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Unsplash / Luke Chesser Here's How Many Miles You'd Need to Walk to Lose Weight, and Warning: It Seems Like a Lot

While everyone's body is different, there is a simple formula for kick-starting weight loss: eat less, move more. Still, if you've wondered just how much more you'd need to walk to start shedding pounds, let's dig into the specifics.

The average person walks about 2,000 steps in a mile, which burns roughly 100 calories, according to Courtney Meadows, an NASM-certified personal trainer and fitness coach. "One pound of fat equals 3,500 calories," she told POPSUGAR. So, in order to lose one pound a week - a healthy goal, according to experts - you'd need to burn 500 calories a day. "That means you should aim for about 10,000 steps a day, which is the equivalent of five miles."

If that number seems intimidating, remember that it includes everything you do during the day, like walking around your house or the store.

Variety is key to keeping your body in weight-loss mode, so create a workout plan that will help you switch up your walk each day and avoid hitting a plateau. Courtney suggests adding weights, throwing in lunges, or increasing your distance to take it up a notch.

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"You can even play around with intervals, which will maximize cardiorespiratory benefits," Courtney said. Try walking for 30 seconds at a pace at which you would still be able to hold a conversation, and then for the next minute, walk fast enough that you're breathing heavily.

Here's an interval walking workout to try on the treadmill and a 30-minute walking and bodyweight glute routine you can do indoors or outside! Ten-thousand steps a day? You've got this.

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Britney Spears has admitted she's lost weight thanks to missing her boyfriend Sam Asghari while quarantining, pictured here in July 2019. (Getty Images)

Britney Spears has revealed she has lost weight in coronavirus lockdown because she misses her boyfriend Sam Asghari so much.

While many of us are concerned about what our bodies might look like post lockdown (step away from the homemade Pret cookies), Britney Spears has revealed shes managed to shed the pounds.

But not because shes been particularly trying to lose weight. Turns out the cause of her quarantine weight loss is actually heartache thanks to missing her boyfriend as they self-isolate separately.

The 38-year-old singer shared a snap of herself on Instagram, rocking a long-sleeved floral crop top and revealing that shes dropped so many pounds that none of her clothes now fit.

I have been quarantining since I got back from Louisiana weeks ago So basically I havent seen my boyfriend@samasghariin what feels like a lifetime!!!! she explained in the accompanying caption.

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She went on to reveal that pining for her other half seems to have had an unexpected impact in that shes slimmed down to the point where her clothes no longer fit.

Now none of my pants or shorts fit, she revealed. Guess thats what missing someone can do.

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She went on to ask her followers if anyone else was experiencing the same.

And its fair to say that though some were able to relate on the missing people front, the losing weight side effect, not so much.

Cant relate queen but you look good! one fan wrote.

ALL OF US WITHOUT YOU, someone else commented.

I've gained enough weight for us both babe, another joked

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The Toxic singer also used her Instagram platform to inform her followers that she had accidentally burnt down her gym.

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Sharing an image of her workout routine with fans on the star admitted she only had two pieces of equipment and one mirror left after the incident involving candles, which happened at the end of 2019.

It was an accident, but yes I burnt it down, she wrote in the accompanying caption. I walked past the door to the gym and flames BOOM.

She went on to say that the alarm went off and no body was hurt, but the fire had caused her to lose some equipment.

But it could be much worse so Im grateful. Pssss I like working out better outside anyways, she added.

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Weight loss can be hard, especially with so many confusing diet plans and methods to chose from. An easy method has been revealed to speed up weight loss by burning up to 100 extra calories a day.

Green tea has been drunk for centuries for its health benefits including improving brain function, improving fat burning and including antioxidants.

Medical nutritionist Dr Naomi Beianart told theExpress.co.uk: If youre trying to slim down, green tea could also be your new best friend.

Research has found that green tea in particular may be helpful for supporting metabolism and weight management.

A recent study carried out with 35 obese men and women, found that those who drank green tea daily for two months lost significantly more weight than those who consumed a placebo.

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Another study revealed that drinking green tea twice a day can burn up to 100 extra calories a day.

How it works

Green tea is packed with caffeine and a type of flavonoid called catechin, which is an antioxidant.

