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I need your help, Tumblr!

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:26:15 -0400

Hey, guys! I’d be much appreciative if you guys could help me with a quick survey for my statistics class. It’s only five questions and completely anonymous!

Here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o2klpFOqaJy3m0cKhiXzCxNDmBdZw8tOE4XdrbGKigo/viewform

Thank you! :)

Please continue to do this! much thanks! :)

I need your help, Tumblr!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:59:00 -0400

chronicthought:

Hey, guys! I’d be much appreciative if you guys could help me with a quick survey for my statistics class. It’s only five questions and completely anonymous!

Here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o2klpFOqaJy3m0cKhiXzCxNDmBdZw8tOE4XdrbGKigo/viewform

Thank you! :)

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Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:36:42 -0500

: Unpopular Opinion: I don't like Jillian Michaels. At all.

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:14:08 -0500

ladyknucklesinshape:

organicallygorgeous:

I would NEVER be able to train with her because I’d be spending the whole time crying.

Ajita baby, I love your for being honest. I COULD NOT even be around Jillian Michaels. I am currently trying to find a list of all her workouts for her…

I can’t say I don’t like Jillian, because her workouts work, but i do agree that her yelling doesn’t help, so when I do her workout dvds I mute the tv and put some of my favorite music on(:

my-body-not-yours: sweatsalty: COMPLETE BLOGILATES/POP PILATES...

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:10:53 -0500

my-body-not-yours:

sweatsalty:

COMPLETE BLOGILATES/POP PILATES WORKOUT VIDEOS:

Back

BACK ATTACK

SEXY BACK WORKOUT

Butt

BEYONCE BOOTYLICIOUS BUTT

BUTT BLASTER

SUPER BUTT WORKOUT

Core

3 MINUTE AB WORKOUT CHALLENGE

6 PACK ABS IN 6 MOVES!

ABOMINABLE ABDOMINALS

CINCH THAT WAIST WORKOUT

CORSET WORKOUT FOR A SLIM WAIST

CRAZY CORE WORKOUT

HOT ABS WORKOUT

INTENSE AB WORKOUT

LOWER BELLY POOCH ATTACK

MUFFIN TOP/LOVE HANDLES EXTERMINATOR

MUFFIN TOP MELTDOWN

UH-OH OBLIQUES

YOU’VE GOT ABS FLAT ABS WORKOUT CHALLENGE

Legs

INNER THIGH INSANITY

LEGILATES LEGSERCIZES

LEGS AND THIGHS WORKOUT

SADDLEBAG SHAVER

SLIMMER INNER THIGHS/RUNNER’S CALVES WORKOUT

SO YOU WANT NICE LEGS WORKOUT

THANKFUL THIGHS THANKSGIVING WORKOUT

Upper Body

ARM ATTACK

TRICEP TONER

UPPER BODY WORKOUT

PUSH-UP CHALLENGE

Hybrid Workouts

LADY GAGA STANDING ABS/LEGS

PLANK ARM WORKOUT FOR FLAT ABS/TONED ARMS

SERIOUS STANDING PILATES FOR LEGS/BUTT/OBLIQUES

STANDING PILATES BY THE SEA FOR THIGHS/CORE/SHOULDERS

Full Body

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS WORKOUT

BIKINI BOD WORKOUT

BIKINI BOOTCAMP

BODY SLIMMING WORKOUT

NEW BODY MAKEOVER

POST THANKSGIVING TUNE UP

SCULPTING TOTAL BODY WORKOUT

SEA INSPIRED PILATES WORKOUT

SUMMER SLIMDOWN WORKOUT

TILL THE WORLD ENDS TOTAL BODY WORKOUT

TOTAL BODY BANGIN’ WORKOUT

TOTAL BODY SCULPT FOR ABS/BUTT/THIGHS

WEIGHT LOSS PILATES

Beginner Workouts

BEGINNER AB TIME!

BEGINNER TOTAL BODY WORKOUT

Partner Workouts

SCULPTING PARTNER WORKOUT

Stretches

AMAZING UPPER BACK/LEG STRETCHES

STRETCHING FOR FLEXIBILITY

Cardio

20/20 WORKOUT FOR FAT BLASTING & TONING

BLOGILATES & BEX HIIT WORKOUT

CARDIO KICKBOXING

CRAZY PARK HIIT WORKOUT

FAT MELTING ROUTINE

FOOD BABY HIIT WORKOUT

HEART THROBBER WORKOUT

HIIT BODYWEIGHT WORKOUT

KICK IT WORKOUT

CARDIO DANCE!

TOTAL BODY CARDIO KICKBOXING

i totally, totally recommend blogilates. cassey is so cute and motivational and her videos are great!

the-more-u-know: katlaydee: (Make sure you stretch both sides!...

