If you have tired of regular abdominal crunches, you might want to up the ante by adding some weight to the move. The Dumbbell Crunch variation makes a basic crunch more challenging and saves you time — you need to do less in order to achieve the same results.
Grab a set of dumbbells and .
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Learning to be a better photographer when you're out of school, you usually just have to pick things up as you go along. Having someone guide you and learning by experimentation is awesome, but sometimes you can have an aha moment when you hear someone explain something from the ground up. In this video, it's aperture, and what it means — you'll also hear about F-stop, depth of field, and how they affect your photos.
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If you're looking for a new balancing pose to try, how about Sage Tree? This is one of my favorites because it targets your upper body, core, and hips all at the same time.
Sanskrit Name: Vasistha Vrksasana
English Translation: Sage Tree Pose
Also Called: Sage with Bent Knee
Want to know how to get into this pose?
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When you're celebrating the onset of 2009 tonight, don't fall short on chilled bubbly. If you've got a warm bottle of Champagne and very little time to make it cold, we've got a fast solution for you.
Place your sparkler into an ice bucket (or another tall plastic container).
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How to Pop a Champagne Cork! Whenever there's champagne at a party, I always end up being the cork-popper. It's a relatively new responsibility of mine; just a few years ago I couldn't handle it. I always assumed I'd break a window, or shoot someone's eye out.
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I am always up for a good hamstring stretch and have found this series of partner poses not only fun but also effective in stretching my legs and working my abs. It's similar to the Double Standing Straddle, but you're lying on your back with gravity helping you deepen your stretch. Not only will you feel an intense stretch in your hips and the backs of your legs, but you'll also work your abs at the same time.
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Last year I told you about some great exercises you can do to strengthen and tone your muscles using resistance bands and dumbbells. Check out my top six favorite moves that target your arms, upper back, quads, and glutes.
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The stockings may have been hung by the chimney with care, and all of your carefully chosen presents may have been perfectly wrapped, but when gift-opening time starts, you're sure to be left with a mound of paper. But don't throw it away! Here are some ways to make sure that the holiday paper doesn't go to waste this morning.
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Yoga poses are great to do individually, but when you link them together, you create a fluid dance-like sequence that strengthens your body and energizes your mind. In case you missed them the first time around, here's a collection of my favorite yoga sequences.
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