The hip is one of the largest weight-bearing joints in the body. When it's working properly, it lets you walk, sit, bend, and turn without pain. To keep it moving smoothly, a complex network of bones, cartilage, muscles, ligaments, and tendons must all work in harmony. There are several great exercises that you can perform to reshape your hips. Squats are a great exercise for … [Read more...]
Jessica Long: Current World Record Holder In 13 Paralympic Events Reveals Her Fitness & Beauty Secrets
Jessica Tatiana Long was born on 29th February 1992. She is a Russian-born United States Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland. She is the current world record holder in 13 Paralympic events, including one as part of a relay team. Long was born Tatiana Olegovna Kirillova in Bratsk, Siberia and adopted at the age of 13 months. Because of fibular hemimelia, her lower legs … [Read more...]
Reduce The Osteoporosis Risk By Weight Bearing Exercises
The human body is constantly producing two types of bones cells - one that makes new bones and one that reabsorbs bone back into the circulation system. Bone, like any living organism, adapts to its surroundings. If it's not being used to its potential, it will digress and be reabsorbed back into the body - a case in point not only for those wanting to slow the bone loss … [Read more...]
Walking: An Insurance Against Crumbling Skeleton
Exercise plays an important role in building bone in childhood and adolescence, maintaining bone before 50, and slowing down bone loss after 50. But exercises are not equal. Brisk walking (as if you are late for an appointment) for 30 minutes four days a week can help reduce bone loss before and after menopause. A study found that women who regularly walked 7.5 miles a week … [Read more...]
Melissa Stockwell: 3X Paratriathlon World Champion Reveals Her Success Mantra
Melissa Stockwell is an American paratriathlete and former Paralympic swimmer and U.S. Army officer. A first lieutenant, she was the first female soldier to lose a limb in the Iraq War. She lost her left leg when a roadside bomb exploded when she was leading a convoy in Baghdad. For her service in Iraq she was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Following her … [Read more...]
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