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My name is Mayra Arias (@low.carb.love), and Im a 35-year-old mom and self-employed businesswoman based in Laguna Beach, California. After battling my weight for years, I committed to a consistent workout routine and the keto lifestyle. Ive lost over 100 pounds and kept it off.

I never thought about my weight when I was growing up. I was surrounded by family and friends who accepted me for who I was. I was a happy kid and ate whatever I wanted, which included lots of highly processed foods and munchies.

It wasnt until my 17th birthday that I really noticed my weight in an impactful way. When I developed photos from my camera from that day, I was utterly shocked by my size. At that exact moment, I decided to change. I got a gym membership and started working out every day.

But looking back, I made some less-than-healthy choices to slim down as fast as possible during that time. I overdid it with my workouts and ate an overly restrictive diet. Yes, I lost weight, but my approaches were not safe or sustainable.

I maintained my weight until I got pregnant at the age of 24 in January 2010. During my pregnancy, I stayed active, walked every day, hit the gym three times a week, and watched what I ate. Still, I gained 100 pounds. At the peak of my pregnancy, I weighed 278 pounds. After I gave birth to my daughter on November 13, 2010, I lost 40 pounds naturally as a result of breastfeeding, taking care of my daughter, and recovering from my pregnancy. But I was still overweight and ready to see lasting change.

I began working out at home five days a week, as I needed to be home to take care of my daughter. My workouts consisted of cardio, squats, and lots of crunches. For cardio sessions, I did old-school (and fan-favorite!) Tae Bo workouts (think: a mix of martial arts, boxing, and dance), as well as hot yoga and weight training.

I knew I needed to start eating fewer calories than my body required to maintain my current weight. And, tbh, losing weight after my pregnancy required a ton of focus and determination, so I also got rid of temptations to help me stay on track. For example, I threw out all of my junk food, sweets, chips, soda, and bread.

My diet consisted of healthy protein sources like chicken, steak, salmon, tuna, and eggs, salads and veggies, cheese and plain yogurt, olive oil, some fruit, and protein shakes for on-the-go nutrition.

By June 2011, five months into my weight-loss journey, I had lost over 100 pounds. For the next five years, I worked out at the gym every day to maintain my weight and stay fit. This was, as you can imagine, a lot of work. But it was worth it.

It sounded like something I could incorporate into my lifestyle, so I tried it for a week. In just that one week, I lost six poundsand I was sold. Its been my way of eating ever since. For me, its less a so-called diet and more a lifestyle. I also started intermittent fasting in January 2018. Generally, my eating window is about six to eight hours (so I often skip breakfast).

I eat keto-friendly foods about 90 percent of the time. The other 10 percent of the time, I eat outside of keto rules so that I can enjoy special occasions and different cuisines around the world as I travel with my family.

Over the last two years, Ive committed to sharing my weight-loss journey and the tips I've learned with friends and followers. Its my personal mission to transform as many lives as I can by sharing my story, as well as simple recipes and alternatives to traditional high-carb, less-healthy foods on my Instagram. I enjoy experimenting with baking low-carb, sugar-free desserts like cupcakes, cookies, bread, cinnamon rolls, danishes, brownies, ice cream, and more. Im also big on keto-friendly drinks like shakes, smoothies, teas, and coffee drinks.

Some examples (trust me, you can do these, too!): I replaced my go-to pasta with zoodles, swapped rice for cauliflower rice, and ditched my go-to desserts for homemade keto versions. I also swapped soda for sparkling water and replaced high-sugar drinks with homemade, sugar-free versions that were keto-friendly.

Breakfast: A cup of coffee with a splash of heavy cream.

Lunch: Chicken or beef with veggies (plus butter and salt), salad, and healthy fats (like dressings, sauces, avocado, grilled cheese, or spicy mayo).

Dinner: Chicken, steak, or salmon and veggies.

I've now lost about 135 pounds. As someone who's had ups and downs with her weight, my biggest advice is to remember that weight loss is a journey, and its okay to go at your own pace. Having lost weight *too* fast the first time, Id advise anyone to make a healthy plan to lose weight over a realistic time period. Find a lifestyle you can stick with long-term. For me, that was keto, but its important to find something that works for you and your body.

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I was talking to my Mom today and she mentioned that its already February, Its crazy how quickly time passes by.

As I thought about January, I was reflecting on the things I did or said I would do. With the energy and buzz of the New Year having passed, some of us may also be thinking about the resolutions weve set (or maybe were trying to forget we set any at all).

