Food Exercise Pairing
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Food-Ex Pairing: Pumpkin Head!
What: Pumpkin
And: Noggin
How: Seeds
And: Headstand or Meditation
Why: Seasonal
And: Cogito Ergo Sum
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Food-Ex Pairing: Oblique Barley
What: External Abdominal Oblique
And: Barley
How: Renegade Rows
And: Boricha
Why: Shimmy
And: Regularity
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Food-Ex Pairing: Latissimus Carrot
What: Lats
And: Carrots
How: Pull Ups
And: Pickled
Why: Only Muscle with connections to your upper and lower body.
And: Fewer Heart Attacks.
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Food-Ex Pairing Day Three: Broccoli Quad
Hello Monday Featsters. Early in the week, and early in this challenge, we're keeping it basic, and essential: Your food is broccoli, and your body part is the thigh, a.k.a. your quadruceps. It doesn't get any more accessible or urgent than this. Broccoli is available everywhere, affordable, and easy to prepare in any number of ways. You can boil it, steam it, or stir fry it. Never mind that certain recent U.S. Presidents refused to eat it, it's very good for you: It's does nice things for your heart, can help prevent cataracts, and give you stronger bones, plus it's a cruciferous veggie, and crucifers have got all sorts of anti-carcinogenic properties. On top of all that it looks like trees with tiny green trunks, and it's fun to eat.
Speaking of TRUNKS, your legs contain the biggest muscles in your body, and your thighs are the biggest muscles in your legs. We owe many of the greatest things in life to our quads: Leaping, walking, running, and kicking things like cans and tires and other people. But, sitting all day at our desks, those big muscles go tragically underutilized. Not today! Perhaps you will do Olympic Squats as described in detail here, or maybe you'll go for a ride with Lance, or a spin, or a jog. Or maybe you'll find a field and do wind sprints, dreaming of Usain Bolt (hot video after the jump). Or if you want to be very creative, you might try "Urban Sprinting" like Aussie Jerky Boy, Neg....
Have fun, and tell us all about it!
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