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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) Local instructor Kendra Brouwer has been doing yoga for the better part of 13 years. With the pandemic urging us to stay home-bound shes finding new ways to adjust.

Shifting her classroom to chat room wasnt an easy stretch.

It takes a little bit to get used to, but once you do it one time it makes a little more sense, Brouwer said.

Up until a couple of weeks ago she hosted classes in her Kosha Yoga School. She now uses Zoom in response to COVID-19. She says that just because we have to be isolated doesnt mean we have to stay still.

Its really important to get your body moving; its good for you lymphatic system which is where your immune system is, Brouwer said.

Shes joined by regular members of her class like Carol Van Winkle, who are also adjusting.

Its nice. You dont have to go outside. You dont have to rush to get down to the studio, so, no its awesome, Kosha Student Carol Van Winkle said.

While home can be a potentially distracting space, Brouwer says it could be a benefit to newcomers.

Maybe being able to come to practice from the comfort of their own home has been good for people, plus theyre looking for something to do and need a little bit of that outlet, Brouwer said.

I pretty well keep focused at home but I do miss the socialization of being with the people at the studio, Van Winkle said.

The group also takes time before and after the sessions to chat and check-in on each others well being.

Theyre the faces of those people you havent seen in a couple of weeks, and we miss each other, Brouwer said.

With every class, they dont feel so far out of reach

It keeps me moving, it keeps you know everything active which is good because Im old, Van Winkle said

You can visit Kosha Yoga Schools website to find a list of classes and scheduling.

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Life Time Fitness CEOBahram Akradi said Wednesday his company will be forced to furlough almost all of its workforce if Congress doesn't act and President Trump is unable to set an "end date" for the economic shutdown caused by coronavirus.

Because governors in states such as Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and California have deemed many businesses "non-essential" or "non-life-sustaining," places like Life Time Fitness have been forced to shutter.

Akradi told "The Ingraham Angle" he has been working with his fellow executives to figure out how to keep his 40,000 employees paid and "financially safe" through the coronavirus pandemic's run.

"We made the commitment as soonas this thing broke out a coupleweeks ago:We immediately canceled 100 percent ofmyself and my executive team'scompensation -- that's every lastdollar.We committed to pay our teammembers through Friday,March 29," he said.

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Host Laura Ingraham noted Akradi is one of many executives demonized by liberal politicians in Congress who have decried Republican attempts to help them through this uncertain and tough time -- despite acts of kindness like the one he laid out.

"After what I have seen comes outof these stimulus plans, withouthaving a certain date that weknow we can go back to work, Ihave no choice but to putprobably about 90 percentof my 40,000people on furlough," Akradi warned.

He went on to praise President Trump's key actions through this economic downturn, saying he is a good businessman and has the "right instincts."

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Akradi said Trump therefore understands that shuttered businesses cannot survive long without a date certain or financial security.

"If I know I can get my peopleback to work on 15th of April, Iabsolutely would pull them rightback off the furloughimmediately," he said. "If I know thatwe can be back to work by May 1I can make provisions.

With a date certain, "we can make sure all of ouremployees will get full [benefits]," he added.

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Preparing your body and mindset for your next western hunting adventure whether it be high country mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep or mountain goat is nothing to slouch at. Getting your gear in proper order is one thing, but getting your mental and physical aspects ready for what you're about to do is another beast all in itself. I've done everything from heavy weight training, running long distance, circuit training and tinkering with mixing one style with another, but there is hands down one training program that really trumps them all: MTNTOUGH.

I've always kept myself in athletic shape and was never one to buy into programs or routines since I thought that what I was doing was fine. Until I heard about this group of people who have been training strictly for endurance mountain hunting. So, I decided to drive to Bozeman on my day off to participate in a class to see what all the fuss was about. To my surprise, I walked out a believer covered in sweat with my butt completely whooped and sore for the next few days wanting to find out more.

MTNTOUGH Fitness Lab is located in the popular outdoor city of Bozeman, Montana. There they have a newly-acquired facility where they hold seminars as well as training classes during the week for those who are local or simply passing through. But they don't stop there!

MTNTOUGH was founded by a certified National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) personal trainer and western hunter Dustin Diefenderfer. Diefenderfer has designed training regiments geared specifically for the backcountry hunter looking to build mental toughness and endurance. Along with Diefenderfer, the hand-picked staff behind the multiple programs they offer is comprised of a retired Army Ranger officer, a former Navy SEAL member and many other highly-qualified personal trainers.

The company is dedicated to preparing you to be in peak mountain shape mentally and physically regardless of where you live. The programs that they have created have elements of endurance, strength and mobility, which are critical when pursuing game in the unforgiving terrain and weather of the West. The exercises within the programs all have to do with strengthening muscles involved in hunting movements like weighted step-ups to replicate hiking steep terrain, cardio to increase stamina, and power/strength movements to build your back and legs to prepare them for the heavy loads you will encounter when far away from the truck. Although I've mentioned it before, the main aspect of these workouts comes down to mental toughness, which, in their findings, was the ultimate hindrance on why people quit in the backcountry, resulting in them being unsuccessful. Your body will last a long time in less than ideal conditions; your mind, on the other hand, will make you quit long before your body does. These workouts improve your mental state so you can continue to push past adversity.

MTNTOUGH has made it easy for those who are not local by creating a digital platform for you to get access to your workout of the day along with included videos to show you how to execute the proper techniques required to complete the workouts. The format is simple, yet efficient, breaking it down by weeks to monitor your progress. Also, the digital platform has a social media element to post your completion times, ask questions and link up with other members to complete workouts that helps build comradery and make workouts more fun. The best part is that there are multiple workout programs offered like Backcountry Hunter PreSeason Prep, Backcountry Hunter Post Season, 30-30 No Equipment Workout Strength Program, and the highly popular 22's Workout and videos to help dial in your nutrition.