Research suggests that both of these compounds can speed up metabolism.

Catechin combined with caffeine increases the amount of energy the body uses.

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Speeding up the metabolism will help burn more calories at rest and during activity.

How much to drink

In order to burn more calories, green tea should be consumed around two to three times daily.

When making a green tea, it is suggested to bring the water to boil and then leave it to cool for around 10 minutes.

This is because the boiling water will kill the teas catechin, the chemical which can drive weight loss and other nutrients.

According to Heathline, green tea is one of the healthiest beverages on the planet.

While there is no solid evidence that drinking green tea reduces appetite, many people who have consumed the tea daily have explained that they feel less hungry throughout the day.

Green tea has repeatedly been linked to increased fat during, especially during exercise.

Exercise is also a very important aspect to losing weight and a daily exercise of around one hour is recommended to boost weight loss results.

Dr Beianart added: In fact, green tea may support weight loss in several ways: increasing thermogenesis (calorie burning), increasing fat oxidation (burning of fat for energy), reducing fat absorption, and even reducing appetite!

Along with drinking green tea, there are other ways to boost the metabolism and increase weight loss.

Green tea benefits extend beyond weight loss. It is very healthy to consume for many other reasons too.

Having a healthy breakfast in the morning will help you stay fuller for longer and jump start your metabolism.

According to the NHS, research suggests people who eat breakfast are slimmer because they tend to eat less during the day.

A healthy breakfast contributes to proper immune function, lowers cholesterol, and reduces the risk of heart disease and diabetes. If you skip breakfast, you are more likely to snack more, consuming more calories by consuming less nutritious foods.

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We have been careful and following safe at home guidelines for almost 2 months. While we are protecting ourselves, loved ones and our community, you may find that it is not that easy to be forced to distance yourself from socializing and being free to go where you want. These pressures along with the aspects of economic struggle can cause a lot of stress and anxiety. Over-eating due to stress and anxiety is very common and being at home near tempting food makes it very easy to comfort eat or eat out of boredom. So, you are safe at home but gaining weight. And as we know, being over-weight is extremely unhealthy.Etcetera Medical is OPEN and proud to be an essential medical practice. We are ready to help you lose weight, stay on your program, and maintain a healthy eating plan for the whole family.We have perfected our weight loss programs for over 30 years giving us the knowledge and skills to help you lose, maintain, and be healthy.We have many Appointment Options during this crisis.In person visits: Come into the office for our full service. Have a diet shot to help boost your immune system and give you extra energy as well as aid in weight loss.Telemedicine: Have a virtual appointment with the provider. A phone call for existing and restart patients or a Video call for New Patient Initial Visits.Curbside Pick Up: Let us know you are coming and when you get to the office, we will bring your medication and product out to you.Shipping: Your medication and product will be mailed directly to your home. Just call and let us know your needs.Let us help during these hard times.Call Etcetera Medical today: 661-259-8884 or visit our web site http://www.etceteramedical.net.

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Pixabay Everyone in the world is currently dealing with the threats posed by the coronavirus pandemic and struggling with the drawbacks of not being able to freely go outside. And for most people, there is a struggle to remain healthy since gyms and other establishments are closed.

For people who have fitness and exercise equipment at home, staying healthy may not be a problem as long as they are motivated to work out. But for many people who do not have the privilege of owning any exercise tool, losing weight or staying fit is an uphill battle.

However, experts say there is one exercise that everyone can do to remain healthy amid the coronavirus lockdowns, and it is walking. Below are the reasons why walking is the best exercise to do during the COVID-19 pandemic, as first shared by USA Today.

Improves muscle strength

Walking has been proven to counter the effects of aging on muscle strength. As humans age, their muscle strength is greatly reduced. Walking addresses this problem by building muscle mass and toning muscles in certain areas of the body, especially in the back and legs.

Promotes stronger bones

Bones tend to become weaker as people age. According to MedlinePlus, this explains why posture and gait drastically change when humans get older. Walking has been found to strengthen bones. This form of exercise gives a certain amount of stress to the bones and bone cells called osteoblasts respond well to this type of stress, preventing bone density loss.

