How to Stay Fit and Keep Your Natural Hair In Shape

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As the Christmas holiday are approaching and we begin to enjoy our favorite holiday foods, we will be looking to lose those extra pounds in 2012. The following tips on how to stay fit and keep your natural hair in shape was provided by Janelle Richards (www.thegrio.com).

theGrio worked with Whole Lifestyles trainer Lisa Priestly to find out what the best exercises were for black women who struggle to keep up their natural hair and to work out. Below are the workouts featured in the video. Remember, you can go to the gym, just decide how intense to make your workout.

Exercises:

Squat Press: Strengthens all major muscles of the lower body and tone and shapes the shoulders.

1. Squat down and sit back like sitting in a chair 2. Weight mostly in heels 3. Keep your back long and chest up 4. Push into your heels and stand up 5. Press the dumbbells over your head

Lunge Curl: Strengthens all major lower body muscles, but adds the element of balance with the legs in a staggered position. Also tones the upper arm.

1. Step one foot back a little more than a strides distance with dumbbells in hand 2. Keep the back long, and Torso slightly angled forward 3. Bend the rear leg knee almost to the floor. 4. Curl the dumbbells as you come up. Push- up: Strengths and tones upper body and core

1. Starting in plank position knees up or down on the floor 2. Keeping the body in one straight line 3. Leading with the check lower the body 1 fist distance from the floor or at least been the elbows to 90 degrees 4. Press back up, keeping the body in one line

Single Leg One Arm Cable Row: Strengthens balance and core musculature and well as the mid- back muscles that are good for posture.

1. Standing on one leg with cable in the opposite hand 2. Extend opposite leg back. 3. As you pull the cable handle back to side ribs, you draw your back leg in and stand up.

Stay Fit ! : According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention - people need two hours and 30 minutes a week of moderate intensity aerobic activity and two or more days a week that work all major muscle groups (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders and arms).

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