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Top Fitness Apps That Can Technically Transform Your Health
Nearly one-third of U.S. smartphone owners download apps from the fitness and health category. So if you’re looking to use your smartphone to shape up, then you’ll be glad to know that I’ve tracked down the best fitness apps to help you stay on track. They are all totally worth your time and your storage…
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9 Foods That Help Fight Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an observance that is particularly significant for African-American women, who have a lower risk than white women of getting breast cancer but a higher risk of dying from it. While many causes of cancer are environmental—what we inhale voluntarily (e.g., tobacco smoke) and involuntarily (hazardous chemicals), and even excessive…
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Work Out, Then Hang Out in the Perfect Black Leggings
Cooler temperatures mean cooler clothes, so you know what that means: time to break out those black leggings. Leggings are definitely the new denim. In fact, last year jeans sales were down 6 percent from the previous year, according to the NPD Group. So if you’re looking for a pair that can go from your…
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Keep Your Hair Fly and Your Heart Rate High With These Tips
If you had to choose between your “too fly, gotta keep it dry” hairdo and your “tight and right” figure, which one would you pick? Unfortunately, when it comes to African-American women, about 2 out of every 5 prioritize their hair. I get it, the average blowout runs about $50, so spending that every week on…
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15 Songs to Crank Up While You’re Working Out
If your favorite workout partner is your earbuds, then you already know how important a high-quality workout-playlist is. It can either break or make your workout experience, right? So about your next playlist—don’t sweat it. Since I spend endless hours getting my heart rate up, I scoped out this year’s best workout tracks to help…
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Watch: A Hand Towel Is All You Need for a Great Workout
I don’t know which of the following inspired this workout more: the song “Scrub Da Ground,” which instantly takes me back to high school, or my fascination with workouts that require minimal equipment. It’s probably a combination of the two. What I do know, however, is that if having fun while you sweat is your…
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Sex, Love and Peace: The Benefits of Exercising With Your Boo
Not motivated to hit the gym? Having a hard time sticking to your workout plan? Might be time to recruit your boo! In fact, studies show that couples who work out together increase their chances of sticking to their exercise program by 90 percent. However, the real power in power lifting with your lover is…
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5 Ways Running Can Change Your Life
Most people assume, since I’m a former soccer girl-turned-personal trainer, that I’ve also always been a runner. Not true. Yes, I know, there’s a lot of running in soccer, but running cross-country or track? I wasn’t into that at all growing up. In fact, I found it strange, always thinking, “Where are they running to?”…
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A 2nd Chance: How I Make Sure I Never Return to My 14-Year-Long Eating Disorder
Shame, confusion, fear—these are the words that summed up my day-to-day existence for 14 years. “How did this happen to me?” “Am I the only black girl dealing with this?” Will I ever be normal again?” Endless questions with no answers, because, simply put—no one was talking about eating disorders in the black community in…
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Black Girls Do Get Eating Disorders: I Did and I Survived
While most girls were prepping for prom, doodling their crush’s name in their notebooks and hanging out at the mall, I was dreading what size my prom dress would be, doodling in my notebook about how many calories/days/weeks it would take to be a size 3, and the only hangouts I would frequent were the…
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