Burns body fat

Walking is one good exercise that can make one lose weight without having to rely on gym equipment. Studies found that walking regularly does help in losing weight by burning fat. Obese people who frequently walk were even found to benefit from the fat-burning effect of walking.

Stimulates good mood

Many people are suffering from anxiety and mood swings amid the coronavirus pandemic. Walking is a good way to counter these issues because this physical activity has already been proven to have a palliative effect on a persons mood.

Boosts heart health

Another good reason why walking is the best exercise to do while in quarantine has to do with its effects on heart health. Apparently, walking makes the heart stronger. Since it is an aerobic activity, walking promotes greater efficiency of the heart by increasing heart rate and blood pressure. As such, walking reduces the risk of developing heart disease.

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Lung cancer describes cells that have gone haywire. Reproducing at an uncontrollable speed, the cells form a cancerous tumour. One side effect is weight loss, but how do the two correlate?

Cancer Research UK testifies that "weight loss is common in people with cancer".

Although the weight loss can be associated with a loss of appetite, there are various factors that can lead to this side effect.

For instance, people may experience difficulty swallowing, suffer from malabsorption (not being able to absorb nutrients from food), or feeling and being sick.

According to Cancer Research UK, scientists currently think that cancer causes the immune system to release certain chemicals called cytokines into the blood that causes inflammation.

This is thought to contribute to the loss of fat and muscle in lung cancer patients.

Cachexia is more common in people with lung cancer, and the symptoms include:

Around 60 percent of people with lung cancer suffer from a loss of appetite and significant weight loss by the time they get diagnosed with the condition.

Losing more than five percent of your normal weight without dieting within a year is alarm bells in any doctor's ears.

Although this reduction may not seem significant, at that rate it could become a severe problem. And it's a likely indicator of cancer.

Other symptoms of lung cancer include:

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Most South Korean actresses and singers are known for their toned bodies. Here are some weight loss tips for you that are not too extreme to follow.

With the South Korean industry becoming more prominent, everybody is familiar with how fit and beautiful Korean celebs look. They have flawless skin and toned bodies, but there is a catch. Some Korean artists follow extreme diet plans which often make them lose weight but can be harmful if not monitored by a professional. While it might seem tempting to get a tiny waist to fit the clothes you always wished to wear. But the thing is you can achieve a healthy weight but with healthy eating and proper exercise.

Keeping that in mind, we are sharing with you some tips from Korean celebs who have toned bodies. These tips are not extreme to follow and can easily be incorporated in your daily routine. Before we look into the tips, keep in mind that your body is very different from these actresses and singers, which is why you should take advice from your doctor before you go for any of the tips.

Park Min-young

You must know her from the dramas Healer, Whats Wrong with Secretary Kim and other popular dramas. She went on a diet for the first time for her show Healer but she still includes healthy eating habits in her routine. She also told a tabloid that she dances to lose weight. Isnt it great to find a fun way to lose weight whats better than dancing?

Bae Suzy

The Uncontrollably Fond actress went under a strict diet, making sure she didnt eat after 6 PM. According to a report by the National Institutes of Health, nighttime eating can have a negative impact on your health.

Jun Ji-hyun

The 38-year-old can still give 20-year-olds a run for their money. She is known for her role in My Love From the Star and My Sassy Girl. Her secret is getting up early at 6 AM to make sure that she exercises, despite her busy schedule. Dedication, right? She also makes sure that her meals include all kinds of nutrients.

Park Bo-ram

The Beautiful singer lost around 30 kg by sticking a healthy diet plan and true to her exercise routine. She divided her meals into 5 small portions which only included lean and healthy foods like chicken breast salad, sweet potatoes, bananas, etc. She also does kickboxing, crossfit and pilates.

Eunji

Apinks member Jung Eun-ji reduced 15 kg before she debuted as a Kpop Idol. She is a food lover but made it her goal to reduce weight. She ate low-calorie foods, did weight-lifting exercises and boxing.

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While many people have been worried about their constant snacking while in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, others are also attempting to use this time to lose weight, but an expert claims this might not be the best idea.

