He Never Intended To Become A Political Dissident, But Then He Started Beating Up Tai Chi Masters

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On a recent Thursday evening in August, a 40-year-old MMA gym owner in Beijing named Xu Xiaodong activated his VPN, hopped over the Chinese government’s internet firewall, and began his first-ever live YouTube broadcast. He wanted to talk about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, in which hundreds of thousands of citizens have demonstrated against …

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Fit in my 40s: I hated Pilates the first time I tried it. Now I’ve had an epiphany | Zoe Williams | Life and style | The Guardian

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The most important lesson I’ve learned in the whole great arc of my fitness career is: just because you hated it the first time, doesn’t mean it’s not for you. This is why I returned to Pilates, which I previously felt was like soulless yoga (functional, painful, boring). Plus I was persuaded to try again …

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Tai Chi and Clare

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Tai Chi and Clare Meleady  *About Tai Chi and how it helped you??* From doing tai chi I have noticed many things that have changed in my life and in my body and mind. The most important is that I have become more aware of my breath and breath deeper then I would have previous. …

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Pilates Is Uniquely Effective Workout for Mature Men

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Pilates is a specialized and highly effective series of exercises – originally developed for male police officers and soldiers, and later for sports injury rehabilitation. Though pilates was originally created for military men and law enforcement, eventually this unique system of body conditioning was made available to all genders, ages, and fitness levels – and even …

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