Nicki Minaj’s Diet and Fitness

Nicki Minaj Fact File: Born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago on 8th Dec, 1984 Name: Onika Tanya Maraj 162.5 cm / 5’4” tall weighs 63.5 kg / 140 lbs Measurements: 34-26-45 18,119,025 Facebook likes! Web: mypinkfriday.com Youtube.com/nickiminajtv Nicki Minaj has recently shot to great fame. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago and grew up in Queens, New York City. She has a strong fan-base in America, the Caribbean, the UK and many other countries. She was in the news recently for deleting her Twitter account – she had over 11 million follows. She recently appeared on the Graham Norton show in the UK where she gave a brief insight into her health and fitness regime. We have done a little more research to find out more about Nicki Minaj and how she stays in great shape. Nicki Minajs’ Body Type Nicki has a pear-shaped body. She has a large butt and thighs and a very slim waist. This gives her a big natural advantage as it means most of her weight goes where she wants it, and there is less work involved in keeping fat off her midriff. If anything her dance workouts help to increase her pear [...]

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The Workouts of Salman Khan, a Bollywood Legend

Salman Khan: Name: Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan Bollywood’s “Bad Boy” Height: 173 cm Born Dec 27th, 1965 From Indore, Madhya Pradesh Founded Being Human Has Trigeminal neuralgia In India Salman Khan is larger than life, he is a true living legend of Bollywood and he also has one of the best male bodies on the big screen – he is famous for removing his shirt! He and has made over 80 films during his long and very successful career. In 2004 he was voted by People as the 7th best looking man in the world – he worked as a model before moving into film. He played the lead role in the Bollywood blockbuster Bodyguard, which became the biggest grossing Indian film of all time and is Bollywood’s highest paid actors. He started weight training in 1993 and has not stopped since. Many of his early films showed him performing handstand push ups and pull ups. A decade later he would be performing weight training routines in his films and by the 2000′s he would be shirtless in many scenes for no real reason! Daily Exercises of Salman Khan Salman Khan is a great believer in daily workouts. He says that a day is not complete without exercise. Even when he is working full [...]

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Hrithik Roshan’s Workouts and Diet

This is our first look at one of the Bollywood greats. At first glance Hrithik Roshan is a typical Bollywood actor. He started as a child during the 1980′s when he was just 6 years old and appeared in a few films alongside his father, Rakesh Roshan, who played the leading roles. Hrithik Roshan’s Films He took he hand to directing films during the 1990′s when he continued to work with his father. It was in 2000 that he finally made his mark in Bollywood when he appeared in Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai with Amisha Patel. The film was a great success and Hrithik Roshan was suddenly the man of the moment. In his films he played various roles from that of a charismatic ladies man in the action film Fiza to the world of terrorism in Mission Kashmir. However, it was the science fiction film Krrish in which he appeared opposite Priyanka Chopra, that he shot to fame. It was also in Krrish that we first get to see Hrithik Roshan in a more demanding action role. He has had many successes since this, and the sequel to Krrish is now in production (due for release in 2013). In [...]

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Zac Efron’s Diet and Workouts

Zac Facts: Full name: Zachary David Alexander Efron Born October 18th, 1987 From San Luis Obispo, California He can juggle His Nan was in the circus He plays piano Owns a Delorean 1.7 million Facebook Fans Zac Efron has suddenly transitioned from a teenage heart-throb to a ripped and toned young man. Rolling Stone magazine actually labelled him as a “poster boy for tweenyboppers” as he was so popular with not only the teenage crowd but also young adults. That was 5 years ago now, he has matured in the last 5 years and is now drawing interest from an older audience. Zac’s career started in musicals, which included the original High School Musical as well as a Broadway adaptation of Hairspray. However, it is his most recent role that has brought him new attention. The Lucky One In Zac Efron’s latest role he plays a U.S. Marine called Logan Thibault in the new film, The Lucky One (Spring 2012 release). It tells the story of how when he returns home after his third tour of duty in Iraq he seeks a woman in a photo that became his lucky charm. Beth, played by Taylor Schilling, is “the lucky one”. Ramona Braganza Zac’s [...]