Amelia Phillips, accredited nutritionist and exercise scientist, spoke to Yahoo Lifestyle and said she believes we don't need the "added stress" of trying to lose weight during this pandemic.

A nutritionist has revealed the reasons we shouldn't be trying to lose weight during isolation. Photo: Getty

"Everyone is worried about what impact self-isolation will have on their health and their waistline. There is so much attention on trying to lose weight in isolation instead of focusing on how to stay healthy throughout this time, she said.

"We are in the middle of a pandemic therefore we dont need added stress and negative emotions. Between home schooling children along with trying to work from home and just general anxiety about health, there is enough to stress about! The focus needs to shift to 'maintain not gain'.

"Most people often forget that it is even harder to lose weight in isolation. Incidental exercise dramatically drops. Think about it; You are stuck at home with your basic steps consisting of moving from your bed to your desk to the fridge.

"This affects our NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis). We often underestimate the impact that has on our daily calorie expenditure. If you dont believe me, compare the number of steps you take on a 'go into the office' workday compared to working from home."

Nutritionist Amelia Phillips says we often underestimate how much we walk when we are going about our daily lives, and that would have lessened significantly during the pandemic. Photo: Getty

Some people have decided to do whatever they want in order to get through this time and that includes not worrying so much about how healthily they're eating, however, Amelia says we need to find balance.

"I believe this time has caused us all to reconsider what is essential to us, such as valued relationships and kindness, she said.

That kindness should begin with being kind to ourselves. This means finding a balance between strict dieting (not kind) and big food blowouts (also not kind).

I dont believe this is the time to add more pressure through strict eating hence my maintain not gain motto. But dont blow the bank because what takes weeks to put on, takes months to take off."

Amelia's tips for 'maintaining and not gaining' include practising intermittent fasting, eating 'liquid foods' and finding healthy swaps.

"In terms of maintaining and not gaining, if we have come out the other side having maintained and not gained that is a big win, she said.

Maintaining and not gaining is simple. All we have to do is make sure to not eat more calories than we have burned each day."

Protein shakes, like these ones from Eimele, are a great way to keep yourself full and deliver complete nutrition. Photo: Eimele

Practice intermittent fasting for 12h-14/day

According to Amelia, this is one of the easiest ways to curb your appetite and trigger fat burning. If you stop eating at 9pm, she recommends not eating again until 9am. What that does is narrow the window when you do eat, so breakkie, lunch and dinner are closer, preventing sugar spikes and snacking.

Eat liquid foods:

For example, porridge, soups and shakes. Amelias favourites are the Eimele range of products as they deliver complete nutrition whilst giving you that satisfied feeling, are full of fibre and protein and are delicious.

Find healthy swaps

If you have a sweet tooth, dont kid yourself that you can go cold turkey all the time. Find a much healthier alternative that satisfies the craving without breaking the calories bank. For example, if youre craving chocolate, Amelia recommends having a powdered hot chocolate. If youre craving chips, have some air popped popcorn.

Amelia says having mindful moments every day is very important for your mental and physical health. Photo: Getty

Amelia also revealed that there are other factors that affect our physical and mental health, these include loneliness, worry, relationship and family issues, plus a lack of sunlight.

"Instead of focusing on physical weight focus on the below instead which I like to call taking your MEDS everyday," she said.

And no, this isn't medicine, what Amelia is referring to is:

Mindfulness: Be it meditation, relaxation or spirituality, having mindful moments everyday is important.

Exercise: 150 minutes per week (21 min per day) of moderate to intense activity is the recommendation.

Diet: following a predominantly whole food, plant-first diet, not overeating, in a social enjoyable way.

Sleep: 7 9 hours per night, 20 minute power naps (if you need), deep breathing before sleep and a tip; have a hot shower before bed (the body goes into a deeper sleep on a falling body temperature)

If you stick to your regular workday structure, you'll find it easier to stop snacking so much during the day. Photo: Getty

Nutritionist and Exercise Physiologist Kathleen Alleaume also believes planning will help you get through this strange time.

"I think it just comes down to planning a little bit and you're not there to eat around the clock, if you kind of stick to that structure as you would during work, have regular breaks and just being mindful of what you're doing, it's going to prevent that overeating, that mindless snacking and going a bit crazy, she said.