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:31:33 -0500

the-more-u-know:

katlaydee:

(Make sure you stretch both sides! I like to do this routine twice on each side as I find myself a little looser after the first run through. Hold each stretch for 20-30 seconds. )

Stretching for the Splits: Quick Guide

I get a lot of asks about how to achieve a split, so I took a couple quick videos today to help out anyone who is working toward this goal! These are my favorite side splits stretches. Here are a few things to keep in mind when stretching for the splits:

Warm up fully before beginning to stretch! This is important. Warm muscles are much looser and more pliable than cold ones, and much less prone to injury. It’s best to save the stretching for after your workout, or if you aren’t planning on working out, do 5-10 minutes of a full body cardio session that gets your heart rate up. Jumping jacks, kicks, jogging around, running up and down the stairs, dancing to a fast song or two… whatever gets your blood flowing. I find it helpful to do some squats, lunges, and high-knees before stretching my legs as well.

Try to keep the hips squared when you stretch.This means that both your hips will be facing forward, your legs should be nearly in line with each other, the knee and foot of the back leg will be facing the floor, and your torso should not twist out to the side. Think of pulling the back leg forward and the front leg back. Whether you perform your split squared or turned out/open will depend on your sport/dance style and aesthetic preference, but when stretching always aim for squared hips as it allows a deeper stretch.

Stretch to the point of discomfort, NOT PAIN. Don’t hurt yourself! A pulled muscle can set back all of your progress for weeks or months, so listen to your body!

Don’t stretch every day. My general rule is that if my muscles feel fine, I will stretch 2 days in a row, but try to give yourself a break at least every few days and especially if your muscles are very sore. Just like strength training, your body needs time to repair any muscles damage. Stretching too much can actually inhibit your progress. Light stretching however is ok every day.

Be patient! Splits don’t happen overnight. It may take some 4 weeks and others 4 months and others 4 years, but keep at it and you will see results :)

Of course there are many many more stretches that you can do to help achieve your splits, but these are the basics that will target the hamstrings and hip flexors for your split. Make sure to vary your routine and add new stretches every so often!

This is a GREAT post. However, I am VERY close to doing the splits this way. Stretch kicks help bigtime in stretching for this as well. If anybody has a post for stretches for doing splits the other way that would be sublime! and you should share it with me :D

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Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:27:59 -0500

450 calories burned tonight.

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:48:57 -0500

getting back in the workout flow, worked out everyday this week. I’m gonna look hot as fuck by summer and that’s a promise.

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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:17:03 -0500

fits-facts: Stay Fit N Be Happy

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:55:36 -0500

fits-facts:

Stay Fit N Be Happy

When you exercise;

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:54:59 -0500

hipbonesandrunningshoes:

Sweat is all the negativity coming out of you, making room for all the positivity :-)

before-and-after-pictures: emiello: justthinkingaboutcatsagain:...

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:36:41 -0500

before-and-after-pictures:

emiello:

justthinkingaboutcatsagain:

BEFORE/AFTER PICTURES: HEALTH EDITION

TW: EATING DISORDER

I’ve been wanting to make this post for quite a while. I’ve seen before/after pictures all my life. In fact, there was a period of time when I searched for them obsessively, trying to convince myself I could be the “after” photo if the “before” person could, too. But before/after photos generally aren’t about health or fitness, but about weight loss. And I’m here to tell you: they aren’t the same thing.

I had problems with food perhaps my whole life. I grew up in a dieting culture, in a dieting household. I went on my first diet in the fourth grade, and was praised for it. I went on my first fast in the seventh grade. I started restricting seriously when I was sixteen. I became obsessed with dieting and exercising at seventeen. I was still not the modelesque girls in the “after” photos. I saw too much “before” still. Health and fitness became an obnoxious facade for the real desire: weight loss.

On my eighteenth birthday I realized I had an eating disorder because I had a panic attack at the thought of having to eat birthday cake. From then forward my health spiraled downward. I was eating as few calories as I could, and burning/purging as many as I could get away with. I would exercise for hours at the gym, and yet I couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs without getting winded. My body was so weak, I had difficulty standing for long periods of time without feeling faint.

The abuse I put my body through: the restricting/fasting, the binging/purging (and sometimes one without the other, although mostly purging without binging), the over-exercising, it all resulted in weight-loss while sacrificing health and fitness. And yet people in our society don’t seem to get that they’re not synonymous. I would have family friends approach me to tell me how good I looked, how fit I must be, how healthy I must be. Every compliment I received brought bile to my mouth. Couldn’t they see I was ill? Couldn’t they see how sick I was?

The thing is, many of them could see how sick I was. One of my mom’s friends said to me, “You’ve gotten so skinny! You must not be eating. Are you not eating? Good for you! Keep it up. I need to start doing that. What a great way to get in shape.” I really wish I were kidding. But the fact is, people think losing weight by starving yourself counts as getting into shape. People see “being in shape” as literally looking like you have no body fat, rather than being in the best physical condition your body can be in.

People would tell me I “looked fit.” As if you could “look” fit. As if fitness had a physical shape. You know what? I wasn’t fit. I was ill.