If you want to be in the best shape for the West, then give this a try. I guarantee you will walk away beaten and battered, but also ready to destroy any thresholds that held you back in the past. I personally still use these programs and will continue to as they have definitely made hunting for extended periods of time much easier, which, in turn, has made me more successful.

To find out more about MTNTOUGH, visit http://www.mtntough.com.

As always, stay safe and hunt hard!

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A fitness evaluation has been completed for the man charged with a brutal 2019 home invasion, rape and attempted murder in Sleepy Hollow.

But defense attorneys for Fabian J. Torres, 32, of Sleepy Hollow who is held without bail and faces life in prison, want a second "independent fitness evaluation." They are next due before a judge on June 5, according to Kane County court records.

Torres is charged with 26 felonies in the April 8, 2019, attack in which prosecutors say he forced his way into a house on the 900 block of Saratoga Parkway, forced a 19-year-old girl to perform a sex act at knife point and later stabbed her 17-year-old brother after he tried to intervene.

According to prosecutors, Torres ran from the house but left his cellphone and wallet there. He was arrested a short time later while trying flag down a vehicle.

Last year, defense attorneys from the Kane County public defender's office questioned whether Torres, who also is charged with attacking Kane County jail guards on several occasions, was fit to stand trial.

Prosecutors and Torres' defense attorney have received the confidential mental fitness evaluation by the Kane County Diagnostic Center. His attorney wants a second, independent evaluation, according to court records.

"The state is satisfied with the report generated by the Kane County Diagnostic Center and we want to move the case forward," said Kane County state's attorney Felony Bureau Chief Bill Engerman.

Judge David Kliment on Thursday continued the case to June for a status on the defense's evaluation. Assistant Public Defender Brenda Willett declined to comment Thursday.

If Kliment rules Torres is unfit to stand trial, he will be sent to the state's Department of Human Services for up to a year until fitness is restored.

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For those who run outside in the sunshine or even take additional supplements, vitamin D could potentially boost your lean body mass, a recent study suggests.

Published in the Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, the research sought to clarify whether one year of supplementation with vitamin D would have a measurable effect on body composition and physical fitness levels of healthy adults.

Researchers from China and Japan recruited 95 participants, and gave half of them 420 IU vitamin D3 every day for a year, while the other half got a placebo. At the end of the year, lean body mass and percentage of body fat were compared to the data from the years start. They also assessed physical fitness using hand grip strength, leg extension power, and cardiorespiratory fitness.

They found that those taking the supplement had significant increases in lean body masswhich is calculated by subtracting body fat from total body weightwhile the placebo group had no changes. For both groups, no difference was observed with the above physical fitness measures either.

The results are likely because skeletal muscle has vitamin D receptors that help regulate muscle function and performance, as suggested by previous research.

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Even though this particular study concluded there were no changes in muscle strength with vitamin D, other studies have suggested improvement in lean body mass may enhance muscle function overall. For instance, a 2017 study published in the journal PLOS One noted theres a link between low vitamin D levels and loss of muscle strength, especially in older adults. Another study in the journal Bone Reports stated that vitamin D has long been touted for its beneficial effects on bone heath, but is now increasingly recognized for its role in muscle functionespecially with muscle pain and weakness.

Although supplements can be helpful in the winter months for those living in northern climates, its also worth getting a bit of vitamin D in its most available formsunshine!said Heidi May, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at Intermountain Healthcare.

We continue to learn more and more about vitamin D and its benefits, she told Runners World. Low vitamin D levels have been associated with everything from poor cardiovascular health to lower immune function. If youre getting a little sun, in a sensible way, youre likely also being active, so thats a double benefit.

If you do opt for supplements, theres still some debate on how much vitamin D you need daily. The recommended daily allowance is 600 IU, but the Endocrine Society suggests consuming potentially much higher levels of 1,500 to 2,000 IU daily.

In addition to getting outside more, look to foods like swordfish, salmon, tuna, milk, yogurt, eggs, and cheese to get enough vitamin D. For instance, three ounces of cooked swordfish contains 566 IU (international units) of vitamin D and 3 ounces of cooked sockeye salmon contains 447 IU of vitamin D.

If youre concerned that you may be deficient, May said, its advisable to get your levels checked at your next physical, since a blood test is the only way to know for sure. Consult your doctor before taking any supplements, too.

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Animal lovers can also watch live cameras of five habitats the elephants, giraffes, grizzly bears, lemurs and lions from the comfort of their homes. The livestreams are available all day on the zoos website.

Beyond the zoo, here are a handful of other Tucson spots that have gone virtual for now, at least to keep you connected while social distancing.

The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway, is streaming movies through their website while closed during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tucson.

If youve already binge-watched everything on Netflix, The Loft Cinema has made its Arthouse Cinema available for streaming.

Heres how it works: Once you buy a virtual ticket for $12 at loftcinema.org, youll be sent a link and password to stream the film.

Half of the revenue will go toward The Lofts operational costs and its employees, with the other half benefiting the films distributor.

Help us continue the important work of covering the COVID-19 outbreak in Southern Arizona by subscribing to the Star at Tucson.com/subscribe.

Currently available for streaming: Saint Frances, Corpus Christi, Bacurau, and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. More films will be available on Friday, March 27.

Creative Juice Art Bar is packaging art supplies for pickup and livestreaming classes during the virus pandemic. The livestreams are free to watch on Creative Juices Facebook page, facebook.com/creativejuiceartbar.

Creative Juice Art Bar is packaging art supplies for pickup and livestreaming classes.

The livestreams are free to watch on Creative Juices Facebook page, facebook.com/creativejuiceartbar.