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Emma Stone’s Fitness Workouts and Diet Plan

Emma Stone has, until recently, been a very slender woman. However, for her latest role as Peter Parker’s love interest Gwen Stacy in the new Spiderman film, The Amazing Spider-Man. Emma has been training with the same fitness instructor that Andrew Garfield has been working with. She touched on her fitness while chatting with Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. On the show she described Andrew Garfield as being in the most unbelievable shape ever, however, her own training was progressing a little slower. Emma was never a sporty person at all, was never on any school sports team and never really exercised. In her first fitness session with the Spiderman fitness instructor she could not perform a single push up, not even on her knees. She also admits that intensive workouts adversely affects her mood, saying that working out with Andrew Garfield (she had to train with him sometimes) “brings out anger in me“. Rock-climbing at Chelsea Piers, New York City Emma Stone does have some active hobbies though, she is not as sedentary as she makes out in interviews. She enjoys going rock climbing at Chelsea Piers in New York, or at least she used to. Chelsea Piers [...]

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Pope Meets with Arnold Schwarzenegger to Plan Father Universe Competition

We originally ran this story in 2010, then come April 1st of 2012 we could not resist re-publishing it. An April Fool, but it really could be a good idea. Maybe more organisations should start running their own fitness competitions to motivate staff and members to get in shape. Weight loss clubs are not uncommon in offices around the world, so why not Mr. Corporate Universe competitions?

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Jennifer Nicole Lee – Mom Turned Fitness Model

It is not often we share weight loss before and after photos here, but the amazing transformation of Jennifer Nicole Lee is certainly worth sharing. Before she started working out and dieting Jennifer Nicole Lee was very overweight, weighing over 200 pounds. She gained all the weight after the birth of her baby boy. She taught herself how to exercise properly and how to eat healthily to lose weight. This photo shows how she looked before she started her workout program and how she looked afterwards. You can see that she gained a lot of tummy fat after the birth of her son. Many women think that it is not possible to lose belly fat once they are a mom, but this is simply not true. As you can see below, her transformation is truly amazing. Jennifer Nicole Lee went on to compete in fitness model competitions and won. As a result she developed the Fitness Model Program (www.fitnessmodelprogram.com) which is designed to teach you how you can get in great shape too. How Did She Do It? Jennifer became very determined to get fit. She explained to FNC iMag in 2012: “ I was sick and tired of being fat [...]

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Will and Kate’s Healthy Lifestyles and Diet

Kate is certainly in great shape, and certainly fit to be a queen one day. So, what do we know about her diet and fitness methods?

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The Chair is a Killer – The Truth About Exercise

Michael Mosley, the medical researcher and reporter for the BBC, has presented yet another excellent documentary about health and weight loss called The Truth About Exercise. In this latest feature he decided to tackle the issue of exercise, and looked specifically at why some people just do not seem to benefit so much from exercise as others do. Michael Mosley starts the documentary by telling us, “Exercise, I know I should do it …… but I hate it“. A sentiment echoed by many people. Health advisers tell us we need to exercise for good health, but few people actually listen. Mostly that is because we do not enjoy the experience much! However, scientists are changing view of exercise. Some extraordinary research shows that we all respond to exercise in very different ways and that we can get many of the healthy benefits of exercise in just 3 minutes a week. Michael Mosley says the research has altered the way he lives his life already and is convinced that everyone can benefit in the same way. In short, this research shows how we can all live healthier and longer lives without exercise! During the documentary Michael Mosley spoke with many experts [...]

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Why Should We Care About Celebrity Diets and Workouts?

We live in a world where celebrities are practically worshipped. It seems that while more and more people become overweight we are becoming more and more obsessed with how celebrities lose weight and get fit. Why is this so? What do celebrities offer us that fitness instructors, school physical education teachers and biologists cannot? Why do so many people look to famous people for guidance on losing weight? And why do people think that following a celebrity diet will help them lose weight? Celebrities – The new Role Models and Teachers This may seem a surprising idea, if not a totally ridiculous one. But it is a fact. For many people today there is a vacuum in their understanding and knowledge of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle, a well balanced diet and how to exercise. The school curriculum has failed many people so that they leave school not knowing how to prepare healthy meals or how to exercise by themselves. Schools focus more on kitchen hygiene than healthy eating, and sports focus more on competitive team sports than on empowering children to exercise by themselves. Social Sport Ends At School Team sports may produce more competitive people with better social [...]

