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I Tried Adele’s Punishing Workout Schedule, Wouldn’t Do Long-Term

November 1, 2021 Bella

Adele works out three times a day: weights, then hiking or boxing, then cardio, she told Vogue.
I tried her regime one day, and while it felt good to move a lot, it’s not sustainable for me.
The personal trainer Laura Hoggins advises people to work out less and recover between sessions.

Adele recently detailed the workout regime she follows, and it involves working out two to three times a day.

Speaking to British Vogue, the singer said she’d lost 100 pounds but that

weight loss
was never the goal. She wanted to ease her anxiety, feel better, get stronger, and have time away from her phone, she said.

“I work out two or three times a day,” Adele told the outlet. “So I do my weights in the morning, then I normally hike or I box in the afternoon, and then I go and do my cardio at night.”

The singer works out with trainers and said the routine wouldn’t work for most people.

That said, I decided to give Adele’s routine a try, working out in the morning, afternoon, and evening for one day.

Adele starts the day with weights

Rachel doing squats and sitting on a workout mat — Performing squats in a morning workout, and after stretching at the end.

Adele works through “every weight machine in the gym” over an hour, according to US Vogue.

I’m not sure how many machines there are in Adele’s gym, but if I were to use every one in mine, I’d barely manage a set on each within an hour.

But I did a few resistance-training exercises as I would normally, including squats, dead lifts, hamstring curls, and hip thrusts. I don’t have a trainer, but I do follow a workout program on the Sweat app, which tells me my

Liberal sports writers look to cancel ‘Braves,’ Tomahawk Chop as World Series heads to Atlanta

November 1, 2021 Bella

Liberal sports writers and corporate media members will be glued to the television on Friday night when the Atlanta Braves host the Houston Astros in Game 3 of the World Series, but many of them won’t be focused on the game.

Instead, woke members of the press have been busy decrying the Braves’ nickname and iconic Tomahawk Chop as everything from racist to an act of violence.

“A sport that helped define America and American men for more than 100 years has been taken over by those who hate the sport, the fans and our country,” Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor told Fox News Digital.

Cancel culture has hit professional sports in recent years, specifically for teams named after Native Americans, and many have set their sights on the Atlanta Braves as the team hosts its first Fall Classic game in 22 years.

WITH MANFRED’S SUPPORT, BRAVES BRING CHOP TO WORLD SERIES

The NFL franchise formerly known as the Washington Redskins dropped its longtime moniker after years of pressure and have simply gone by the Washington Football Team. Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians initially ditched its popular Chief Wahoo logo and has scrapped the name altogether, planning to take the field as the Cleveland Guardians beginning next season.

The Atlanta Braves, whose name goes back to 1912 when they played in Boston and later in Milwaukee, have hung onto the moniker and famed chant. Now, with the World Series heading to Atlanta’s Truist Park tied up at one game apiece, everyone seems to have an opinion on anything other than the action on the field.

The Associated Press published a column by Paul Newberry headlined, “Pull the plug on the chop — and Braves name, too.” The column admits the Tomahawk Chop “will be impossible to ignore now

Glutes workout: 5 best exercises to target the biggest muscle in the body

October 31, 2021 Bella

If you’re really looking to work your glutes, you’ve probably already added squats to your workout routine. Yet not all exercises are created equal, and to really target the different parts of your glutes, you should be mixing things up (and no, we don’t mean doing a squat challenge).

Your glutes are the biggest muscle in your body and if your goal is to really build your glutes, you’ll need to target all the different parts of the muscle. By this we mean the gluteus medius, which is the highest of the glute muscles and is responsible for hip movement, for example when you step up onto something. Next is the gluteus minimus, which sits below the gluteus medius and also supports the hip, helping with walking and rotating the legs. The gluteus maximus is the largest of the three glute muscles, and is responsible for the rotation of the hip and the lateral rotation of the thigh. The gluteus maximus is also responsible for the shape of the butt, so is often one to target if you have a more aesthetic goal.

Of course, even if your goals aren’t to tone or build your glute muscles, keeping them strong is still important. Your glutes are responsible for powering the legs when we jump, walk, and run, so runners especially should make sure they are working on their glute strength if they are looking to PR at their next race.

5 exercises that really target your glutes:

Looking to target your glute muscles? Add these exercises to your workout routine.