If youre in need of supplies, art kits cost $12 and include a canvas, brush and paints. Its recommended to let them know ahead of time if youll need a kit.

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Wearables continue to get smaller, cheaper, and more capable, and the latest to enter the fray is the Wyze Band. For a mere US$25 you get just about everything you could want from a compact fitness tracker.

Wyze is currently known for its affordable smart home gear, including cameras, bulbs and plugs. The Wyze Band is able to control them all with a tap, so you can turn off the bedroom lights or bring up the live video from your security camera on your phone, all with a tap on your wrist.

Alexa is built in here as well, enabling you to control a variety of smart home devices including Wyze hardware but also anything else that supports Alexa with a voice command. There's no speaker in the wearable though, so you won't be able to ask questions and get a response back.

The Wyze Band can handle the basics of step counting, sleep tracking and heart rate monitoring, and shows basic smartphone notifications too, so you can see who's calling or who just sent you a text message. You don't get GPS on board, however, and there's no NFC for making mobile payments.

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According to Wyze, the wearable lasts an impressive 10 days between charges, and it's waterproof able to survive a shower or a drop in the bath. It sports a 0.95-inch, 120 x 240 pixel AMOLED color screen (with a choice of customizable home screen designs), and comes with a choice of two straps as well.

With the likes of Xiaomi, Huawei, Amazfit and Garmin also pushing out cheap fitness trackers and wearables, Wyze will be hoping that seamless smart home integration will help tempt people into buying the Wyze Band particularly in terms of integration with the existing Wyze product range.

Wyze has also announced the Wyze Scale, a digital weight scale that syncs with your phone (and can work with Apple Health and Google Fit too). You can see your metrics over time, and analyze data for weight, body fat percentage, heart rate, muscle mass and more through the smart scales. Up to eight profiles can be set up on the device.

At $20, the Wyze Scale is even more affordable than the Wyze Band, so those looking for some inexpensive additions to their smart home and wearable gadget collection won't have to spend much at all. Both products are on sale now direct from Wyze, and will appear on Amazon in April.

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Welcome to The Workout From Home Diaries. Throughout our national self-isolation period, well be sharing single-exercise deep dives, offbeat belly-busters and general get-off-the-couch inspiration that doesnt require a visit to your (likely now-shuttered) local gym.

I was jogging the end of a four-miler late last week when I spotted my elementary school gym teacher running on the other side of the street. Shes probably interacted with 5,000 kids since the early 2000s and I hadnt seen her in years, but there was still enough recognition for us to each wave and call out a hello.

Growing up, I was fortunate enough to avoid the shame-and-pain gym class nightmares of Freaks and Geeks lore. My gym teacher didnt humiliate kids who couldnt scale the climbing ropes or arm 10-year-olds who were already stealing their dads Coors Lights with dodgeballs. She was approachable, genial, ubiquitous; wed see her every year at the towns Memorial Day 5K and Fun Run. She taught us how to play four square, jump rope like Rocky and ride around on butt scooters. There were no mandated meshy uniforms, and while sweating was a priority Im from New Jersey, where at least 150 minutes of health, safety and physical education are required per week, per grade, and going beyond that limit helps school systems earn awards we also learned bizarre activities like speed stacking.

In retrospect, speed stacking (a game where kids pile a bunch of cups on top of each other as fast as they can) was a harbinger of shifting attitudes in physical education. It signified a retreat from exclusively celebrating the same feats of strength and agility that were already on full display at recess, or in Pop Warner and Little League on the weekends. Skills like speed cups, hula hoops, scouts knots and tag noodles were noble attempts by American gym teachers to bring other athletic skills like strategy, communication and teamwork to the fore.

There was one practice, however, that contradicted this new approach to youth fitness until the 2012-2013 school year, when it finally met its quiet, little-reported demise. I speak of the Presidential Fitness Test, the infamous multi-day annual assessment meant to determine the strength, speed and flexibility of the countrys unwitting, unwilling bairns.

Way back in the 1950s, an Austro-Hungarian physical educator named Dr. Hans Kraus developed a 90-second fitness evaluation with his colleague Sonja Weber of the New York Presbyterian Hospital. It involved a series of six different movements which tested for basic strength and flexibility. Dr. Kraus eventually teamed up with Bonnie Pruden, an American mountaineer, to administer the test to schoolchildren around the United States; the pair would watch as children tried to raise their feet while lying on their backs, or bend forward to touch the floor while their knees were kept straight. Proper completion of these moves, along with the four others, proved enormously difficult for most young Americans. Of 4,458 children between the ages of 6 and 16 tested over a span of seven years, 58% failed.

Dr. Kraus and Pruden were able to present their somber findings to President Eisenhower in 1955, after a well-connected Philadelphian named Jack Kelly whod won Olympic gold in rowing three times in the 1920s brought them to the White House for a luncheon. Willie Mays was in attendance, along with Jack Fleck (a golfer who once beat Ben Hogan in the U.S. Open) and a 25-year-old Tony Trabert, whos now a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. They shared the numbers written out above, alongside a kicker: Dr. Kraus and Pruden had also administered their test to children in Italy, Austria and Switzerland, and the European tots had a significantly lower failure rate, at just 8%.

This didnt sit well with Eisenhower, who, according to an ensuing Sports Illustrated article titled The Report That Shocked the President, promptly recalled his apoplexy during World War II that more than 50% of American men had been unfit for service (it should be noted here that 20% of those men were rejected for illiteracy). Fearing that the nation was turning soft, Eisenhower established the Presidents Council on Youth Fitness in 1956. Just a year later, it debuted the first ever iteration of the Presidential Fitness Test, which was closer in DNA to the NFL Combine than Kraus and Prudens simple assessment. It included pull-ups, sit-ups, the standing broad jump, the shuttle run, the 50-yard dash, the softball throw and the 600-yard run.

