Oct 2012
23

Skinny Minnie: Is Barney’s New York Setting Young Girls Up for Negative Body Image and Eating Disorders?

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Skinny Minnie: Is Barney’s New York Setting Young Girls Up for Negative Body Image and Eating Disorders?

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! A new Barney’s New York holiday ad campaign has begun to spark serious criticism from the media and girls’ body image advocates – and it’s not difficult to see why.  Barney’s new ad campaign plans to feature versions of Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and other children’s …

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Oct 2012
19

Could You Be Orthorexic? What is Orthorexia?

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Could You Be Orthorexic? What is Orthorexia?

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! It’s a term that’s been garnering a lot of media attention recently.  Some call it the newest eating disorder.  Others believe it’s an anxiety disorder or a type of obsessive compulsive disorder.  What is orthorexia?

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Oct 2012
18

What’s the ONE Most Effective Abdominal Exercise? It’s NOT the Crunch!

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What’s the ONE Most Effective Abdominal Exercise? It’s NOT the Crunch!

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Bikini season IS officially over.  But that doesn’t mean we should ignore our abs!  In fact, as we all know, a strong core is important to our overall fitness in a variety of ways.  The abdominal muscles help stabilize not only the upper body but also …

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Oct 2012
17

5 Steps to Decrease Body Fat Without Changing Your Diet or Exercise

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5 Steps to Decrease Body Fat Without Changing Your Diet or Exercise

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! Yep, you heard that right.  There is actually just one main key to decreasing your body fat that doesn’t involve your diet or exercise.  It’s the one crucial thing that you are probably not doing that could be the make it or break it key to …

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Oct 2012
16

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea – Weight Loss and More

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Benefits of Drinking Green Tea – Weight Loss and More

New here?  Like Athlean-XX for Women on Facebook to stay up to date with new posts, great fitness and nutrition articles, motivations and inspirations, fitness challenges, Q&As, giveaways and more! For those of us who are working on weight loss, we’re familiar with the phrase, ‘Don’t drink your calories.’  Drinks like bottled juices, sodas and fancy lattes and frappes contain empty calories and lots of sugar.  Studies show that even the artificial sweeteners contained in the …

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