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Add Some Caffeine To Your Morning Ride

I would bike to work, you say, but then when would I drink my coffee? Social Workout's esteemed engineer Micah has that problem all worked out. Behold: The bike coffee holder, or as it's properly called, "The Morning Rush Coffee Holder Kit." $39.99 and you too could be sipping and riding. Micah gives it a big thumbs up. Though, after risking death one morning with an improper mug, he vigorously recommends heading the kit's warning that "mug holder ring only to be used with accompanying commuter mug. Using other devices or cups will lead to spillage and possible serious accidents."

Challenges

Annals of Caffeine Withdrawl: Day 6

Thanks to some pushups, some water, and some very good moral support, I made it through Monday morning without breaking my caffeine-free vow. I miss my coffee cart guy — I know he calls everyone "sweetie" and "beautiful," but I think he says it with a special twinkle when he says it to me — but I've stayed strong. Until this morning. When I got a headache and took an Excedrin.

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Yoga may be stronger than caffeine

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I never thought I would say something like this, but it may very well be true. And I am a bona fide caffeine lover. I am totally and wholeheartedly addicted. I like it black. Nothing in it. That's the best way to have it. I woke up on Sunday morning thinking about a nice cold glass of strong black iced coffee. It was almost 9, but instead of walking to my favorite java joint, I walked the guest dog in residence.

Scientific

Coffee Fights Cancer?

More evidence that coffee is good for you, or at least that researchers with serious coffee habits are really intent on justifying them: A new study at the University of Utah shows that people who drink four cups of coffee a day are 39% less likely to suffer from cancer of the mouth and pharynx. Add that to the 20% less likely to develop heart disease of this morning's other coffee study, and maybe you're hankering for another cup.... Just don't forget the study that says people who drink more than 7 cups a day are three times as likely to hear non-existent voices.

Scientific

Your Heart Hearts Coffee

Coffee may be better at beating back caffeine withdrawal than it actually is at perking you up, but a new study shows that regardless, coffee consumption is linked to reduced risk of heart disease. In the Dutch study which tracked 37,000 people over 13 years, moderate coffee drinkers (defined as 2-4 cups a day) had a 20% lower risk of heart disease than coffee abstainers. Even better is tea. People who drank 3-6 cups of tea a day had a 45% lower risk of death from heart disease.

Faux Fix

Bad News for Your Morning Cup of Coffee

"While frequent consumers may feel alerted by coffee, evidence suggests that this is actually merely the reversal of the fatiguing effects of acute caffeine withdrawal. And given the increased propensity to anxiety and raised blood pressure induced by caffeine consumption, there is no net benefit to be gained."

— findings from a study conducted at the University of Bristol, which tested subjects' alertness after intaking either caffeine or a placebo and found they looked pretty much the same.

Elixirs

Superfood Coffee Blast-Off

Okay boys and girls! Get ready for a dose of rocket fuel. The "healthy" kind of course, depending on your philosophy. Regardless, I encourage you to try this one out. 
Here's a way to do your organic coffee that you don't have to feel guilty about. Coffee is one of those things I move in and out of. I like stimulants. And yet I'm sensitive to them and have to consume with slight caution. All the superfoods whipped into this combo make you feel grounded and round out the energy you get from the coffee. And if you're extra sensitive, you can always drop the coffee, add a few extra cacao beans, and still get a major boost! Here's the recipe:

My workout motivation is in this cup . . .

What a sad, sad, tired day for me.  I am not a total coffee fiend.  I can forget to drink it and still function fine, and on days I do drink it, it's just one cup.

Today I forgot/didn't feel like making it or buying it.  I JUST got around to having some, and now I am ready to SPANK some push-ups and pull-ups over my lunch break.  Spank them, I say!

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it's 10 am and I'm ready for bedtime!

Hi! I'm on my 2nd cappuccino of the day. My eyes opened slightly at 5:15am. I made my way over to first, a coffee place (DD, ugh i shudder at the thought. but it was early! no place else was open!!) and then to Prema to practice Jathiswaram (a Bharatanatyam dance piece I'm trying to learn for a May 1st group show). 715am yoga with Tamar and I felt like it was noon already!

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Some Sleepy Yoga

Sleepy yoga starts slow with deep breaths, swan dives, forward bends and easy alternating lunges.