vegetarian Athlete Diet
- Ditching the Meat Can Make You a Better Athlete
It’s time to put an end to the idea that eating a vegetarian or vegan diet and running well are mutually exclusive. I became a much stronger runner almost immediately after switching to a vegetarian diet. But you don’t have to take my word…
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Health:
- Drink plenty of water.
- Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
- Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
- Live with the 3 E’s - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
- Play more games.
- Read more books than you did in 2010.
- Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
- Sleep for 7 hours.
- Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
- Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
- Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
- Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
- Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
- Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
- Dream more while you are awake.
- Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
- Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
- Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
- Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
- No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
- Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
- Smile and laugh more.
- You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
- Call your family often.
- Each day give something good to others.
- Forgive everyone for everything.
- Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
- Try to make at least three people smile each day.
- What other people think of you is none of your business.
- Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
- Do the right thing!
- Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
- However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
- No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
- The best is yet to come.
- Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Green Smoothie Popsicles
Blend and Freeze:
- 1 1/2 cups almond milk
- 1/2 cups baby spinach, with the stems cut off
- 1 1/2 cups mixed berries
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Nothing Is Impossible: Tips for running your first race
What to eat on race day
You don’t need to carbo-load for a 10km race run in about 60 minutes – all your nutritional needs should already be met. So follow your moderate to high carbohydrate diet until two days before race day. The day before race day switch to a low-fibre diet (white…
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