Ive definitely set resolutions in the past and found myself not following through with them, soI looked into it. It turns out that 35% of those that set resolutions break them by the end of January.And only 23% of them actually see their goals to completion.So, dont beat yourself up if youre disappointed in yourself, its normal behaviour. It also doesnt mean you should quit, its only February, so this can be an opportunity to re-align, set new goals, and keep going.

But motivation is a tricky topic. How do you keep yourself going when the honeymoon phase of goal setting fades away? On a coaching call recently, an interesting question was raised by a coachee aboutdrive, Where does it come from? Is it a byproduct of working towards a purpose? Or is it something you have?

Lets start with this: if you work towards a goal that isnt important to you, motivation wont work. It will start to feel heavy and difficult over time. You need to clearly understand and define your purpose before you start on the journey of achieving it. While your goal has to matter to you, having a purpose may not be enough to make you work towards it every day (otherwise 77% of people wouldnt quit their resolutions).

So how do we stay committed?

This is where the process of goal setting becomes important. While the goal has to matter, its the process of getting to the goal that determines your success. It can lead to incremental changes in your behaviour which makes your goals a reality. Since many of us have weight loss goals, lets use the goal of losing 20 pounds by June, as an example. What do you have to do to get there?

Here are some tools Ive used that may be helpful to you:

1. Track your habits

First, ask yourself, what changes do I need to make in my daily routine in order to actually lose weight? Think about the groceries you need to buy, or how far away the gym is from your home. If the weather is cold, think about what you can do daily to make sure this is not an obstacle. You can throw your gym bag in the car so you can go there after work, or pack a snack to give you energy so you dont have to buy fast food. You can also tell your coworkers you need to leave at 5 so they can also be mindful of your time. Schedule gym in your calendar once its set, youre less likely to avoid it.

Its helpful to look at how you can optimize your life in order to achieve your goal. When we set goals, we often dont complete a holistic look at our lives to assess feasibility. How can you lose weight, if you eat the same thing, go to bed late, and work late? It doesnt work.

When you realize what it is you have to do everyday in order to achieve your goal, write it down. Use an app (there are many of them) to track your habits. As my coach tells me, if you miss a day, its okay, if you miss 2, its a habit. As you track your progress, it will make sense very quickly why you didnt achieve your goal.

2. Be consistent: show up when you dont want to

There are days when youre not going to want to go to the gym. Obviously. These are the hard days.

As a friend of mine told me: Your ability to go from good to great depends on your ability to overcome inertia.

Being consistent is more important than being intense at the gym because you start to cultivate the mindset of showing up. This is why the first step of habit tracking is so important. It will help you see results as you continue to show up. Then a week or two later, you notice youre a pound lighter. CELEBRATE THAT! When youre not motivated to go to the gym anymore, dont focus on the 20 pounds you want to lose since thats far away, but focus on how far youve come. Losing a pound is better than eating chips at home, so use that reward as motivation to keep you going. Be proud of yourself that emotion alone will remind you its important to keep showing up.

And when youre really stuck, focus on the emotion you want to feel when you actually accomplish your goal (losing 20 pounds). Youll be proud, accomplished, healthier, faster, etc; focus on those emotions to drive your habits.

3. Believe in yourself

There are endless stories of people that have undergone transformation. They werent born with a unique willpower that you dont have: Superman isnt real. Even The Rock was scrawny when he was younger. Oprah wasnt taken seriously when she first started out. It was also thought that no one could run a 4 minute mile, until Roger Bannister did it. These people just tried everyday and believed they could. It doesnt matter whether or not you actually hit your goal, if you dont believe you can, your thoughts wont allow you to get there.

So how can we control our thoughts?

There are many tools, like journaling, gratitude and meditation that you can use. One of the biggest methods that Ive noticed many of us struggle with, is positive self-talk.

Believing in yourself often equates to being kind to yourself. It means forgiving yourself so you could do better next time.

Tell yourself: Its okay if you mess up or if you skipped a day at the gym. Its okay if you have a donut or two today. Its okay that I just watched Netflix. Positive reinforcementis a proven wayto keep yourself motivated. It helps you be a little less tough on yourself.

Remember that it takes, on average, 18 days to 254 days to create a new habit. And its not an all or nothing process. If you mess up once, it doesnt mean you failed; get back up because thats part of the process of creating habits. Check outJames Clears articleon the topic.

Motivation is the product of working hard every day. When you show up to work, you become good at what you do after a while. When a basketball player practices everyday, they can have a shot at being in the NBA. When you cook everyday, you start tweaking recipes and creating healthier meals. But if you dont put in the work, not only do you not get to the results, but you start believing that you cant achieve your goal and so you lose motivation.