How did Eisenhower leap from an ahead-of-its-time test meant to measure functional mobility to a mini field day? America was at war, again. The Korean War had just ended, the Vietnam War had just begun, and most high-ranking officials in Washington, even those in charge of something as trivial as adolescent athleticism, were forever influenced by their experiences in WWII. The exercises they chose were those familiar to the nations cadets: the agility needed to storm a beach, the throwing strength needed to toss a grenade into a trench. These events could be easily quantified and administered by anyone; the Kraus-Weber test, meanwhile, required a measure of medical discernment.

In 1960, President-elect John F. Kennedy penned an op-ed in Sports Illustrated suggesting his administration would continue the Presidential Fitness Test as it was, and make a special effort to combat an onslaught of softness amongst American children. He wrote:

The name of Eisenhowers original program changed under Kennedy, to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness, and under President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. (Today, its called the Presidents Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.) Lest it ever lose any attention or credibility, presidents often assigned famous sportsmen or sportswomen to function as chairman of the council: President George H.W. Bush famously appointed Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1990 to 1993. This, plus the introduction of an actual award for excellence on the test the Presidential Physical Fitness Award compounded its de facto standardization all the way through the late 2000s, when gymnast Dominique Dawes and quarterback Drew Brees were named co-chairs.

But by 2013, the test was disbanded, with organized fitness at school tending more toward meaningful cooperation and less toward quantitative assessments of speed and strength. A visit to an HHS.gov page devoted to the test now features the heading What happened to the Presidents Challenge? It turns out the federal program has rebranded as the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, a health-related initiative with participation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), meant to function as a helpful, barometer-style check-in on the fitness of students. The U.S. Army was notably not consulted, and though gym teachers havent returned to the Kraus-Weber test, they now assess more forward-thinking attributes like aerobic capacity or body composition. Results (which boil down to Healthy Fitness Zone, Needs Improvement or Needs Improvement Health Risk) are shared confidentially with students and parents. Nobody gets a certificate Hancocked by the president.

While the decades-old padding beneath elementary school basketball hoops will likely stay the same, gym classes, which leave lasting impressions on all students, must continue to evolve. Its not an easy ask, balancing mindless fun (lava tag) with upsetting facts (18.4% of American children between the ages 6 and 11 are obese), especially when gym class rarely receives enough attention or funding to greet the dilemma head-on. But were headed in the right direction, and I was pleased while researching this piece to learn how American officials have finally grappled with the hawkish history of the countrys physical education system.

At the same time, though, the fitness nut in me felt a slight, silly pang of loss. Despite the Presidential Fitness Tests twisted history and excessive mission, there was something messy and beautiful and uniquely American in its inefficiency. I decided, fueled by nostalgia and quarter-life competitive fury (I passed my elementary school on that four-miler too, I should note), to give it a proper send-off, and see if I still had the chops to hang around with the cool kids.

This past weekend, I completed the entire Presidential Fitness Test, in its final, 2012 iteration. The softball toss was long gone, and the test had been whittled down to the following: curl-ups in a minute, the mile run, max pull-ups, the 30-foot shuttle run and the V-sit and reach. Below, find my results, and an explanation of how to perform each stage of the test. One boon Ill say, right off the bat: while this sort of examination is unhealthy when delivered to a group of 10-year-olds, its a novel, harmless way to discover what youve got left in the tank, whether youre 30 or 60. Just make sure you stretch up beforehand, and hit a massage gun when youre done.

The Presidential Fitness Test was famous for strict regulations on correct form, which may be a rare positive for its legacy. Poor form is all too common at the gym (I still struggle to throw a kettlebell around properly) and often leads to injury, so thats one aspect of military-inspired fitness that the test was actually right to dig its heels on. Its just the exact form the test requires for its curl-ups in a minute challenge is a bit odd. Youre supposed to cross your arms across your chest with palms resting on the opposing shoulder. Your feet should be held down against the ground by a partner, and only 12 feet out from your butt. Your partner gives a countdown, then hits the clock, and youre off to the races.

I struggled with this method. Very few trainers would recommend performing abdominal work for speed, and as Im used to performing crunches my feet cross in the air, hands laced behind my head the action of slamming my back into the mat again and again came across as herky-jerky and uncomfortable. I tried my best nonetheless, and managed 40 in a minute, which was good for the 85th percentile (test-takers must reach 85% in all five events) for here goes an eight-year-old. Ill go on the record here that Americas numbers are probably slightly inflated, as theres only one adult present in class, but more importantly, Im just not much to call home about on this exact exercise.

Im a lifelong runner. You can read about my time on the road in other editions of this column. One reason I was compelled to revisit the Presidential Fitness Test, despite memories of not being able to perform a single pull-up, was that I always excelled on my elementary schools boxy, gravel track, where something like nine laps constituted a mile. Mile Run Day was the only occasion I ever had my mile timed growing up, and I always looked forward to seeing how many seconds I could knock off. To be sure, that day was definitely a living hell for other members of my class, so I wont go ahead and credit the test for cementing a yearly, timed 1600 meters as a pre-pubescent rite of passage; Ill just acknowledge it was a byproduct that I happened to appreciate. Anyway, Ive been running lately and feel good. I ran a 5:14, which puts me well ahead of the 85th percentile for 17-year-olds (who ran a 6:06).

Redemption! I logged 11 pull-ups, which places me in the 85th percentile for 16-year-olds. (17-year-olds nabbed 13, apparently.) Similar to the curl-ups, the council was very precise on what counted during the pull-up test: horizontal bar, palms facing out (so no chin-ups), chin must clear the bar, body must return to the starting position, and they should be performed with a smooth cadence. No swinging. I remember lots of kids would do their best Shakira impersonation in an attempt to steal one more rep. Thats not kosher.