"It's a very sensitive issue for a lot of people, because a lot of people are probably suffering financial loss or grieving and things like that, being anxious or stressed can lead to that mindless eating as well.

So, it's important to be sensitive to those eating triggers. And again, having a good healthy stocked kitchen is going to help and not filling it with 'junk', but creating an environment that's going to be conducive to better eating habits."

Kathleen added while you might not be trying to lose weight during this time, you should be using it to create good habits.

"It's always good to try and make healthy changes and with people spending more time at home, let's not forget the opportunity to cook family meals together and eat at home and know what's going in your food. But you've also got lots of time to get outdoors and get active, so there's no real excuse to overeat and be under-active, she said.

We've got to kind of think of it as any other time. It's about building habits."

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Unable to lose excess weight? Late night sugar and junk cravings could be the reason. Read on to know more.

Are you tired of following all kinds of fad diets and exercise regimes but unable to lose those love handles? The reason for your bulging stomach and flabs could be eating junk before hitting the bed. You must have heard the popular advice of having breakfast like a king, eating lunch like a prince and have dinner like a pauper. One should also note that how much you eat is also important as weight gain happens when we eat more calories than we burn. As per research, if you eat just before sleeping then the same can affect your biological clock and it can delay the fat-burning mechanism of the body. For the unversed, eating before bed can cause weight gain as our metabolism slows down when we fall asleep. This causes any undigested calories to be stored as fat.

Many of us feel hungry at night and we end up eating anything that is available, mostly junk food. Also, a bedtime snack is an extra meal which means extra calories. If you follow healthy eating habits and eat on time, then you won't get untimely hunger pangs. So, if you have been avoiding meals or eat at any time then you should not. When you skip breakfast or lunch and have dinner at weird hours then you will lack nutrition and have hunger pangs at night.

Research provesAs per the study which was published in the journal PLOS Biology, the number of calories as well as when you eat can influence our body's weight. Prof. Carl Johnson, senior author of the study and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences told, "There are a lot of studies on both animals and humans that suggest its not only about how much you eat but rather when you eat." For the unversed, the biological clock or circadian rhythms affect the metabolism of a person. And disruption in the body clock leads to health issues including obesity.

The research team monitored meal timings of 6 people aged 50 years and above. They measured their metabolism with the help of Vanderbilts human metabolic chamber. They deduced that those who ate late at night had a low rate of fat burning in comparison to others. The lead researcher said, "This confirms that the timing of meals during the daytime and nighttime cycle affects how ingested food is used versus stored and that any food ingested before bedtime will delay the burning of fat during sleep."As per Northwestern University's study, eating at night led to twice as much weight gain even when total calories consumed were the same.

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Hop into something comfy and lets get started! This is how Adriene Mishler, YouTubes biggest yoga guru, begins many of her videos. For those of us who are not spending our quarantine days writing an update of King Lear or attempting to follow along with Barrys Bootcamp on Instagram, Mishlers just-show-up approach to yoga is a comfort and a welcome distraction. In recent months, she has been described as the patron saint of quarantine (Paper magazine), the most influential yoga teacher on the planet (Refinery29), and Our saviour (a fan on Twitter).

Mishler was already huge before the pandemic her channel, which has more than 7 million subscribers, is the first to pop up when you search for yoga on YouTube but the lockdown has catapulted her to a new level of fame. Fans on social media recommend their favourite videos, post charcoal drawings of her and express their undying devotion to her for keeping them sane. One devotee even built a digital replica of her home studio in the video game Animal Crossing. There are countless memes about her, as well as ones about her dog, a blue heeler, or Australian cattle dog, named Benji, who frequently makes cameo appearances lounging beside the mat, or wandering into shot.

Working out at home in the time of coronavirus is fraught. Most of us dont have much space to spare, let alone weights or props to replicate the gym (or a steam room or a woman arguing on her phone while jogging on a treadmill next to you). But even for those of us committed to being deeply unambitious during this period, exercise does eventually seem like a good idea, if not just to make up for all the pasta dinners and handfuls of milk chocolate also to alleviate boredom, or sore backs from sitting cross-legged on the couch all day, or to introduce some movement beyond padding in slippers a few feet from the bedroom to a makeshift standing desk (a laptop propped up on a cupboard), or to give the illusion of some form of routine.