To answer my coachees question: having drive is not something you wake up and have; its something you do everyday.

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Algebra, Tinder matches, the New York subway system. These are things that can be confusing. But muscles? Can they get confused? That's the gist of the trendy workout term "muscle confusion."

Confused by muscle confusion? It's important to look beyond the buzzword.

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But it's not a term you'll find in an exercise science textbook. "Muscle confusion is a fitness buzzword for a workout routine that is supposedly better than all other workout routines... but no one really knows what it means," says Kristian Flores, CSCS.

That's why we put together this muscle confusion cheat sheet. Scroll down to learn where this term came from, how it applies to workouts and if it's actually legit.

Popularized by boutique fitness culture and P90X trainer Tony Horton, there's not one widely accepted definition of muscle confusion. But generally, it refers to the premise that constantly switching up your workouts and as a result, "confusing" your muscles is the fast way to gains.

Think: going to yoga on Monday, run club on Tuesday, Barry's Bootcamp on Thursday and CrossFit on Saturday, then switching up that order every week.

"The hypothesis says that by constantly varying the stimulus of your training, your muscles never get acclimated, and you continuously make progress," Flores says. Because doing the exact same workout over and over and over again can lead to halted progress, it makes sense that this type of training has gained traction.

While muscle confusion sounds like a pretty legit way to dodge plateau, you'd be hard pressed to find a certified trainer or fitness coach who'd sign off on this being the best approach to meeting any fitness goal (unless your goal is to try every workout class in your city).

For starters, "your muscles can't get confused, they don't have a brain," says Carol Ferkovic Mack, CSCS, owner of CLE Sports PT & Performance in Cleveland, Ohio, who says the phrase itself is confusing. "Because your muscles can't actually get confused, there's no objective way to measure exactly how confused they are."

Second, "muscle confusion" is in complete contrast with the long-established Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands (SAID) principle. Basically, "the body makes training gains based on what it does over and over again," Mack says. That means consistently working toward one fitness goal (for example, building strength, improving mobility or increasing cardiovascular fitness) is the faster way to reach it, she says.

Let's say, for instance, you want to run a marathon, you shouldn't train for it by going to spin class every other day. The best way to prepare yourself is by running. Or if you wanted to get better at push-ups, you would have to do a certain amount of them each week and not, say, squats.

"There may be some carryover between activities," says Flores, but you'd benefit from being a little less random in your approach.

Despite what this fitness buzzword implies, muscles respond very predictably to exercise. "Your muscles get stronger when you continuously challenge them by varying things like the amount of weight lifted, the intensity of the workout or rest time between moves, or the duration," Mack says.

At first glance, this may sound like muscle confusion, but it's actually an approach to strength training called "progressive overload." Unlike muscle confusion, which usually entails mixing up your workouts at random, progressive overload entails intentionally altering specific factors within a workout weight, intensity, reps, sets, rest time in accordance with a specific exercise program.

The goal of progressive overload, according to Mack, is to challenge (not confuse) your muscles as efficiently as possible in order to avoid plateau.

"Even programs like CrossFit, which preach 'constantly varied movements' as its cornerstone, don't throw random workouts at its participants," Mack says. The movements may be different every workout, but they're thoughtfully chosen to and put into a program that will make an athlete fitter. "The progressive overload is the principal at play here, not muscle confusion."

You might be wondering why "muscle confusion" has maintained traction given that there's another, more effective training principles out there. The answer is that while progressive overload is boring, muscle confusion is comparatively less boring.

In fact, a January 2020 piece published in the New York Times reports on a small December 2019 study published in the journal PLoS One, using it to suggest that because "muscle confusion" is less boring, it may be more effective.

For the study, researchers split 19 men with strength-training backgrounds into two groups, half were put on a 8-week that entailed completing the same exercises in the same order every week. The other half completed the same exercisers as the other groups and lifted approximately the same amount of weight as the other group, but varied the order, completing the movements based on a randomized computer app.

At the end of the study, both groups showed similar strength gains, but the group with exercise variety reported more motivation to workout. Brad Schoenfeld, an associate professor of exercise science at Lehman College in New York and a co-author of the study, concluded, "The differences in motivation scores at the end were substantial [...] From a purely motivational standpoint, variety matters."

The New York Times article uses this to suggest that "muscle confusion" has its benefits especially for the unmotivated.

