Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Monday, September 10, 2018
Emily Skye on How to Fix 3 Common Moves You May Be Getting Wrong
Seasoned gym rats and newbies alike will nail these exercises during their next sweat sesh.
We’ll admit it: Sometimes a basic squat or plank just doesn’t cut it. Well, we’ve done the homework for you and have three moves that will help improve posture, build strength, and work your core. High fives all around. Whether you’re not entirely sure that you’ve been doing these exercises correctly (*slow hand raise*), or you want to add more variety to beef up your gym circuit, we’ve got you covered.
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In these side-by-side videos, social media star and fitness professional Emily Skye demonstrates how to master the kettlebell swing, kettlebell deadlift, and stability ball plank with just a few easy modifications. The kettlebell swing and deadlift are both explosive moves that will shock your muscles, while the stability ball plank raises the intensity and adds more of a challenge to your fairly simple (read: boring) plank.
Check out Skye’s quick fixes below:
Kettlebell swing
The fix: Pull your shoulders back and hinge at the hips.
Kettlebell deadlift
The fix: Keep your chest up and back flat. Hinge at the hips.
Stability ball plank
The fix: Bring your spine into alignment, and engage your core.
Nail Salon Apologizes After Denying Service to Woman Because She Weighs Over 250 Lbs.
“It was embarrassing,” she said. “You get that knot in your stomach and your heart drops a little bit.”
A South Carolina nail salon is making amends after they turned away a woman because she weighed over 250 lbs.
Amanda Wolfenbarger went to Nail Spa in Conway, South Carolina for a pedicure, and said a man took her over to a chair and had her soak her feet for ten minutes before returning and asking how much she weighed.
“It was embarrassing,” Wolfenbarger told WMBF News. “You get that knot in your stomach and your heart drops a little bit.”
After she told him her weight, Wolfenbarger said he pointed to a sign that stated, “We are not accepting any person over 250 lb. for pedicure service, sorry!”
“Why even sit me?” she questioned afterwards. “There’s a more tactful way of approaching someone and he could have explained it at the counter.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Nail Spa for comment.
According to WMBF, Tina Bui, the owner of Nail Spa, was immediately apologetic and talked to Wolfenbarger in the parking lot. Bui said that the policy is in place because the chairs have a weight limit, and they want their customers to be able to safely sit in the chair.
“[I’m] sorry that happened today and made my customer [who] came to my nail shop unhappy and hurt her feelings,” Bui said. “I tried to say sorry … that happened to her. But something if I can do, I’m really happy to do.”
Crystal Smith, another Nail Spa customer, offered to remake the signs.
“It was inappropriate how it had been placed on there … it was actually in a rude manner,” she said.
But she said Bui wants to do the right thing.
“Tina feels horrible about the way it was addressed to her, but she has looked into other chairs from different companies for higher weight limits,” Smith said.