Even though every form of exercise, from pilates to ecstatic dance, is being offered in online workouts, and in many cases for free, yoga seems to have risen to the top. It doesnt require any fancy accessories you dont even need a mat and theres a meditative aspect that helps with all of our extremely warranted anxiety.

Mishler has pitched herself as the perfect first step for yoga novices. Whatever ails you, Mishler seems to have a class for it. She has videos for back pain, vulnerability (an entirely seated practice with a lot of lying in the foetal position), anger (a lot of breathing exercises and childs pose to calm down) and self-care (literally hugging yourself). There is yoga for runners (a seven-minute full body stretch for before or after a jog) and for those in the service industry (relief from being on ones feet all day), and even yoga for writers (focus the brain and body inward so you can perform, create and be your best). Some of the classes can be done in bed.

Maybe what attracts so many people to Mishler is what shes not: she isnt threatening, has none of the holier-than-thou quality of someone who just came back from rigorous spiritual training, and nor is she stone-faced or humourless. On screen, Mishler, who is 35, comes across as sweet and wholesome, like the one popular girl in school who was actually kind. Her classes tend to be slow-placed, with clear instructions for absolute beginners and insight for more experienced students. Shes good at telling you how to avoid injury, which is important when theres no teacher in the room to correct or guide you deeper into a pose. She can occasionally seem a little homespun with her Texan howdy or get a little spiritual and write on her website that Yoga is really the art of waking up.

Right now, while we are stuck in our cramped apartments, our crowded living rooms, our sunless basement flats, our solitary terraces yoga offers us a solution, an escape, a way to unwind. It doesnt come larded with the kind of ambition that drives people to train for marathons or visit the gym several times a week to lose weight. Yoga is only interested in the present, an apt philosophy at a moment when the future is so uncertain. As a teacher, Mishler is not doing anything revolutionary, but she has struck a chord in these anxious times. By not doing too much, and not asking us to do too much, shes become the woman of the hour.

These days Mishler receives so many requests that her press office sends automated emails apologising in advance if it takes a while to respond. But after I got through to her voicemail which features her singing a song about leaving a message to the tune of the Chilis baby back ribs jingle Mishler called me back about a minute later, apologising for missing the call.

On the phone from her home in Austin, Texas, Mishler sounded exactly like she does in her videos: extremely friendly, sincere and polite. She thanked me for asking how her quarantine is going. Its best-case scenario, she said. My boyfriend lives eight minutes away. Hes the only person that I see, and he can work at his home and I can work here. A lot of people assume I must be golden Oh come on, buddy! she broke off to yell at Benji the dog, who was barking in the background. Others are having a much harder time of it, she said, such as her friends who have kids, but she admitted to having occasional wobbles. You have your own discombobulated moment each day where you feel like youre in the Groundhog Day movie.

Mishler grew up in an arty family in Austin. As a teenager, she took acting classes, in which she learned about mind-body practices such as yoga. Later, while trying to make it as a professional actor among her early roles was a cameo as cute female student in an episode of the TV show Friday Night Lights she qualified as a yoga teacher and taught some classes. Her main frame of reference for exercising at home was Jane Fondas classic 1980s do-it-for-the-burn aerobics videos, along with Rodney Yees yoga DVDs, which featured a lot of instruction but not much fun.

The origins of Yoga With Adriene go back to the set of a horror movie, where she met an independent film-maker called Christopher Sharpe, who had helped create a popular YouTube channel starring his wife, the chef Hilah Johnson. Afterwards, Sharpe and Mishler stayed in touch, and in 2012, when Sharpe was looking for new YouTube projects, he asked Mishler if she wanted to start a yoga channel. In September that year, they began uploading videos.

I had this inkling, if we all had an at-home yoga practice, it would change everything it could become like a normal hygiene practice, or saying a prayer if youre a spiritual person, Mishler told me. A daily practice that can be medicinal you could roll out the mat if youre stressed. That was a huge stretch in 2012, but I was so broke that I thought it was worth a try.