I dont actually remember ever having to do this. Its pretty simple, though, and a staple at summer football camps: Set up two cones on lines 30 feet away from each other. Put two small objects (blocks or tennis balls) on the opposing line. When your partner says go, sprint to the opposite line, grab an object, and bring it back, setting it down (no throwing!). Then go grab the other one, and head back, sprinting through the starting line. This is meant to test agility, and I actually think is one of the most functional assessments here if not for time, at least as a way to judge ones capacity for lateral movement, which is often locked up or adversely affected by improper mechanics, even for youngsters. Of course, we were timing. I managed an 8.87, which puts me just behind the 85th percentile of the 16-and-17-year-olds, at 8.7. Rats.

Assuming you dont have a sit-and-reach box on hand at the house (if you do, email tips@insidehook.com, sounds like youve got a good story), pull out a measuring tape and sit on the ground with your legs spread out at a slight V angle. Stretch the measuring tape out a few feet and align your feet with the 24-inch mark on the tape. This is the base, the relative 0, for testing flexibility. Folding your hands one over the other, like a reverse Communion, push slowly forward and see how far (if at all) you can tap an inch mark past 0. I managed a measly +2, which did not qualify for the 85th percentile at any age available. Children are more flexible than adults we lose elasticity in our connective tissue as we age, and we sit around all day staring at screens and trying to make sure we can pay for dinner so I wasnt particularly surprised. Even as a kid, Id never come close to the gaudy numbers put up by some of the gymnasts in my class (the 85th percentile for 16-year-old girls is +8). Still, I took the result in stride, and resolved to focus more on stretching, on keeping my back healthy, on performing those basic movements that characterize a functioning, young(ish) body. In other words, the sort of movements Dr. Hans Kraus and Bonnie Pruden advocated for all those years ago before their test became something else altogether.

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From long-distance runners, to ballerinas, to yogis and celebrity trainers, these sexy, trendy and in-shape fitness beauties constantly show off their gorgeous, fit bodies on social media for the world to enjoy. Thank god they do too, because I'm thirsty! But these women are more than just thirst-traps. They are inspirational.

Not only will we rank some of the sexiest bodies on the planet, but we will also list all of the proper diet and nutrition information these girls use in their day-to-day lives - alongside all of the high-intensity interval training and different whole-body compound exercises they do to achieve success.

No one is saying it is going to be easy to get that level of physical fitness, but at least we know that it's possible, all thanks to these women. Follow along with this story and be inspired to get fit in a healthy way. #1 and #2 are TOTAL stunners, prepare yourself!

50. Christmas Abbott

If you have ever wondered if female weightlifters are capable, you haven't seen Christmas Abbott's Instagram profile. This girl knows how to lift extreme weights - you can see that just by looking at her body. All of her muscles are properly defined - in fact, her back and lateral muscles are bigger than what even some male athletes have. Her Instagram is currently sitting at around 391,000 followers, so do check it out.

To improve your diet, Abbott recommends that you only skip on two types of products - alcohol and processed foods. Other than that, you can consume all of the healthy proteins, carbs, and fats. For exercise, Abbott recommends short, high-intensity training sessions that can easily melt your fat away, and improve your musculature. HIIT sessions can work wonders for this type of training, as well as basic compound exercises at the gym.

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49. Emily Skye

Emily Skye is another successful and popular Instagram fitness celebrity. She is obviously in the shape of her life - she looks happy, and is radiating with positive energy in the above photo. She is the most famous celebrity to be featured at this point of this article, at 1.8 million followers - that's several times more than some of the other celebrities.

Emily is neither vegan nor paleo - she tries to eat healthily, but also includes snacks in her diet. Clean eating to her is all about feeding your body with the right nutrients at the right time. She stays away from as much packaged and processed food as possible - so no microwave dinners if you follow this diet. If the packaging lists ingredients you don't know or can't even pronounce, then that's a processed food which you shouldn't be eating.

48. Michelle Lewin

Michelle Lewin knows a thing or two about social media - that's why her account currently has over 4.1 million followers and is growing on a daily basis. She is so good at keeping her body in a perfect shape that she has been on the cover of several fitness magazines. If you check out her Instagram pictures, you'll see that maintaining a form like that is no walk in the park in terms of how much work, routine, and maintenance it requires.

Michelle uses a split routine for her exercises, meaning different days in the week are for training different muscle groups. Monday is her back and biceps day, which includes exercises such as chin-ups, rows, T-bar rows, dumbbell curls, EZ bar curls and straight bar curls. Tuesday is her hamstrings and calves day, which includes exercises such as lying leg curls, seated leg curls, deadlifts, seated calf raises and standing calf raises.

47. Ana Cheri

Ana Cheri obviously knows how to lift - and it seems that she lifts on a frequent basis, looking at her photos. She is carrying a lot of muscles in her upper and lower body, which you can't get by only doing light-intensity cardio. Ana shares a lot of media on her Instagram account, in order to inspire her fans to get serious about improving their abs and the overall look of their body. She has 8.7 million followers.

Ana is a huge fan of the "leg day," which you can clearly see from her photos. She says "I'm a huge fan of "leg day" and I'm always doing lower body. I can't get enough of it. And I also deadlift. My max was 205 lbs. and I'm like 125 lbs. I was really proud of myself on that one!" Ana also recommends doing the "Swiss Ball Leg Curl" exercise, which is great for toning and shaping your lower body muscles.

46. Jenelle Salazar

Jenelle Salazar is a pretty unique type of fitness celebrity. Her videos are mostly centered on providing information to her fans about unique and one of a kind exercises that Jenelle comes up with on her own. Obviously, her exercises are effective, as otherwise, she wouldn't be having 576,000 followers on her Instagram profile. Just looking at her ab definition shows that she is serious about her workouts.

