Having various interests is useful because I come across many interesting articles and tutorials. I thought I’d share with you what I’ve shared with my friends during the last week.
Here are the 5 highly useful articles and videos I’ve forwarded my friends this week:
1. 10 minute yoga for back pain
My friend spends a lot of time sitting in front of the computer at work. She was complaining that her back started hurting more and more. I suggested exercise, but she doesn’t have time for exercise because the holidays are coming and the workload is getting bigger. She tried yoga a couple of times, so I figured that she will be eager to try a squeeze 10 minutes out of her day to do these exercises to ease her back pain.
These are really good yoga asanas for back pain, check them out! However I would switch the second asana (Hands to toes pose – Padangustasana) with the Cobra Pose.
See the 10 minute yoga for back pain!
2. An amazing series of innovative mobility videos targeting knee pain
Seemed to me that this past week was all about injuries and pains: first my friend with her back pain complained, then my sweetest guy friend had pain in his knees. Luckily I came across this wonderful series on YouTube about mobility, and I remembered the one focusing on knee pain. So I immediately knew what he needed to do to fix his knee! He was really thankful for the great tips in that video, it’s worth a watch.
See the amazing series of innovative mobility videos targeting specific pains – knee pain!
There are many other good videos in this series that target other body parts and issues such as: low back pain, shoulder/elbow, connecting foot to hip to spine, ankles, shoulder impingement, hamstrings, wrist mobility
SI joint, IT band syndrome/lateral knee pain, neck issues and many more.
3. Stress scale with a list of 43 stressful life events
I had experienced a lot of stress lately, and I came across this list of 43 stressful life events. It was a real eye opener to see that retirement and dismissal from work had almost the same score for how they affect health. And imagine: major holidays also made this list!
See the stress scale with a list of 43 stressful life events
4. Woman handed card on tube from an organisation which hates fat people
This is a controversial article about a woman who was handed a card saying the word ‘fat’ and how she reacted to it. Instead of taking a moment to think about her current lifestyle choices (like I would), she took a picture and posted it on Twitter expecting people to share it to express their outrage. Spoiler alert: they did share it. I believe this was free publicity for Overweight Haters Ltd they didn’t even dreamed of having. The police is currently running an investigation on the company.
See the article: Woman handed card on tube from an organisation which hates fat people
Fun fact: pay attention to the famous fat girl angle on all her pictures.
5. The U.S. isn’t the fattest country in the world – but it’s close
It is a chart of countries ranked by the percentage of their population that is overweight or obese – which is defined as having a body mass index of over 25. On the top of the list are 3 small islands in the Pacific with four out of five of their citizens being overweight or obese.
See the full list here: the U.S. isn’t the fattest country in the world – but it’s close
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