But here's where it get's tricky: the study is measuring the effects of varying the order of exercises from week to week. Which, according to the most pervasive definition of the made-up fitness term, is not "muscle confusion." But actually, progressive overload.

Generally, "muscle confusion" is about varying the type of workout (strength training, Pilates, yoga, running, etc.) day-to-day and week-to-week. Not about changing the order of different strength-based moves like leg press, squat and deadlift on leg day from week to week (which, again, is what the study participants are doing).

So, can "muscle confusion" lead to increased motivation? If you're somebody who gets easily bored at the gym, and are more likely to exercise if you get to do a completely different workout every time you do, then yes, "muscle confusion" (in this case, workout variety), may be motivating.

As Mack says, "If you a general fitness goal or get bored easily with your workouts, doing a completely different workout every day is perfectly fine to do. But, if you have specific goals for improving strength, fitness, mobility, or losing weight, muscle confusion just not going to be as effective."

What the NYT article is really arguing, and what science and sports and conditioning experts can get behind is that variation within your workouts is beneficial to both gains and motivation.

As Flores says, "Variation for instance variation in the movement order, reps, or weight is necessary to get you closer to the specific fitness goal you're working toward." That's not usually how "muscle confusion" is defined, he says. That's how progressive overload is defined. Whatever nomenclature you attach to it, (intentional) variation is essential to continuous gains.

Honing in on other non-fitness factors can play a role, too. "Sleep quality, nutrition habits, stress and your workout regime can all contribute to weight loss and strength plateaus," says Mack, who recommends anyone who's hit a plateau take a look at lifestyle factors that could be contributing to the stall. But, she says, "If your workout schedule has no consistency or structure, adding that in can help you break through it."

Both she and Flores recommend working with a trainer who will be able to write you a progressive overload program with intention variation based on your specific goal. "In my opinion, just as you shouldn't give yourself a root canal or build your own house, you shouldn't program your own exercise routine. Especially if you actually want to have success," says Flores.

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The Navy SEAL workout is tough, because being a Navy SEAL is a tough business. The workout we are going to discuss here uses your body only as resistance and therefore classifies it as a calisthenics workout. It also relies on endurance more than counting sets and reps. In fact, you won't even need to count reps; the only thing you might want to check is the time.

Here, we will talk about the Navy SEAL fitness test and how you can benefit from getting ready for it, even if you aren't planning on joining the US military. The test requires you to do as many reps as you can in the set time interval and therefore is perfect to build muscles and endurance,as well as torching fat.

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If you prefer something a little less gung ho, there are plenty of ways to lose weight fast and build muscle at the same time. For example, you can do a push-pull workout or even a five-move full body workout. In general, the more muscles you move, the more calories you burn, so if weight loss is your aim, try doing more compound exercises, like deadlifts and squats.

As part of the test, you will need to perform five different exercises within a set amount of time. The requirements are as follows:

What is great about this test that it measures the fitness levels of your whole body. You'll need a strong back and shoulders for the swim, monster pecs and triceps for the pushups, rock hard abs and core for situps, godly lats and biceps for the pullups and swift quads, calves and glutes for the run.

Another good aspect of the test is that it's time limited and bodyweight only: you won't have to count weights and volume here, just do as many reps as you can within the set time. Doesn't get less complicated than that.

Due to the high rep count, working out using this method is not all that dissimilar to doing CrossFit, for example, and builds endurance as well.

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If you want to build muscles and lose fat, you will need to eat right, no question about it.Even if your aim is to lose weight doing this exercise, you will need to get a better understanding of what you eat and most importantly, how much carbs, fats and protein do you consume a day.

If it sounds daunting and a lot of hassle to count macros, it really isn't. There are free apps that literally tells you what's in the food you eat by scanning the barcode of the product, such as MyFitnessPal. Once you know what's in it, you can decide whether you need that last slice of large Dominos pepperoni pizza (you don't).

Either you are trying to lose fat or want to build muscle, eating more protein is beneficial for you. If you fall in the former category, try swapping some bad fats and carbs most of the processed food falls into this category to protein snacks, let them be protein bars or just a small portion of high-carb nuts.

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Drinking more water also helps, so fill up your gym water bottle and drink that water!

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Make stretching an integral part of your workouts

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Although this workout uses plenty of cardio elements, you want to get ready even for those. Light jogging and stretching helps priming the muscles and your body for the upcoming exercises.

