Tag: fitness
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Photo Series Show What 200 Calories Looks Like in Different Foods… And the Results Will Surprise You
WiseGEEK recently conducted a very visual and informative study and presented a photo series, which compares what 200 calories actually look like in different foods. You’d think that with Summer coming up, a handful of gummy bears couldn’t hurt much, right..? Well, turns out, just 51 gram of those gives you the same amount of…
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Fitness Blogger Shows How She Would Look Like If She Had A ‘Perfect’ Body Throughout History
Ever wondered what the ‘ideal’ body shape is over the centuries? Fitness blogger Cassey Ho has noticed that the ‘ideal’ body shape that society bestows on women seems to be changing ever more quickly. Like the insidious nature of fast fashion, where trends come and go in the blink of an eye to keep you…
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Artist Explores The Strength, Flexibility, And Power Of The Human Body In Portraits
Photographer Mark Ruddick has just released “The Athletic Implied Nudes Series”, which is an exploration of the human body under muscle stress— understanding the body’s strength, flexibility, and power. Clean backgrounds, hard lighting, and black & white photography work together to eliminate distractions and highlight the muscle groups and figure of my subjects. Beginning with…
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Animation Perfectly Comments On Our Warped Standards of the Female Body
It takes great lengths for a woman to meet today’s unattainable beauty standards. You need to work. Shave it, brush it, lift it, tuck it. Some things need to be smaller, the others — bigger. And all for that glorious moment when somebody says you are beautiful, feminine, divine. But is it worth it? French…
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Plus-Sized Yogi is Changing the Face of Fitness on Instagram
Plenty of fitness gurus share their workout regimen on Instagram, but 27-year-old Jessamyn Stanley might be the most inspiring of them all. This plus-sized yogi is showing the world that she’s just as capable as other yoga enthusiasts by sharing images of her incredible feats of strength and flexibility. Through her Instagram account, Stanley elicits a powerful…
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People From Around the World Next to the Amount of Food They Eat Every Day
Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio traveled the around the world for three years. Their mission was to visit and document the eating habits of 80 people from incredibly diverse backgrounds. What they discovered delivers a hard hitting dose of perspective. What they did was photograph individuals with the amount and type of food they…
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This Is What School Lunches Look Like Around The World
About 32 million children in the US eat cafeteria school lunches every day. As a nation with a childhood obesity epidemic, Sweetgreen – an organization that seeks to battle childhood obesity and promote healthy eating habits for children—decided to take a look at what these kids actually have for lunch at school. The organization also takes a look…
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SEXandTAKEOUT: a Voyeuristic Photo Series by Sarah Bahbah
As the saying goes, “Pizza is a lot like sex. When it’s good, it’s really good. When it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.” Australian photographer and creative Sarah Bahbah has taken this notion to a whole new level with here series #SEXandTAKEOUT. According to Sarah, “Sex and Takeout was inspired while I was travelling the States with…
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Artist Turns Bananas Into Amazing Banana Sculptures!
Remember when your mother told you not to play with your food?! Well nobody must have told artist Stephen Brusche, who creates delightful banana-creations! It appears that banana art is all the rage at the moment, as we’ve previously featured HERE. However Stephen’s banana art is extra a-peeling, as you will see in our favourite…
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An Adorable Loch Ness Cooking Ladle
The next time you’re cooking up a hot pot of soup, why not reach for this adorable ladle? The Nessie Ladle has the body shape of the mysterious Loch Ness monster but this guy’s got stubby little legs so that it can stand on its own. Designed by Ototo for the modern store Animi Causa,…