Yoga studios and, really, gyms in general, can be intimidating places. Theres the fear of looking as if you dont know what youre doing. Its easy to stand out by being the largest person in the room, or the only man in the yoga class, or the only woman lifting free weights, or the only person of colour, full stop. Plus, theyre expensive and they require commitment.

Mishlers channel aimed to remove these stresses. One thing that made her videos appealing was that they werent filmed in a professional studio or in a fancy home, settings that were popular in older workout videos. By filming in a private space Mishler did her workout in a living room the videos felt more intimate and personal, tapping into the same qualities that were becoming popular in other YouTube genres, from singing covers of a song in a bedroom to cooking in regular home kitchens.

While the setting was clean and bright, it wasnt aspirational, unlike the Rodney Yee videos, filmed on beaches with spectacular views or at the foot of snow-capped mountains. Mishler was just a nice-looking woman in a nice-enough room wearing a tank top and leggings that didnt even match. It suited her, but it was also a deliberate decision a strategy, even though she hates that word to make her the yoga girl next door.

In this, Benji is a useful ally. He serves not just as a beloved pet, but as a muse and a beacon of calm as he sleeps on the sidelines. He is a great tool for the storytelling. His presence just lends itself so well to not feeling like its a super-produced video, she said, and as if he knew he was being referenced, Benji barked several times in the background. Benji is a way to tear down the fourth wall without being pretentious. Maybe thats too heavy of a word. Were here together and he helps set the tone.

As Mishler was crafting the channels tone, Sharpe was carefully studying how YouTube users search for yoga and other workouts, compiling lists of key terms and optimising the titles of the videos. Instead of just creating classes that might suit potential needs, they looked at Sharpes studies and tailored classes according to what people were searching for. This is why Mishlers classes include Yoga for Back Pain, Yoga for Lower Back Pain, Yoga for Upper Back Pain, as well as Upper Back Love, and, of course, Lower Back Love.

The YouTube channel wasnt an overnight hit. It took about two years of posting a new video each week to reach 200,000 subscribers, and that was the point at which it started to become commercially successful. Mishlers videos arent heavily branded, but the website Social Blade, which tracks growth on YouTube, estimates that the channel could make as much as $188,500 per month on advertising revenue alone.

For hardcore fans looking to venture further into the Mishler universe, there is also a subscription service ($9.99 per month) called Find What Feels Good, in which the best-friend vibe is amped up even more, via exclusive classes, vlogs, meditations and blog posts. She also leads retreats, and holds large events for International Yoga Day each June. But this year, a retreat in Mexico City combining Spanish lessons and yoga Mishlers mother is Mexican scheduled for May had to be cancelled, as did an upcoming event at the United Nations.

On 12 April, Mishler began her email newsletter with the following: I am sending you some loving energy from my humble abode. It is Sunday. Just in case you need a reminder. And then she included a poem, which, depending on your perspective, will be either painfully twee or gently comforting:

Today is another day in which we are blessed with the opportunity to rise,To continue, and awaken.To slowly nod with forgiveness,Squint the eyes Just a bit,And whisper,I got this.

I attended a Californian high school that offered yoga as part of its physical education programme. At 16 I signed up for it along with all the other misfits who werent enrolled in typical private-school sports such as lacrosse or field hockey and learned crow pose and breathing techniques from a long-haired ageing hippie with a gentle demeanour. I liked it enough, but didnt take yoga classes again until after university, when I found myself living down the street from a yoga studio.

In 2015, after I joined a studio in Manhattan, I would go to a yoga class every couple of days. This year I took the plunge, going from being a yoga student who attended class a few times a week to teaching a restorative yoga class once a week at a downtown studio called Sky Ting. I have never thought of myself as a natural teacher, but I loved it. Teaching was, frankly, kind of a power trip. I like being in charge, putting together a playlist, watching students tumble out of class in a relaxed afterglow. My classes were in the late afternoon on Thursdays. Friends came by, but so did people I didnt know, and they started to come every week, which was thrilling: I knew what I was doing enough that people wanted more. I started in the second week of January, but was only able to teach for two months before business was suspended.