Stretching and relaxing tense muscles after the workout is also very beneficial. Use a foam roller and/or resistance bands, both of which can relieve muscle tension and

IMPORTANT: if you have any medical condition or experiencing pain of any sort especially back pain please consult a medical professional before you start working out. Some of the below exercises put a lot of stress on your lower back and if you are ever unsure how to perform them, get a PT or a trained athlete to show you the correct form.

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Swimming is good for your whole body. Period.

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Muscles worked: delts, lats, traps, triceps, biceps, abs, hams, glutes (all of them, really)

Time: swim continuously for half an hour

This exercise will most likely be performed separately from the rest of the exercises for practical reasons, but it's all for the better since adding a swim day to your workout calendar will introduce variety to your strength training.

Not only that, but swimming is good for your overall cardivascular health, is a joint-friendly sport and will make your body strong overall as well as more robust. Doing freestyle swimming will work your shoulders and lats and will give you that V-back you always wanted.

Make sure you warm up for your swims with some shoulder exercises, like rolling shoulder circles and arm circles. especially if you haven't swam for a while, you will feel your shoulders quite prominently in the upcoming days after the exercise if you don't warm up. Probably even if you do, but at least with warmup you can avoid injuries.

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Keep your body straight as you bend your elbows and get as close to the ground as you can in the lowest position

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In depth: how to do a push-up

Muscles worked: pecs, triceps, core

Time: do as many as you can in two minutes/do 50 pushups in the least amount of sets possible

Starting position is arms extended and shoulder-width apart whilst you are facing the floor. Make sure your palms are directly under your shoulders on the floor. Core and glutes engaged, back straight.

At the lowest position, your nose should almost touch the floor and again, your body should be straight.

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Keep your back straight and pull with your abs

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In depth: how to do ab crunches

Muscles worked: abs, obliques, core, lats

Time: do as many as you can in two minutes/ do 75 in the least amount of sets possible.

Don't try to do sit ups without leg support, that'll put way too much pressure on your back. You can get anunder door crunch barif you are working out at home or asit up bench(or a multi-functionalweights bench).

Also and I can't tress this enough don't have your hands behind your neck or head. Most people try to cheat doing sit ups by pulling their head with their arms. The only thing you'll achieve with that is spine injury and neck pain.

Keep you hands either on the side of your head or crossed in front of your chest. The former is better if your abs are not that strong just yet and you want a bit of momentum before your engage your core.

Either way, engage your core all the way through the movement and keep your back straight. By engaging your core and not using your hands/arms to help, you can avoid potential back injuries.

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Shoulders should be in-line with wrist at the highest position

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In depth: best back exercises

Muscles worked: lats, traps, biceps

Sets/Reps: do as many as you can in one go

If you are exercising at home and unfamiliar with pullups, get one a door pull up bar and start doing pullups your legs resting on a chair. Please,please, make sure the bar is fitted properly and that it can support your bodyweight before you start hanging off it.

If you are frequenting the gym, you can use a pull up assist machine first. Same thing as doing a regular pull up, but you do it kneeling on a weighted pad.

Bodyweight pull ups are the next step up from supported leg pullups. If you really want concentrate on your lats, use a wide overhand grip. Chin ups use your arms muscles more (they are excellent nevertheless).

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Not many exercises will work your lower body as well as running

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In depth: why you should try running

Muscles worked: quads, hams, glutes, calves

Time: run for half an hour

Put one feet in front of the other in a quick succession.

Jokes aside, to pass the test, you will need to achieve a 5 min/km pace, which is not a break neck speed but still sort-of brisk, so concentrate on landing softly and if you are indeed going for a half an hour run, do the first couple of kilometres in a less demanding .

Also, keep your chest open and shoulders wide as you run. Keeping your upper body straight means you won't compress your lungs (by slumping), which then can turn around more oxygen, which in turn can keep your muscles from tiring

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A new dangerous trend taking over TikTok is now making headlines as parents across the globe warn of the severe harm it can cause.

The skull breaker challenge originated in Spain when two students began to film themselves executing the seemingly harmless move with an unsuspecting third participant. The trend captures three individuals standing in a row before jumping straight up. While the middle person is in the air, the two on the sides kick inwards to knock them off of their feet and onto their head.

However, its dangers quickly became evident as the middle participant continued to become the victim of injuries to the head, neck and wrist. At least two children in the United States have been hospitalized after attempting the challenge.

One viral video out of Colombia, in particular, demonstrated how a person can sustain an injury from the stunt dubbed Rompecrneos in Spanish, meaning skull cracker when the student fell onto the back of his head on the ground outside of his school. Although the video has since been removed from social media, the video is archived on Twitter. Administrators of the school where it took place also took to social media to condemn it.

