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Get all the benefits of a personal trainer without hurting your bank balance Many people credit their personal trainers for their success in the gym. PTs can provide much-needed motivation when your own is just lacking; they can find ways to help you enjoy exercise when your imagination is running dry, and they also think for you – allowing you to switch off and just focus on smashing your workout. A recent study conducted at America’s UCLA found that the use of a periodized program implemented by a personal trainer provided significantly better results than without. This rang true not only for improvements in strength but also in body composition – so whether you’re looking to push more weights or slim down for the summer, personal training could be just what you need. Using a program devised by a PT is great if you have a specific goal in mind. Periodicity allows you to progress and push past plateaus, really allowing the body to get result after result. But there’s only one problem:...

It’s an iconic yoga posture, yet remaining stable in tree pose takes a bit of work. Find out how it’s done I love this time of year. Although winter is just around the corner, when the skies are clear, the air has a wonderful crispness about it. And as the sun pours down onto swathes of russet and golden leaves, they seem to emit their own special glow. Of course, it won’t be long before the trees are completely bare and, for the next few months, we’ll have a constant reminder of how they balance stability and expansiveness, a connection to earth and sky. If you’d like to feel more grounded and open, it’s time to nurture your inner tree. Here’s how: 1)  Stand with your feet together and take a few slow breaths to center yourself and quieten your mind. 2) When you are ready, take a deep breath in and, on an exhale, shift your weight so it’s centered over your left leg, knee, and hip stacked over the foot. Grasp your right ankle, placing the sole of your right foot as high as possible o...

Feeling stuck in your yoga practice? Find out how to take it deeper Oh dear… It’s five o’clock in the morning and I’m sitting at my kitchen table listening to the sound of the rain pattering down on the skylight above me. The fridge is humming away contentedly and a distant plane passes overhead. It all feels rather tranquil until the wind begins to howl and the rain starts pummelling down. It’s about this time I start to wish I was doing what most people were -  sleeping soundly while tucked up in bed. But with three lots of homework to complete before my  triyoga  teacher training weekend, I’ve decided to take a leaf out of  Michelle Obama ’s book, stop moaning, rise early and get the work done… One week later, back at my kitchen table (at a much more respectable 7 am), I’m happy to report that I handed everything in on time. It seems my hard work is paying off - I passed my first two asana assignments with flying colors (although I’ll have to take my ego out of the equation if I’m t...

Historically bad Dolphins and the trouble with tanking The Trouble With Tanking Frustrated with a string of middling seasons, the Miami Dolphins have gutted their roster, settling for historically bad football in the present with the hope of potentially great football in the future. The goal: to horde precious draft picks. The question: Can a teardown of this magnitude pay off in the NFL? During one of the historically bad losses, in what is on pace to be a historically bad season, there was some mercy in the fact that the Dolphins’ home crowd started streaming out of the stadium after a fourth-quarter pick-six. That meant there was a smaller audience for the second one, which came four plays later. Like all four of the Sunday afternoons for the 2019 Miami Dolphins so far this season, this one played out more like a blooper reel. On the Patriots’ second defensive touchdown of their Week 2 visit to Miami, running back Kalen Ballage, wide-open after running a simple route into the flat, ...

Ohio State's breaking out the black uniforms. For the second straight season and third time since 2015, the Buckeyes will be rocking the black uniforms, donning the alternate look this Saturday against Michigan State. The Buckeye players won't be the only ones donning an all-black look this weekend. Ohio State is calling for all fans to wear black to the game to create a blackout, primetime environment. https://twitter.com/OhioStAthletics/status/1178452483653427200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1178452483653427200&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elevenwarriors.com%2Fohio-state-football%2F2019%2F09%2F107298%2Fohio-state-to-wear-black-uniforms-against-michigan-state-urges-fans-to-wear-black Ohio breaking out black uniforms The Buckeyes debuted the all-black look for the first time in 2015, where they blasted Penn State 38-10 thanks to 255 combined rushing yards and three combined rushing touchdowns from J.T. Barrett and Ezekiel Elliott. Ohio State rolled ...