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Faces play a very important role in our social life. We make complex social decisions based on facial appearance. Extensive research has been made to identify a set of facial features which make a face attractive. Continue training!
Tags: Faces, Faces Prefer
Most of us need to stretch our hip flexors. We get tight hip flexors from sitting too much, and some of us do exercises like running and biking that tighten the hip flexors.
Standing lunge is an easy hip flexor stretch. You can do it almost anywhere, anytime. It is a very good exercise to do as you are waiting for an exercise class to start (ever wonder what to do with yourself while waiting?). Read these directions for tips on doing the lunge in the way that brings the most benefit to your body.
Tags: Hip Flexor, Stretch
Scientists from the UK and The Netherlands have identified for the first time a variant of a gene that is linked to biological ageing in humans and suggest the discovery will help us better understand cancer and diseases of ageing.
The findings of the study by researchers based at the University of Leicester and King’s College London, UK, and also at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, were reported online in Nature Genetics on 7 February. Continue training!
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Exciting News: I have just published a wonderful new interview with Pilates master instructor, Rael Isacowitz.
Rael is the author of the excellent book Pilates, the inventor of the Avalon Pilates equipment, and a teacher of extraordinary skill who shares his special blend of art and science in Pilates through DVDs, workshops, and teacher training programs around the world.
I could hardly be more honored to spend an hour talking with Rael Isacowitz, and to share it with you.
Tags: Pilates, Pilates Art