Recently, a video has been made viral on social networks, in which some baccalaureate students of our institution are exposed, making a game where the ... physical integrity of one of the young people would allegedly be put at risk. In the aforementioned video, the badge of the College is clearly distinguished, whose symbol represents the institutions, one of the schools tweets, translated in English, reads.

Despite the injuries that some international outlets reported, the school did not address any serious harm caused by the stunt, other than the alarm that the events occurred may cause. Still, the statement goes on to say, the parties involved (the students with their respective representatives) were summoned to the Directorate of the College to initiate the corresponding procedures, attached to the relevant legal provisions.

The Feb. 4 statement didnt prevent the trend from spreading, as it became popular in India, the United Arab Emirates and the U.S. Now, parents in the U.S. are doing their part to shed light on the severity of the stunt by posting warnings attached to photos of their injured children on Facebook.

I really contemplated posting this, but I feel there needs to be awareness of this malicious cruel viral prank, Arizona mother Valerie Hodson wrote on Facebook about her young son who was tricked in the stunt by two friends. He landed hard flat on his back and head, as he struggled to get up he lost consciousness, he fell forward landing on his face. The school monitor ran to his side, all the while the 2 boys were snickering and laughing as his stiff unconscious body lay on the asphalt. Fast forward at the hospital, he has a head injury, stiches [sic] in his face, severe cuts inside his mouth and 2 front teeth I have to keep on eye on. This apparently is a Tik Tok viral prank being filmed and gaining likes on social media.

Days later, a mom in Alabama posted a similar warning, this time asking for prayers for her son who had to get surgery on his wrist as a result of the TikTok prank.

The safety and well-being of our users is a top priority at TikTok, a TikTok spokesperson tells Yahoo Lifestyle. As we make clear in our Community Guidelines, we do not allow content that encourages, promotes, or glorifies dangerous challenges that might lead to injury, and we remove reported behavior or activity that violates our guidelines. To help keep our platform safe, we have introduced a slate of safety features geared towards enhancing our users experience, including tools for reporting inappropriate content and for managing privacy settings.

Videos of the skull breaker challenge on TikTok have been replaced by skull saver challenges, in which users are reenacting the challenge without the hazardous kick, as well as public service announcements about the dangerous stunt.

According to Nathan Richards, MD, a physician who specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, both outcomes were better than the irreversible damage that can occur. The skull breaker challenge, he tells Yahoo Lifestyle, can even be fatal.

The skull breaker challenge is an emerging prank being propagated on social media that results in forceful trauma to the head and neck area. It can be associated with a variety of serious and even life-threatening injuries including, but not limited to, bruising, hematoma, skull fracture, neck strain, neck fracture, concussion and long term complications of concussion, bleeding in or around the brain, loss of consciousness, paralysis, and death, Richards explains. Although it can seem like a harmless prank to children and adolescents, they should be educated on the potential serious consequences of doing the skull breaker challenge.

Denise Klinkner, MD, a pediatric surgeon at the Mayo Clinic Childrens Center in Rochester, Minnesota adds that the person in the middle of the stunt will likely become injured even if prepared for what it entails. In spite of knowing this is the intent, the falling teen rapidly lands without blocking the fall, leading to at minimum a concussion, she says. If one is able, an outstretched hand to block the fall may lead to a broken wrist or arm.

As for why children and teens continue to take part in these challenges despite knowing the potential danger, Sabrina Sykes, PhD, a psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center writes that its all about the wow factor.

New online challenges routinely spring up and rapidly spread over social media, particularly among adolescents and young adults, Sykes explained in a blog post about the appeal of online challenges. Social media, in turn, offers instant popularity among peers in the form of likes and followers, providing peer acceptance, buoying the teens self-concept and, therefore, enhancing the draw to participate in these challenges.

She went on to credit the still-developing prefrontal cortex for an adolescents inability to manage their impulses or make responsible decisions, working in tandem with the very real fear of missing out. This means teens are highly motivated to engage in socially rewarding behavior and gravitate toward thrill-seeking, without focusing on potential risks or consequences, she wrote.

Still, parents and adults can intervene in their teens online behavior, according to Sykes, and take part in productive conversations that can improve a childs judgment.

Parents should familiarize themselves with social media platforms and engage their teen in conversations about online challenges, Sykes post reads. Remember that while teens continue to grow and navigate social relationships, through these conversations parents can foster the development of thoughtful and rational thinking skills, while also maintaining connection.