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How To Lose Weight

To really understand how to lose weight you need to learn a little bit about the human body, the mind and nutrition. Weight loss really is not a complex task - you really do just need to eat less and exercise more. Here we cover the main topics on weight loss. There is also a list of resources and references to allow you to learn more on each topic discussed. There are also some excellent weight loss and fitness plans now available online that will help you to lose weight and get you fit quickly.

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Bruce Lee Fitness and Strength Workouts

Bruce Lee Articles Bruce Lee’s Diet Bruce Lee Kickboxing Jeet Kune Do Bruce Lee gave so much advice in his relatively short time as a professional martial artist and fitness instructor. Fortunately he left many notes and journals that have now been made into books, so that we know more about his training methods and philosophies. “Above all, never cheat on any exercise; use the amount of weight that you can handle without undue strain.” – Bruce Lee Bruce Lee divided his routine into specific martial arts training to enhance his martial arts prowess, i.e. weight training, calisthenics, cardio fitness and stretching. If you combine this Bruce Lee workout with a fitness plan you will get excellent results very quickly. Each day Bruce Lee would train to improve his physique and his martial ability. However, Bruce Lee also stated that it was important to never train the body so hard on any given day, to the point where the body is too weak on the following days to train more or to fight. From a martial perspective it is essential to never over-train, as although in the long term intensive training can make the body stronger quicker, in the short [...]

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Military Fitness Training

Whether you are looking to get fit before joining the military or just wish to learn from the best, these tips should certainly help guide you. Here we cover running drills typical of the army, strength training routines to build functional and powerful muscles, plus we look at some of the US Army;s fitness advice and basic training routines. First we look at a warning from the US Army that many people simply too unfit to fight. Are You Too Fat to Fight? In May 2010 the United States military aired its concerns that America is becoming such a fat nation that it cannot find enough new recruits for the armed services. So many teenagers are now overweight or obese that they cannot pass the physical tests to allow them to sign up and start military training. Retired generals from the US military, Mr Shalikashvili and Mr Shelton, have published their concerns in the Washington Post. They feel that the rising obesity crisis is now becoming a national threat as America can no longer find enough new recruits to maintain its army size. 5 years ago in 2005, 27% of all Americans between the age of 17 and 24 were too overweight [...]

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50 Ways To Improve Health, Get Fitter and Lose Weight

There are 2 ways to effectively improve health and fitness, which are to be more active and to eat healthy foods. However, many small lifestyle adjustments are needed to really make a permanent change. Here is our list of the most important changes that you can make. We have divided the 50 tips into Lifestyle Changes, Healthy Foods Choices, Rules For Getting Fit and the Root Causes of Weight Gain. 10 Lifestyle Changes 1. Walk – Get More Active Walking is an excellent form of exercise and over a set distance you burn just as many calories as jogging. Try to walk for at least 1 hour every day. This can be split up, say four 15 minutes walks per day. 2. Shop on Foot Shopping on foot can burn a lot of calories. If you spend Saturday afternoon wandering around the shops you may cover several miles in total and ou may walk for almost an hour when you go shopping.. Plus the work effort involved in carry bags of shopping will increase the energy you burn. Shop ’til you drop (weight)! 3. More Intensive Exercise Whether it is sweating down the gym, walking to and from work or a weekly five-a-side tournament, [...]

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Workouts and Fitness Exercises for Tennis

Tennis requires a combination of strength, speed, agility, fast reflexes and above all, endurance. Legs provide the base of a tennis player, and they have to be strong and agile. Shoulders and arms are essential for power play, and the core should be able to hold it all together. Tennis players are amazing athletes and have to dedicate a lot of time to fitness and conditioning to reach the top of their game. “If you really want to go deep in a major tournament then just look how hard the top guys work”. John McEnroe Tennis is now a very physically demanding sport that requires superior fitness as well as excellent tennis ability. Many good players have failed in recent years because they did not have the stamina to allow them to stay focused for an entire match. Like any other activity, as soon as you start to become physically tired, your mental processes start to deteriorate rapidly. Tennis players have to be “fighting fit” just like solders and martial artists. How to Stay Fit in Tennis Interval Training For Tennis Tennis involves relatively short periods of intensive exercise followed by rest. So just jogging 5 miles a day will not [...]