1. Glute bridges

A simple exercise you can do with just your body weight, glute bridges target the hamstrings and the gluteus maximus, while also working the core. To do a glute bridge, lie on your back, with your knees

I tried the Daisy Keech ab workout – here’s what happened

October 30, 2021 Bella

I’ll start this article by saying I know I’m very late to the party with the Daisy Keech quarantine go-to clinch waist workout, which has already racked up over 9 million views on YouTube. Always keen to join a workout trend, (find out what happened when I tried the Bretman Rock ab workout and the 12-3-30 viral treadmill TikTok workout here), I unrolled my mat and pressed play, and, wow.

Core workouts are part of my weekly workout routine as a runner. And as an avid Pilates fan, I wasn’t too worried about this workout. I was wrong. Despite looking OK on paper, my lower abs were aching for a good few hours after this workout, and I definitely noticed them looking more defined the next day.

Daisy Keech explains in her intro that the moves are designed to give you more of a “clinched waist than build your obliques outwards.” By this, the YouTuber means that by working on the external oblique muscles, which are located along the side of the abdominals, you can get more of a squarer torso and if you’re hoping to make your waist smaller, you should target the abdominal muscles.

It’s important to caveat here that you shouldn’t avoid strengthening your oblique muscles — they’re important for anyone who practices sports that involve twisting from side to side, plus they can help you gain a stronger core.

The exercises Keech has put together are designed to target the lower abdominal muscles; “a lot of ab routines tend to focus on your upper abs and your obliques, however, if you start to increase the blood flow into the lower abs, it’ll help you burn that stubborn belly fat” the fitness model explains.

What is the Daisy Keech ab workout?

On paper, the Daisy Keech 8-minute

Emma Raducanu: British teenager reflects on ‘huge’ opening win at the Transylvanian Open | Tennis News

October 30, 2021 Bella

US Open champion Emma Raducanu is finally on the board on the WTA Tour after three previous first-round defeats; the teenager from Bromley in Kent will next take on home favourite Ana Bogdan in the last 16 of the Transylvania Open on Thursday

Last Updated: 27/10/21 1:35pm

Emma Raducanu recorded her first win on the WTA Tour

Emma Raducanu said tasting victory on the WTA Tour for the first time since her stunning US Open success “means a lot” to her.

Playing in just her second match since her fairy-tale victory as a qualifier at the US Open, the 18-year-old has finally been able to end the anomaly of being a Grand Slam champion without a win on the WTA Tour.

In just Raducanu’s fourth tournament at this level and after three previous first-round defeats she finally got on the board, beating Polona Hercog behind closed doors at the Transylvanian Open in Cluj.

She said: “It feels like a huge win, it is my first WTA Tour win which makes me very happy.

“It was difficult for me but I feel to win my first WTA match does mean a lot because I was on a losing streak, so I got my first one. I am really pleased to have come through that today.

“It definitely means a lot, it’s my first win, I knew that in my head so I was battling really hard to get on the board. To play in Romania, I had amazing support so they definitely helped me.

“It is a shame there aren’t fans here but I hope they were watching and I just wanted to do them proud.”

Raducanu, who had previously struggled to find anywhere near the level she showed in New York, allowed her talent to shine through in the deciding

Gary Kirsten on Pakistan radar for permanent coach role

October 29, 2021 Bella

Gary Kirsten is on the Pakistan Cricket Board’s radar to replace Misbah-ul-Haq as the men’s team head coach on a permanent basis, it is learnt. Simon Katich and Peter Moores are also on the shortlist, although the latter might have to settle for a Pakistan Super League assignment.

Kirsten won the World Cup with India, Katich served as Kolkata Knight Riders’ assistant coach followed by a stint as the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore until the first phase of this year’s Indian Premier League. Moores, who twice worked as England’s head coach, has recently signed a three-year contract extension with Nottinghamshire.

Ahead of the T20 World Cup, Misbah, along with bowling coach Waqar Younis, stepped down from their respective positions. The PCB appointed former off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq as the interim head coach for the tournament, with ex-seamer Abdul Razzaq looking after the bowling department. The changes coincided with Ramiz Raja taking charge as the PCB chief. A source in the know of developments informed that Raja is in favour of appointing a foreign coach on a full-time basis, although PCB needs to convince its preferred candidates for the project, as the majority of coaches these days are more keen to be associated with franchise cricket because of its shorter duration.

Pakistan have been off to a flying start in the ongoing T20 World Cup under the interim arrangement, winning back-to-back matches against India and New Zealand. Saqlain has instilled a strong ‘play for your country’ culture in the team. Pakistan have been doing their practice and pre-match warm-up sessions under their national flags, firmly planted near their training area.

“This has been done because we stand as one under our national flag,” Saqlain told reporters.

Waqar apologieses

Meanwhile, Waqar has issued an apology for Mohammad Rizwan’s namaz comment. “In