Her recommended workouts are strength training (via weightlifting and whole body workouts), as well as kickboxing. Judging by the size and definition of her abs, Jenelle is obviously keeping a clean diet, but she does try to keep a high protein intake on her workout days. For optimal muscle gains, you can either try to use whey protein or if you want to save money, you can consume animal-based proteins (like sardines, chicken, and eggs).

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45. Anna Victoria

Anna Victoria is the first Italian fitness guru to be featured in today's story. She has a strength-training program of her own, which she calls the "The Fit Body Guide." Anna has over 1.1 million followers on her social media accounts. Her fans love learning about and following different kinds of body-positive transformations, which she sometimes features on her account.

Anna recommends eating a lot of bright fruits and vegetables (such as oranges, bananas, and apples). She also admits to splurging on a regular basis - she has a cheat meal every week, and since she lives in Italy, her cheat meal involves pasta and wine (you can customize this to your local cuisine). "Every cheat meal in Italy was pasta caccio e peppe (pasta with cheese and peppers)," Victoria says. "In the U.S., it's usually Mexican food."

44. Brittany Perille Yobe

Brittany Perille Yobe is another sexy-looking fitness instructor. Her incredible body is 100% real, and she has no plans to undergo any surgery in the future. Most of the time she is at the gym, she is doing various exercises to help her round up her butt - she also uses her Instagram account as a place to host instructional videos, which is why she is so popular at the moment.

About her training, Britany says "I train my glutes up to three times a week for up to an hour and fifteen minutes with about 10 different glutes exercises that isolate the muscles by working them from various angles." After her morning lifting, she says "I go back to the gym in the afternoon or evening to do 30 to 45 minutes of cardio, plus stretching, yoga, and foam rolling because it alleviates soreness and aids in muscle recovery."

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43. Jen Selter

According to some people, Jen Selter has one of the most famous "booty pops" on Instagram. That's an objective fact because her booty actually has her own hashtag - #Seltering. Jen's amazing body, workout routines, and photos have helped her Instagram account soar to over 10.4 million followers - which is more than even what some Hollywood actors have.

Jen believes that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, which is why she begins her day with some egg whites and toast or oatmeal with fresh juice. For lunch, she has a large bowl of salad with lots of vegetables. She also keeps a few protein bars handy in case she wants to snack when she is outside and feel hungry. Her dinner usually consists of grilled chicken with vegetables or a pasta dish.

42. Massy Arias

Massy Arias is known for a lot of things. She is known for her empowering quotes and captions that she places on the images on her Instagram account, and she is known for her can-do attitude. She is a certified personal trainer that has a massive following on social media - 2.1 million followers to be more exact. That is more than what some countries have as population.

She eats a variety of food - looking at her Instagram photos, she is obviously eating some kind of Paleo-based diet, with a lot of animal-based proteins (meaning chicken breasts, pork chops, and eggs), combined with a lot of leafy, green veggies and rice. Eating healthy carbs is very important if you want to have proper muscle gains. Massy has also posted photos of her eating mushroom salads and other similar food.

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41. Estelle Archer

Estelle has a unique life story. Although everyone, including a lot of today's featured celebrities, have had weight problems in the past, Estelle is special because she has managed to shrink from a size 16 to a mind-blowing size 6. That's 10 different numbers in size. She uses her Instagram account to share photos of her amazing transformation to her fans - who now count more than 215,000 followers.

According to Estelle, one of the most important things in improving your health is to plan your meals. "I cannot emphasize the importance of meal planning enough! It will help anyone feel more in control of their schedule and if they just set aside an hour on the weekend to prep and plan a few things I swear it would help considerably," Estelle says.

40. Cassey Ho

Cassey Ho is all about body-positivity. The body-positive movement is about teaching people to love and accept their bodies for what they are - this is because of the belief that people can progress further in life, only after they have accepted themselves. Cassey is also a certified fitness instructor and pilates fan. Her Instagram account is absolutely exploding, and she currently has over 1.3 million followers.

For Health and Fitness, Casey seems to be following the mainstream advice - she tries to keep a clean diet (that means eating fruit, vegetables, and clean sources of protein and fat) while working out every week. For the workouts, she says it is important not to get burned-out, which is especially easy to do if you are a beginner. Compound exercises are your best bet towards building a healthy body.

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39. Katrina and Karena

Here is a different kind of Instagram channel - instead of being the personal account of a single girl, this account is being run by 2 California-based girls Katrina and Karena. Karena is a triathlete and a model, while Karena is a health science student, which means the two of them are great at supplementing and helping each other out - one with the exercises, and the other with proper diet advice.

According to a recent interview, the duo said that having balance in your diet and exercise is the key to having good health. They told the interviewer, "Balance. Never go to one extreme or the other. Finding a balance in all areas of your life from fitness, diet, work, friends, family, and solo time. A balance in all these areas are all important to living a healthy and happy life."

38. Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen is a different kind of fitness superhero. She isn't into weight lifting high-intensity interval training sessions as much as the other girls on today's list. Rachel is a world-famous yoga instructor. She is obviously excellent at her job and knows how to take social media-worthy photos, which is why she currently has over 2 million followers on her Instagram account.

Rachel doesn't believe in labels, which is why she doesn't call herself "vegan" anymore. She says "I still eat a mainly vegan diet-I don't eat meat or eggs and I don't drink milk." She believes that putting labels on yourself is just going to limit your choice and future progress, which is not something you like to do when it comes to your health. She now eats a whole foods-based diet, lots of fruits and vegetables, some whole grains like quinoa and barley.