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The MCD Weight Loss Plan

The Healthy Way To Get Fit and Lose Weight Simple Diet, Hard Workouts! The Motley Health fitness and weight loss system is based on the best performing exercises and dieting methods that we have researched and shared with you over last half a decade. The MCD Weight Loss Plan is a unique way to lose weight. It combines the best Muscle building workouts with Cardio routines and Diet rules to help you lose weight quickly and safely and keep the weight off. If you have any questions about the plan please ask below and we shall answer you personally. M is For Muscle Muscle is essential for a fit and healthy body. Few people have adequate muscle mass to perform even the most basic exercises. More muscle means you can workout harder and also, most importantly, you burn more fat because muscle increases your metabolism. C is for Cardio Cardio workouts are the traditional way for most people to try to lose weight, but not all cardio is equal. Some workouts will help you lose weight much quicker than others. We will teach you how to workout in the most effective way possible. D is for Diet Last but certainly [...]

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A Healthy and Balanced Diet

Every day we are told to eat more healthily and take greater responsibility for our health. So what does this mean? What is a healthy diet? What should you buy and eat to ensure that you are following a healthy eating regime. The concept of healthy eating is not new, but what constitutes a healthy diet does change. 50 years ago a healthy diet would have looked rather different to that of one today. Optimum Diet and Health Much of the current research into nutrition is concerned with determining the optimum diet for health. It is known that many foods help to combat diseases, and likewise, others cause disease. In an ideal world everyone will know what to eat to ensure that they achieve optimum health, even if the food is not always available. It is important to mention first that there are not really any “bad” foods. A bad diet is not one that includes a few “unhealthy” foods, but a diet that is unbalanced. Sugar, fat and salt are all essential in a healthy diet, but consuming too much is what causes problems. How Much Should You Eat – Calories Firstly, for a diet to be healthy it [...]

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The Dangers of Dieting – Bad Dieting Can Be Bad For Your Health

Every year we hear reports of people becoming ill from following extreme “diets”. In some rare cases the diets prove fatal. While many products are regulated and sometimes banned, ideas, misconceptions and bad advice cannot be so easily controlled. Some diet systems are not inherently unhealthy, but due to lack of care and attention and often a disregard for the rules, people put themselves at risk by modifying and tweaking the diet plan. Here we look at a selection of diet plans and products that have hit the news in recent years. Some due to the controversial nature of the research that is behind them, and some for more tragic reasons. Raw Vegan Diets Can Be Bad for Your Health In June 2008 the Independent newspaper published an article about a family who had gone vegan, with terrible consequences. A mother, Holly Paige, adopted a raw vegan diet for her family thinking that it was a very healthy and nutritious way of eating. But the diet led to her daughters having growth problems, both being below average height and weight for children of their age, with reduced bone density and very skinny arms and legs. They had also swollen bellies and pinched cheeks, [...]

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Stress, Your Health and Your Weight

For a while now we have known that there is a link between stress and weight gain. However, it was always thought that the reason why people gained weight when stressed was simply because they tend to eat more for comfort. Recent research published in the American Journal Of Epidemiology has now explained exactly what happens when we become stressed. When we become stressed our bodies respond by going into a survival mode and prepare for the possibility of a long period without food. Metabolism slows down, more of the food we consume is stored as fat and stress hormones flood the stomach area which also cause further weight gain, and specifically accumulation of stomach fat. The research also revealed that women suffer more in terms of weight gain than men. There are various different types of stress and women seem to suffer more. Most common problems are money and job problems. Women also suffer more from relationship problems, low self esteem and feelings of inertia in their lives. What are the Warning Signs of Stress? Stress leads to a craving of sugar rich foods such as pasta, crisps, chocolate and beer. These food types, high in carbs, increase levels [...]

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Health and Fitness Advice for Women

Losing your belly fat and getting a slim and well defined abdomen is a long-term goal for most people, so persevere and not give up. You can do it, and we are here to help. Regular exercise and a healthy diet really is the key to getting your great body back.

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