Best Exercise for a Beautiful Back and Shoulders

With tank top season slowly creeping its way in, now’s the time to focus on sculpting a sexy upper body. All you need are a few good exercises that target your shoulders in addition to creating a strong and sexy back. Remember, just because you can’t see what’s behind you, doesn’t mean you should ignore it. Check out these highly effective and challenging exercises to give you to-die-for backs and shoulders:

Arnold Presses: Unlike traditional shoulder presses, this version adds a little more of a challenge. Sit on a bench and hold a dumbbell in each hand, but with your palms facing in towards you. As you press the weights up, rotate your hands so they end up facing the other way. When you lower the weights back down, rotate them again so they are back at your shoulders and facing you.


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3 Proven Reasons You will Lose Weight If You Fall in Love

Will you lose weight if you fall in love with someone special? Or should you shed some extra pounds of body fat before you fall in love? It is very common for us to think that if our body is in perfect shape, it will be easier to find some one who loves you. A new study published in the journal Obesity, revealed that the truth is falling in love could in fact help you get slim.

Hormone oxytocin, or often know as love hormone was the subject of the study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School. Oxytocin is linked to activities which demonstrate love such as cuddling, kissing, and making love to your partner.

25 healthy young men, 13 at “normal” BMIs and 12 who were overweight or obese were studied in this research to observe the effect on oxytocin on body weight.

The participants were given either the oxytocin spray or a placebo without disclosing what they were given. All participants ordered breakfast from a menu and were served double portions of whatever they requested. The calorie intake of each participant was then recorded.

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