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Versace debuts its fall 20 collection in Milan this Friday, Feb. 21. And while the live viewing of the Italian fashion show was once limited to invitees only, streaming the excitement on the runway requires as little as an internet connection and a seat one from the comfort of your home, if preferred. Heres how to watch it all go down.

The Italian fashion house will be live streaming its fall 20 runway presentation, and first-ever co-ed show, starting at 6 p.m. in Milan this Friday. This means you can catch the models wearing all the new pieces at 12 p.m. ET at Versace.com and on all of its social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WeChat.

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For previous seasons, the fashion powerhouse showed only either womens or mens styles during its shows but following in the footsteps of brands like Maison Margiela, Celine, Thom Browne and more it will be displaying a mix of both this time around. Versace is also set to show a co-ed resort 21 collection in its first-ever presentation in the United States in an undisclosed location on May 16, as reported by WWD.

In previous years, Versace shows bring out notoriously big names across all industries. Spring 20 attendees included Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Doutzen Kroes while Gigi and Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner walked in the collection.

Versace is known for its bold, alluring styles and iconic moments during its runway shows. Who could forget when Jennifer Lopez surprisingly closed spring 20 in an updated version of her legendary Grammy Awards dress from 2000, matched this time to heeled sandals with vines wrapping around her ankles?

Donatella Versace took to Instagram to give a preview into the fall 20 line, including an on-trend slime green crossbody bag in addition to a zip-front top with an oversized white zipper.

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Alan Dodds, 47, from Grangetown, saw his weight creep up until it became a problem that was affecting his health.

Struggling to breathe at times he became increasingly reliant on his inhaler to manage his asthma.

Alan even found himself becoming stuck in the bath on more than one occasion and needed help to get out.

The turning point came on June 6, 2019, when Alan decided to join Slimming World in Grangetown Community Centre, Stannington Grove, along with wife Maureen, 42.

Weighing in at 25st, Alan started out as a size five XL and had a 57in waist.

Since then he has shed an incredible 8st 7lb and is now 16st 3lb. He is now a 36in waist and a XL to two XL in clothing.

Dad-of-four Alan said: You dont realise how poorly you are when you are that overweight.

I didnt realise how quickly the weight had built up until it was a problem.

There were times when I did get stuck in the bath and it was a nightmare to get out.

When I think back, used to eat everything with bread and butter on it.

I wouldnt eat one biscuit, I would eat the packet, but now I am in a mindset where I have control over what I eat without counting calories.

Alans wife Maureen Dodds, was the driving force behind Alan initially going along to Slimming World after initially deciding she wanted to lose around 2st.

Joining the group weighing 13st 6lb and a clothes size 18, the full-time mum from Sunderland has lost an incredible 4st 1lb and is now a healthy 9st 5lb and now wears size 8 clothes.

Alan, who works at Nestle, continued: I feel much healthier and now when people see me I get told I am a happier person.

And I feel like a different person. I am not getting out of breath and now rarely use my inhaler.

Now I dont have to order from a catalogue to get clothes, I can just go to a shop.

I think if more people knew how easy it was then more people would join.

I think there can be a stigma attached to going to Slimming World but it is the opposite when you get there.

I was expecting it to be a group for women and people pointing fingers at you, but it was totally different.

I wouldnt have went if Maureen had not dragged me, but now we go every week and even socialise with the people that go.

I just wish I had joined earlier.

Alan still attends Slimming World in Grangetown on Wednesdays at 7.30pm.

Breakfast: Full English breakfast.

Lunch: Takeaway sandwich.

Dinner: Takeaways like pizza.

Snacks: Biscuits, cheese toastie.

Breakfast: Hi-fi bars, Alpen Light bars.

Dinner: Chicken curry or a baked potato.

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West went to the NBA All-Star game on Sunday.

They were featured on the jumbotron and Kanye seemingly ignored Kim when she leaned in for a kiss.

Twitter is absolutely losing it over the awkward video.

The NBA All-Star game was on Sunday and like every sports event, there was a jumbotron and cameraperson who pans to the eager fans and celebrities in attendance. Since Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were sitting court-side, it was only natural the camera would find them at some point. But when they did appear on the big screen for their impromptu "kiss cam" moment, they had a super awkward moment that Twitter is roasting Kanye for.

At some point during the game, the camera focused on Kim and Kanye. Kim's showtime senses must've been tingling because she immediately noticed and started blowing kisses at the crowd. Then, she turned to Kanye to make a kissy face but he fully ignored her for a good five seconds, which feels like an eternity and just enough time to crawl into a ball in Kim's honor. When he finally noticed, Kim clapped and gave him a kiss on the cheek, much to his delight.

