Sunday 2 March 2014
Sunday 23 February 2014
Girls skiing
Over the last 20 years women have broken the glass ceiling in many sports, which have traditionally been run and dominated by men, like skiing. But some barriers still remain. Even though there are many girl ski jumpers, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refuses to include female ski jumping as an Olympic sport. Sarah Burke, above shows her jumping skills in another category called freeskiing.
LA Times
LA Times
What exactly is "freeskiing?"
Sarah Burke: The most basic way to describe it is snowboarding on skis. Jumps, flips, spins over tabletops, riding the halfpipe and rails. If you have ever seen snowboarding it will look familiar. Freeskiing has only really gotten credit as a sport in the last five years since the contests started.
You started as a mogul skier. Did you ever have Olympic dreams and what happened?
Sarah Burke: Yeah, I did when I skied moguls, but once I started freeriding that wasn’t my dream or desire any more. The new dream became X Games and getting girls into that event. 2005 was the first year we got in. I was really annoying to the organizers until we [girls] got our way and got us in there as a medal sport.
How is freeskiing different from skiing big mountains in Alaska or mogul skiing?
Sarah Burke: We call Alaska "freeriding" and mogul skiing is kind of the more freestyle form of freeskiing. Unfortunately the Olympics haven't figured that out yet. They are a bit slow when it comes to progression.
Julia Mancuso (above) is a ski racer. Julia, now age 24, started professional racing at 15. She won the giant slalom gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Mancuso also went to Beijing for the summer games as an NBC correspondent!
Julia Mancuso will compete next year at February's Skiing World Championships in Val d'Isere, France.
Female skiers bodies
Female bodies are different than men, which means that their skis are different, more lighter in weight, have more flex and the bindings are mounted slightly forward. This is because the center of gravity in female bodies is lower. Women's boots are also made differently, according to skiing experts. Women's hips are different, making them stand slightly different than a man.
Winter sports like skiing also requires female bodies to be in a high state of fitness. To prepare for skiing the body must be trained first in aerobics; because the high altitude has less oxygen, and both downhill skiing and cross-country skiing place a hefty load on the lungs. Curves are welcome in downhill skiing because the added body mass helps female skier build momentum while racing down the slopes.
Strength training makes the body adapt to the constantly changing stress on the legs and torso. Squats and lunges are good workouts for the legs. Strength training also reduces soreness and helps the body in recovering from injuries. The torso (core muscles) can be worked out by twisting the body while holding a medicine ball; or by working out on a stability ball.
Downhill skiing is a pain for the back....the poor posture needs to be stretched out once you're done skiing. Lie on a bed and stretch your arms over the top of your head as straight as you can.
Female skier's bodies have been in the news for other reasons too. Here is Julia Mancuso advertising for Lange ski boots:
Lange traditionally used models in underwear as "Lange girls" and Julia was the first female athlete to be used in the adverts. Many saw the ads as sexist but Mancuso counters, "Women's skiing could use the attention. The men get so much more recognition. Whenever skiing gets on a cover of a magazine, men are always chosen for the picture."
And Julia defended using her sex-appeal, rather than her skiing skills, to get attention. "If you look at all the fashion magazines, those bodies are so skinny," she said. "I wanted to show that you don't have to be that skinny to be beautiful."
Sarah Burke (above) went a step further, appearing in the mens magazine FHM, and giving a dumbed down interview showcasing her sex-appeal:
"I'll leave a guy in bed if the powder is fresh," Sarah says. "Good sex is good sex, but powder days are seriously special." As is she.
Do non-skiing guys stand a chance?
Of course. He just has to like cold weather and be a good masseuse. Most guys don't believe that I m a skier when they see me at the lodge. They think I've just been lounging around all day. One of my sponsors even hit on me once; he had no clue who I was. There are always eight guys to every girl in ski towns too. I get groped a lot in ski-town bars.
Has a snowboarder ever deliberately made you cry?
No, but they can be jerks. Skiing is making a comeback. There are a lot more of us now than there was when I broke into the sport.
And who will win the inevitable showdown for the mountain?
Skiers for sure. Skiers are faster. Plus, we have our poles to take out snowboarders if we have to.