I was so ill, that when I tried to get better, my body rejected it. For a long time. It had gotten used to less than five hundred calories a day. It had gotten used to throwing up any time I felt remotely full. It had gotten used to functioning without any fat or sugar in my diet. When I was hospitalized, it was really difficult for me to keep food down. Everything made me feel sick. I would eat a normal meal, my stomach would swell as if I were pregnant, and I would be in so much pain I’d cry through the therapy sessions. We did yoga in the eating disorder treatment program. I was one of the worst at it. I had no balance, and everything made me out of breath. My muscles would shake even doing downward dog.

And that brings us to the “AFTER” photos. I was diligent about recovery. I stuck to the meal plan my nutritionist gave me. I made sure to exercise regularly, without over doing it. Part of my meal plan involved eating dessert every day. So I ate dessert every day. Part of my recovery was to engage in unconditional self love. So I embraced myself, my body, and my love for myself like it was a religion.

I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been. I’ve gained 75 pounds since I was checked into the eating disorder clinic three years ago, and am 5 sizes larger. But you know what? I am healthy now. I have a balanced diet. I exercise for the sake of health and fitness, not weight loss. I do yoga, and without shaking and panting. I have balance. This is what health looks like for me. This is what fitness looks like for me.

I encourage all of you, find your own health and fitness. Find your own balance. Don’t compare your body to other people’s bodies. Your body is uniquely your own. Therefore, your health and fitness are uniquely your own. Fat does not negate health and fitness. Thinness does not guarantee it.

This is one of the most perfect posts I have seen on body positivity. If you’ve scrolled past, seriously - read it.

jaidelespoir: Jillian Michaels Yelling (various audio clips...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:41:31 -0500

jaidelespoir:

Jillian Michaels Yelling (various audio clips from The Biggest Loser)

lols guys this is what I listen to on my iPod when I go for runs or do workouts. It so motivational, seriously, try it sometime.

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sweatsalty: COMPLETE BLOGILATES/POP PILATES WORKOUT...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:56:01 -0400

sweatsalty:

COMPLETE BLOGILATES/POP PILATES WORKOUT VIDEOS:

Back

BACK ATTACK

SEXY BACK WORKOUT

Butt

BEYONCE BOOTYLICIOUS BUTT

BUTT BLASTER

SUPER BUTT WORKOUT

Core

3 MINUTE AB WORKOUT CHALLENGE

6 PACK ABS IN 6 MOVES!

ABOMINABLE ABDOMINALS

CINCH THAT WAIST WORKOUT

CORSET WORKOUT FOR A SLIM WAIST

CRAZY CORE WORKOUT

HOT ABS WORKOUT

INTENSE AB WORKOUT

LOWER BELLY POOCH ATTACK

MUFFIN TOP/LOVE HANDLES EXTERMINATOR

MUFFIN TOP MELTDOWN

UH-OH OBLIQUES

YOU’VE GOT ABS FLAT ABS WORKOUT CHALLENGE

Legs

INNER THIGH INSANITY

LEGILATES LEGSERCIZES

LEGS AND THIGHS WORKOUT

SADDLEBAG SHAVER

SLIMMER INNER THIGHS/RUNNER’S CALVES WORKOUT

SO YOU WANT NICE LEGS WORKOUT

THANKFUL THIGHS THANKSGIVING WORKOUT

Upper Body

ARM ATTACK

TRICEP TONER

UPPER BODY WORKOUT

PUSH-UP CHALLENGE

Hybrid Workouts

LADY GAGA STANDING ABS/LEGS

PLANK ARM WORKOUT FOR FLAT ABS/TONED ARMS

SERIOUS STANDING PILATES FOR LEGS/BUTT/OBLIQUES

STANDING PILATES BY THE SEA FOR THIGHS/CORE/SHOULDERS

Full Body

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS WORKOUT

BIKINI BOD WORKOUT

BIKINI BOOTCAMP

BODY SLIMMING WORKOUT

NEW BODY MAKEOVER

POST THANKSGIVING TUNE UP

SCULPTING TOTAL BODY WORKOUT

SEA INSPIRED PILATES WORKOUT

SUMMER SLIMDOWN WORKOUT

TILL THE WORLD ENDS TOTAL BODY WORKOUT

TOTAL BODY BANGIN’ WORKOUT

TOTAL BODY SCULPT FOR ABS/BUTT/THIGHS

WEIGHT LOSS PILATES

Beginner Workouts

BEGINNER AB TIME!

BEGINNER TOTAL BODY WORKOUT

Partner Workouts

SCULPTING PARTNER WORKOUT

Stretches

AMAZING UPPER BACK/LEG STRETCHES

STRETCHING FOR FLEXIBILITY

Cardio

20/20 WORKOUT FOR FAT BLASTING & TONING

BLOGILATES & BEX HIIT WORKOUT

CARDIO KICKBOXING

CRAZY PARK HIIT WORKOUT

FAT MELTING ROUTINE

FOOD BABY HIIT WORKOUT

HEART THROBBER WORKOUT

HIIT BODYWEIGHT WORKOUT

KICK IT WORKOUT

CARDIO DANCE!

TOTAL BODY CARDIO KICKBOXING