But even though Kanye eventually caught on, Twitter is fully roasting him for not paying attention and kissing his wife.

All that said, it appears Kim isn't even bothered by the seemingly awkward moment because she posted a picture of her kissing him on her Instagram Stories:

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Also, some Twitter users pointed out that he doesn't really show emotion in public anyway and that he just "didn't know what was going on." Plus, his smile at the end showed how he truly felt when she did manage to kiss him.

The jumbotron didn't catch this, but it looks like Kanye even went in for what appears to be a kiss or a whistle very close to her face, so voila!

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Hackers have figured out a way to fool Teslas self-driving Autopilot system, and all it took was a piece of tape.

On Wednesday, the MIT Technology Review published a story outlining how hackers were able to manipulate two different Teslas into accelerating by 50 mph. According to the journal, McAfee researchers Steve Povolny and Shivangee Trivedi were able to trick the cars Mobileye EyeQ3 camera by slightly altering a 35 mph sign.

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Povolny and Trivedi were able to manipulate a 2016 Model X (pictured above) and Model S by affixing a thin black strip of tape to the sign, extending the middle line on the number three. When the cars drove by the altered sign at 35 mph sign with self-driving cruise control engaged, their cameras misread the number as 85, and both sped up 50 mph.

McAfee says that it informed both Tesla and MiracleEye about the findings. Tesla did not respond to the MIT Technology Reviews request for comment but did acknowledge the research and said it had no plans to fix the generations technology. MiracleEye, meanwhile, dismissed the findings, saying the same mistake could have been made by the human eye. Teslas vehicles are now outfitted with propriety cameras, while MiracleEye has released several new versions of the cameras in the years since.

Tesla did not respond to a request for comment from Robb Report.

The research is just the latest experiment to expose vulnerabilities in autonomous driving systems, according to the journal. Last year, a UC Berkeley professor used stickers to trick an autonomous vehicle into thinking a stop sign was a 45 mph sign, while hackers made a Tesla veer into the wrong lane of traffic by placing stickers on the road. This flaws arent limited to self-driving cars, either; a recent study showed that medical machine-learning systems are also at risk.

News of the Tesla experiment comes at something of an inflection point for makers of autonomous vehicles. These kinds of flaws raise serious questions about the safety of driver-less vehicles at a time when automakers are racing to invest serious amounts of time and money into autonomous technology. Time will tell whether these issues get resolved before automakers patience and resources wear thin. For now, its clear that our robot driving overlords will need to keep us around for just a little bit longer.

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Nurses are some of the most exceptional people in the world and impact the lives of so many people. One nurse, in particular, had a considerable hand in the lives of one New Jersey Family. A dad realized the nurse his son had while in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was the exact same nurse who took care of him when he was a newborn and in the NICU. How is that for wild?

David Caldwells son, Zayne Alexander Caldwell, was born 10 weeks early and was admitted into the NICU at Saint Peters University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Caldwell and his fianc, Renata Freydin, were looking through a book of photos from when Caldwell was a baby because he wanted to compare photos of himself and his son, Zayne. A typical dad moment except in his case, the new parents noticed something elsethe two had the exact same nurse.

When Caldwell was born, he, too was in the NICU care after being born prematurely. In one of the photos, he was being held by his moms favorite nurse, Lissa McGowan, on the day that he was being discharged from the NICU.

And it didnt take long for Freydin to recognize that nurse she was the same one who was caring for her son, Zayne, since he was born.We brought the [photo] in, and two of the other nurses confirmed that it was [McGowan], Caldwell told Good Morning America. And my fianc lost it and was like, I told you it was her.'

The new parents took the photos into the hospital on Valentines Day, when they knew Nurse McGowan would be working. They were excited to share the photo of her with a newborn Caldwellshe was just as surprised.

I have never had this happen before, McGowan said. Its kind of unusual having your preemie come back after 34 years but to have a dad come in and be the dad of a preemie is a whole other story. McGowan had started her nursing career in 1981 at Saint Peters University Hospital and then 34 years later was part of the team that admitted Zayne to the NICU after his birth on January 30th.

At any given day, there are 20 nurses working in the unit, McGowan said. Just to be in the area that he was admitted to and being on that side of the room, everything kind of lined up to put us together.

So as many of you may know, our son was born 10 weeks early at St. Peters hospital and has been in the NICU ever since

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Thankfully, Zayne is doing well under the care of the nurses at Saint Peters, and his dad says, Hes a fighter.

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