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37. Tanya Poppett

Tanya Poppett is an Australia-based fitness instructor. She uploads a lot of videos on her Instagram account of her exercises. Some of her videos are extremely difficult to watch, due to how intense her workouts are. Watching them, you can feel how much energy she puts into her workouts - that's why she now has one of the hottest bodies on Instagram - to the satisfaction of her 351,000 followers.

Tanya believes in quality over quantity when it comes to training. "High-Intensity Interval Training, Strength Circuits, and Speed Based Cardio Workouts are my favorite ways to train. I love this type of training because it is a quick and effective way to boost your metabolism and condition your muscles without placing too much stress on your body," wrote Tanya in a blog post for IsoWhey.

36. Lauren Fisher

Lauren Fisher is a college student and a CrossFit competitor, but her Instagram profile and photos have a remarkable girl-next-door feel to them. Being as popular as she is, and still keeping that kind of feeling to your web presence is a great achievement - it is what makes her so much more relatable to her 690,000 social media followers. She also uploads some silly/funny pics in addition to her fitness photos.

A typical breakfast for Lauren includes fish oil tablets (for the added Omega-3 benefit), 2 eggs + 1 egg white + 2 chicken breakfast sausage trader joe's or turkey bacon + lots of veggies + oatmeal. For lunch, she has 4 ounces meat or fish (I try to stay away from red meat because it's high in fats, but might eat it 1 to 2 times a week) + 1 serving rice + guacamole + veggies or salad.

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35. Natalie Jill

Natalie Jill is a seriously happy and fun girl - you can just see the positive energy radiating from her photos. She, just like many other stars, didn't start out with her goal body - she actually started 60 pounds heavier, and slowly lost the wait as her account and follower numbers progressed further. She is a single mom and a functional fitness trainer from San Diego, California. Her account already has over 513,000 followers.

Natalie's advice can be summed up to: think of how your ancestors ate 10,000 years ago - if they didn't eat it, you shouldn't either. She also says "Make sure all of your meals contain a balance of healthy carbohydrates, healthy fats, and proteins. If you need help with this my Jump Start Programs are a GREAT place to start as it teaches you ALL about this."

34. Aurora Lauzeral

In comparison to the other featured celebrities in today's story, Aurora is a French certified personal trainer and bodybuilder. As you can see from her photos, she has a rather enviable body, and an awesome, positive, radiating smile. She uploads a lot of fitness-based images and videos to her Instagram account, which currently has over 579,000 followers, and growing on a daily basis.

For warm-ups, Aurora likes to complete 5 minutes of jogging. She also likes to vary her routine, so she doesn't get stuck on the same training schedule. Monday is her shoulder/arms/abs training, which includes the Push jerks 4 x 10, dumbbell upright rows 4 x 10, cable rear delt fly's (superset), cable front raises 4 x 10, skull crushers 4 x 10 (superset and drag curls 4 x 10 exercise.

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33. Kayla Itsines

Kayla Itsines is an Australian fitness model - it seems like Australia has a lot more celebrity fitness models than the other countries in the world. Anyway, Kayla is a certified fitness training, that has an almost cult-like following on social media, of over 6 million followers - that's the most of any featured up till now. Many of her fans swear by her "Bikini Body Guide," which has helped thousands of people.

She tried not to follow any of the fad diets - instead, she follows her own healthy food regimen. One of her recommendations lists poached eggs and an avocado and tomato for breakfast. For snacks, you can have strawberries and cream smoothie, which can be made by using 160g of strawberries, 250ML of low-fat milk, 150g of low-fat yogurt, and 1 scoop of protein powder - in her case, vanilla flavored.

32. Lyzabeth Lopez

Lyzabeth Lopez is a Canadian-based trainer, that's famous for a few different reasons. First of all, a lot of her advice and workouts are centered on offering girls the best ways possible to achieve an hourglass figure. An hourglass figure is when your hips and chest/back area are larger in diameter than your stomach/love handle area. She has over 2 million followers.

One of Lyzabeth's most popular posts is about how to lose weight on a vegan diet. She says that anyone can easily lose weight on a vegan diet, by just following her advice. First of all, vegan practitioners need to reduce the amount of refined foods in their diet. After that, she recommends that you add more veggies to your diet, as well as to get used to using dairy alternatives, as vegans are not allowed to eat any kind of animal-based food.

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31. Amanda Bisk

Amanda Bisk is an Australian goddess - just look at her Instagram pictures, her body looks amazing in all the different kinds of outfits and weather. It doesn't matter if she's at the pool or at the park, she is always willing and ready to exercise. Amanda has almost twice as many followers as the previous Instagram star in this list - 638,000 to be exact.

Amanda trains every day. Her basic training takes only 20 minutes, and is based on several whole-body exercises, such as "high knees, planks, butt kicks, froggers, burpees, jump squats, walkouts and reverse lunges." You can do these exercises with or without weights, depending on your form and previous workout experience. For her nutrition, she keeps a clean diet and tries not to drink alcohol or eat fast food.

30. Jeanette Jenkins

While Jeanette Jenkins may not have as large of a following as the other stars in today's list, her 361,000-plus followers are nothing to scoff at. She is a celebrity fitness trainer that also posts motivational quotes on a frequent basis in order to help out her fans and to motivate them to workout. She also posts a lot of selfies in fun fitness clothes.

Jeanette has a famous blog post, detailing a 7-day healthy meal plan. The meal plan includes 1,500-2,000 calories per day, which is enough for most women (add 500 calories if you are a guy). For the first day, you can have scrambled egg whites, sauted collard greens, turkey bacon, brown rice, green tea with lemon for breakfast, and grilled chicken breast with garlic spinach and half a cup of baked yam for lunch.