On a recent Sunday evening, I taught one class via Instagram from my sitting room. My yoga studio provided its teachers with notes on setting up, from how to best position our phones to tips on creating as inviting a space as possible in a tiny New York apartment (plants and natural light are good, dirty floors and clutter are best avoided). I tend not to speak a lot during my classes. Its a conscious choice based on years of wishing that I could zone out and not have to hear a teacher chattering along. But a lot of silence while demonstrating poses alone in front of a screen just translates to dead air, which feels awkward, so I found myself making commentary to fill up the silence. My class, like Mishlers, was treated to a spontaneous appearance by my bulldog, Joan, when she wandered over to investigate what I was doing. I missed touching my students, running a hand down their spine to encourage deeper relaxation or massaging their foreheads to relieve tension. But I also loved that anyone could join, and students could say hello or send a comment through the app. (That said, I could have done without the person who kept messaging me to say I should change my music.)

Because so many studios have taken their classes online, Ive also got to tune into some of my favourite far-flung teachers and friends, from Portugal to Los Angeles. When I spoke to one of these teachers, Kyle Miller, about her experience of teaching on Zoom, she was near-rapturous. Getting to see everyone, talk and hang out in the moments before and after class, getting to watch the students as they practise and teach right to them, its been incredible and unexpected, she said. It honestly feels like Ive socialised. I ride a high after my streams! Yoga teachers, it seems, are perhaps the worlds most gifted people when it comes to putting a positive spin on things.

Mishler is not really a superstar teacher like the types who headline Wanderlust the global travelling yoga festival that is sort of like Coachella for the spiritually inclined, at which fans shell out around $200 to take massive yoga classes led by teachers talking rapturously about the need to be humble. Nor is Mishler an influencer in the current sense, posing for highly branded and sponsored photos with perfect hair. Her own Instagram is simple and relatively unflashy, featuring photos of the sky, grocery store flowers and, of course, Benji. She is careful not to sound too out-there or new age, and will often poke fun at something she says by using an exaggeratedly calm, smug-yoga-lady voice. Her online persona recalls a time when normal people could become famous on the internet for being good at being themselves Justin Bieber before he became Justin Bieber.

Mishler acknowledges that she has made compromises to broaden her reach. She understands that she grew her audience based on a canny understanding of how to target her videos, but there is an awkward disconnect between the kind of yoga she wants to teach and what is most sought after on YouTube. Her most popular videos are, she said, a tight race between anything that has anxiety in the title and also the yoga for weight loss. She feels weird about that, she says. I do not teach yoga for weight loss, thats not my end goal, but, you know, when that is in the title in the SEO, it attracts a lot more people than it would have otherwise, she said, sounding a little defensive. I know there is integrity in the content, she said.

While the coronavirus pandemic has brought legions of new fans, it might also mean that, for the first time, Yoga With Adriene could have some real competition. Every yoga brand is trying to ride out this wave of isolation and come out with more followers at the other end. Local studios from all over the world are live-streaming from home so students can take classes with their favourite teachers, not just whats free on YouTube. Big brands are also pushing their online classes, including Nike, Alo, Gaia, Sweaty Betty, CorePower, Lululemon and Yoga Journal. Meanwhile, on YouTube, there are now numerous videos that seem to borrow heavily from Yoga With Adrienes formula: accessible classes performed in homey environments. New competitors include Yoga By Candace and Yoga With Tim. They both include their dogs.

Whenever we are let out of our homes, my guess would be that yoga studios will have waiting lists. Theyll likely be different from before, operating at no more than a quarter of their usual capacity allowing students (wholl bring their own mats) to keep two metres apart. But even with those compromises, it will probably feel better than practising one more day in front of a screen.

What seemed reassuring in quarantine might feel claustrophobic when were let out, and for Mishler, its possible that there might be a downside to being so closely associated with a strange and miserable time. While we all troop gratefully back to class, Mishler will still be taping herself at home, doing yoga to a camera in her sitting room, Benji by her side. But worrying too much about the future is not quite in the spirit of Yoga With Adriene, which is all about the here and now. As she writes on her website: The process is the candy. Enjoy!

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