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Support the Oceans

This year the Jax Sheko Challenge celebrates its ninth year on July 11th and Flex is sponsoring! With the largest amount of pre-registered participants in the competition’s history, the 2015 open water swimming, ridge running and ocean paddling ‘trisolothon’ will be simultaneously highlighting the importance of preserving the world’s oceans more strongly than ever before. “Hong Kong’s biggest natural asset is the ocean, yet for years we have not treated it in that manner,” says Doug Woodring, race director and Director and Co-founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance.

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Three experts on summer fitness, wellness and nutrition

“Energetically summer is a time of expansion. The days are longer and brighter and often we feel the motivation to make healthy changes and take on new challenges,” says Jessica Williams of Body Awakening. So this summer take this opportunity to maintain the physical, mental and dietary wellbeing you want while minimizing the debilitating effects of heat and humidity.

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10 reasons you should get out in nature more

Nature is where we belong. It’s no coincidence that the minute we get out to a beach, a forest or a waterfall that we begin to feel better immediately. Nature is more than just eye candy, it is also one of the most powerful medications on the planet. If Big Pharma could start charging people for going out into nature, I’m sure they would. Here are 10 reasons why you should get outside! (After you read this of course…!)

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Coconut Butter Spreads

When I tell people I make coconut butter, many people say, “That’s great, I love coconut oil.” Coconut oils have become very popular recently, especially for those looking for weight loss, as well as pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. But while coconut oil is an extract taken from the coconut seed, coconut butter is ground sun dried coconut, and retains the sweetness and creaminess of the coconut.
Coconut butter is packed with benefits: lauric acid to boost the immunity, metabolism and energy, as well as amino acids, calcium and magnesium.

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TEEN XTEND BARRE© – A cool workout to challenge everyone while having fun!

Hope Patterson, Flex’s teen ambassador, is super excited to see Teen Xtend Barre© on the Flex schedule, and explains what it is about the class that she loves so much.

I’ve wanted to do Xtend Barre© since I watched my mum and aunts take the class. It looked like so much fun, but at the same time hard work! What I love the most is that during the warm up I get to use 1lb arm weights, which is adds some new lightweight training to my fitness regime. Apart from …

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Why barre workouts are great for poise, grace and confidence…AND a chiseled body!

Take the discipline of dance and the principles of Pilates, add weights, a barre, and high-energy, meticulous instructing and tadaa!, you have a serious ballet workout. Rockell Williamson-Rudder, International Director at Xtend Barre in Sydney, shares her thoughts on what makes Xtend Barre in particular, such a unique and beneficial workout.

I joined the Xtend Barre© company in 2010 and it’s hard to believe where the time has gone! I was first attracted to Xtend Barre as it was the only…

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Arms Race: Barre Exercises for Strong, Sexy Arms

You’ll have the right to roll up your sleeves and bare chiseled ballerina arms with this 20-minute routine. Hot tip for spring training: You’ll soon be coveting “barre” arms. “Ballerinas have chiseled arms without unwanted bulk,” says Andrea Rogers, the founder of the newly opened Xtend Barre studio in Brooklyn, USA. Rogers adds one-pound weights

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