Saturday 22 February 2014
Fashion Models Female
Fashion Models
Fashion models are brilliant for helping clothing firms, make up brands and accessories companies to market their product and help get their message across to their chosen audience, and fashion models are also a great choice for events and launches
Here at Mission Models, we represent a huge variety of fashion models that can help any company get their event off to a great start. Our fashion models are much more varied that the fashion models on the books of other agencies, and we can provide fashion models for every type of occasion, from a fashion shoot to a catwalk show
We are based in the bustling capital, London, and this location ensures we always have an amazing range of fashion models available for any type of work. We believe working in London, one of the world's top spots for fashion, gives us an edge over other fashion models agencies and also ensures the quality of our fashion models
Our fashion models have worked in a range of sectors and for a wide variety of publications and events, and some of the most prestigious fashion models clients we have had include What Digital Camera magazine, the BBC mini series Material Girl, high end hair salon chain Toni and Guy and the prestigious Asian Wedding Exhibition
This range of work shows the calibre of our fashion models, but also highlights how varied our fashion models are. This makes us a reliable agency for firms of all kinds and no matter what type of fashion models our clients are looking for, we will find something to suit their needs and fashion models budget
Another well known publication our fashion models have featured in is Stuff magazine. This gadget focused read is noted for its use of stunning cover fashion models, and our fashion model Anara appeared on its cover shortly after appearing on an Ultratone advert
If you need fashion models for a high profile event, product launch or fashion show, get in touch with us and check out our amazing range of stunning fashion models of all shapes, sizes, hair colours and ethnicities
Hunk & Handsome, Nate Kaye
Thursday 20 February 2014
Female Fitness Models with Exercise and Walking Fitness
Exercise and Walking Fitness
Walking fitness and exercise go hand in hand. When you exercise in walking fitness, you take action by fighting disease. Walking is an aerobic workout that helps to lower blood pressure. When the pressure is low, it keeps the blood pumping smoothly. Walking fitness programs helps to lower LDL levels, which keep cholesterol at bay. When LDL levels are high, it leads to high cholesterol, which affects the health dramatically.
When you walk it tones and strengthens the muscles. The workout will strengthen the bones and joints as well. When you exercise and walk to fitness you take the steps to enhance your health. In addition, walking fitness and exercise will help you lose weight.
How should I start?
Start out with the low scale workout. Walk normal at first until you feel a need to pick up pace. Gradually walk into a brisk movement and after you finish your time limit, slowly cool down by reducing your walk to normal pace. Intense exercise should be worked into. If you intend to strength train do your walking fitness program first until you build strength.
What is walking fitness?
Walking fitness is a program either you set up or else you join a team of walkers. The programs include the seven-day workouts. In this program, you use a log to record your progress, feelings, plans, goals, schedule and so on. The goal is to start walking each day for at least ten minutes. The goal includes a short-term goal, which you work your way up to walking at least 20 minutes each day. You can join a team of walkers if you feel you cannot adhere to your own plans. Joining team will inspire you, since you will feel a need to keep up. In most teams you have beginners, moderate and advanced walkers. Start in the beginners program and work to moderate, especially if you are not use to exercise. Overexerting your body will only wear you down. Overexertion is the common reason why most people cease exercise and walking to fitness.
If you decide that you can walk on your own, move in slow and work up to brisk walks. Brisk walks are great for reducing health conditions or potentials, such as heart disease. One of the top killers in American is the well-known heart attack or strokes. Brisk walks will shrink your chance of heart attack up to 50%. In addition, brisk walks will reduce the risks of diabetes, strokes, high cholesterol, high blood and so on.
Where do I walk if I intend to walk to fitness alone? You have many choices, which include trail walks. Trail walks are nice since it puts you in touch with nature. You can also walk to the grocery store, walk to a distance friend’s house or walk to your local stores. If you are beginning walk a few blocks to the store and pick up a loaf of bread instead of driving.
Of course, you do not want to walk to the store each day, so choose an area in your neighborhood, such as the park and walk to it each day. The park is nice since it too puts you in front of nature. It is always nice to walk where wildlife roams and beautiful scenery surrounds the environment. Walk during sunny days since you will not only enjoy nature you will enjoy the benefits of getting Vitamin D from the sun. Walking fitness is a hot topic nowadays since our country is battling obesity, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, arthritis and much more.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)