Tag: technique
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Should I Hire a Personal Trainer? When you make a new commitment to exercise by joining a gym, you will usually be offered an orientation to the gym’s equipment, which generally includes some cardio machines (ellipticals, treadmills, stationary bikes, and sometimes rowing machines) and resistance machines. Some of the resistance machines may be oriented in…
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Is Yoga Dangerous? A couple of years ago, The New York Times published How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body, a discussion of serious injuries — even fatalities — resulting from yoga practice. The Times got lots of angry letters! In the US, yoga is often touted uncritically as a healing restorative, and a safe alternative…