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29. Lita Lewis

Lita Lewis is a triathlete that also calls herself the "thick fit" trainer. That is probably the best way to explain her figure, as she is obviously strong and well trained, with well-defined muscles, but at the same time, she is not trying to be "thin" by today's meaning of the word. She posts a lot of plyometric exercise videos and motivations quotes that keep her 420,000 worldwide followers entertained.

Like most other fitness models, Lita recommends having a lot of healthy protein after finishing with intense workouts, so that your body can recover and grow more muscles as soon as possible. "I would suggest protein post strength training. Essentially, when you're working out the muscles and you're doing all the strength training, you have to consider the muscles and what it's doing is breaking down the fibers," Lita says.

28. Jessamyn Stanley

Jessamyn Stanley is not like the other instructors featured in this story. Her Instagram account is not famous because of her weight lifting or weight loss progress - Jessamyn is in the body-positive movement, which means she accepts her body as it is. She is also awesome at yoga, which shatters some peoples beliefs that certain yoga poses and inversions can't be done by overweight people.

Jessamyn labels her movement "fat yoga." She explains it as, "I say 'fat yoga' and to me it's like, being fat and practicing yoga. For some people 'fat yoga' means only fat people can practice this style of yoga. I'm not a separatist, but some people think it's important for us to have our own thing. My problem with labeling fat yoga is that it turns into the idea that there are only certain kinds of yoga that fat people can do. And that if you're not doing fat yoga that you're not allowed to do yoga."

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27. Holly Rilinger

Holly Rilinger's Instagram account - @hollyrilinger, serves as a daily reminder that everything is possible with your body if you put the time and effort to do it. She uses her Instagram account not only to upload exercise and inspirational photos and videos, but to also upload selfies and surfing pictures, since she is a big fan of surfing, and the beach in general.

Ever since she began to get serious about her health, Holly has become a morning person. She said in a recent interview, "I LOVE to sleep in. But I also love to work out in the morning because it sets the pace for my whole day," she says. "So, I suppose I've made myself a morning person because the rest of my day hinges on it." Beginning the day early is important for anyone who is serious about improving their lifestyle.

26. Mary Helen Bowers

Unlike most of the other women in today's list, Mary Helen Bowers is not a professional weightlifter, bodybuilder or even a fitness instructor. Mary is a ballerina, as you can see in the above photo - that's why her figure and muscle mass are much smaller than the other featured girls. Ballerinas have to keep a low weight in order to be as nimble and agile as possible.

She explains her diet, "For breakfast, I will have coffee and 1) slow-cooked oats with some raw nuts and fresh fruit. In the winter it tends to be a lot of citrus, especially grapefruit. I also eat an 2) apple every day, because they are so easy, fast and full of fiber. For lunch, I usually try to have a 3) large salad with a ton of fresh greens, veggies and a side of grilled chicken, salmon or steak and some wheat bread."

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25. Paige Hathaway

Paige Hathaway is a fitness cover model and entrepreneur who rose to prominence thanks to social media. She amassed an Instagram following of 4 million and more than 5.5 million likes on Facebook. She grew up in Minnesota and was physically active since she was a child. She wanted to pursue a career in athletics and fitness modeling. Her life took a turn when she took part in a fitness show and ended up winning 2nd place.

Paige starts her mornings with a bean burrito and avocado, or plant-protein smoothie (usually hemp protein). She eats a lot of carbohydrates, the good ones, like the sort found in rice, sweet potatoes, and oats. Vegetables are always on the menu, usually in the form of tossed salad. Fish is also a very important part of her diet as a source of protein. She is a pescetarian (someone who eats only fish or other seafood but not the meat of other animals).

24. Stephanie Buckland

Stephanie Buckland is a ripped fitness model much like Hathaway. She grew up in southern Oregon, her childhood is best described as modest because by the age of 15 she had already had four jobs and was homeschooled. Buckland was always physically active, doing activities such as running, surfing and playing soccer. Her diet at the time was clean, mostly eating vegetables that her mother grew and game meat that her father hunted.

On the long run, this took a toll on her health because she didn't consume a sufficient amount of carbs for her very active lifestyle. Later on, she started eating properly and got into a much better form. Her training is pretty rigorous, six days a week, and her diet is pretty strict as well. Breakfast mainly consists of eggs followed by fish or chicken breast, fruit and protein powders. Her advice for anyone who wants to look like her is "if you want something, work your butt off for it."

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23. Jen Hewerd

Jen Hewerd is another successful fitness model that boasts close to a million followers on Instagram. She has her own website where you can ask for an advice or buy supplements, exercise equipment etc. Her fitness career started when she was 16, but at that age, she didn't know how to exercise and eat properly and as a result, she became dissatisfied with her own body which, in turn, resulted in unhappiness and depression.

This continued on until she was about 21. On one fateful day, she decided to bring about radical changes in her life. Hewerd began educating herself about fitness and proper diet. Shortly thereafter, her career took off and now she uses the power of that knowledge to help others to feel better about themselves through diet and exercise. She offers help through her videos and dieting guides on the internet.

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La PORTE Anytime Fitness is doing their part to help their local communities through these difficult times.

Due to the recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local government agencies, the clubs recently voluntarily closed down temporarily amid the coronavirus pandemic in effort to prevent the spread of the virus.

Being a club that prides itself being a supportive community to its members, Anytime Fitness decided that when they had to temporarily close, they want to do something to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

On Wednesday, Anytime Fitness clubs will donate meals to children that are out of school. Lunch bags will be available for pick up in La Porte from noon-4 p.m. and Michigan City from noon-4 p.m.

We knew we had to do something to help those who needed our help, said Kevin Scott of Anytime Fitness. From the parents that are laid off, to the kids that are out of school, things are different right now and if we have the opportunity to help, its a no brainer.

Items that will be in the lunch bags will be apples, granola bars, juice boxes, mac & cheese, cereal, combos and Spaghetti Os.

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