Wednesday, 29 April 2009

test your posture

Good posture can be the difference between assisting your physical development and undermining it. Here are three tests for your posture.
Stand facing a full length mirror. Check that the following are true of you:
1. Your shoulders are level
2. Your head is straight
3. The spaces between your arms and sides seem equal
4. Your hips are level
5. Your kneecaps face straight ahead
6. Your ankles are straight
Now stand side-on or ask someone to help you make the following assessments of your posture:
1. Your head is erect, not slumping forward or backward
2. Your chin is parallel to the floor, not tilting up or down
3. Your shoulders are in line with your arms, not drooping forward or pulled back
4. Your stomach is flat (probably not as much as you’d like!)
5. Your knees are straight
6. Your lower back has a slightly forward curve, not too flat and not hollowed out
Now move over to the wall.
1. Stand with the back of your head touching the wall and your heels 15cm away from the wall.
2. With your buttocks touching the wall, check the distance between your lower back and the wall with your hand, and your neck and the wall.
If you can get your body between 2.5 - 5cm from the wall at the lower back and 5 cm from the wall at the neck, you're close to having excellent posture. If you can't achieve this , your posture my need professional attention from a chiropractor or osteopath to restore the normal curves of your spine.
Pilates is an excellent form of exercise to address postural issues.  
Posted by comotivate at 2:11 AM in Get Fit Goal
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Earth Day - a reason to celebrate?

How are you celebrating Earth Day? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day I'm sorry to sound sceptical, but what reason is there to celebrate? I believe Obama will be a force for good as far as the US is concerned, but what is happening isn't happening quickly enough. I can't help but feel that it will take a massive natural disaster to act as the wake up call required. New Orleans knows about the fragility of the planet...perhaps this recession will be a catalyst for green enterprise. Households will need the hard work done for them. Humans have proven themselves to need change forced upon them. List your favourite green businesses here...
Posted by comotivate at 11:20 AM in Live Greener goal
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Friday, 3 April 2009

New features on their way

A whole range of enhancements are being worked on at the moment including:

- Clearer progress tool adjustment settings

- Geo-tagging to provide the opportunity for meet-ups

- Easier video uploads

- Quicker goal registration

- More High5s awarded based on user activity

- Messenger chat and video chat

- Easier to view profiles of team buddies

- Better user journey on sign-up

We'll let you know when they'll be live and at that point give you a better idea of the next wave of enhancements and new features. If there are things we need to know that would make the sitebetter for you, please get in touch. Send an email to listener at comotivate.com - we reply personally to every email and take every criticism squarely on the chin!

Posted by comotivate at 6:09 AM in Announcing site updates
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