For all you women out there who do not fall into the normal categories, Anna Saccone offers some styling tips for both tall and petite women. For petite women, Anna suggests that you should wear just one color in order to elongate your body and fool people into thinking that you are taller. If it is not possible to wear simply one color, it is suggested that you have a 2 to 1 ratio of color in your outfit and that the colors do not clash too much, as this will seem to cut your body in half, e...
From Dogmantics, dog trainer Emily Larlham shows how to train your dog to walk calmly on a leash. "I would advise against using any forms of positive punishment when teaching any behavior, but especially leash walking, as startling or hurting a dog actually increases their stress hormones in their body causing the dog to be more hyperactive and more likely to become aroused and reactive towards other dogs and people (whether they want to greet them or not)." (Dogmantics)
This is a how to hip hop and popping dance tutorial that takes waving beyond just the arm wave and body wave.
Trim and slim your stomach. Learn exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video. Take action: work the obliques, the sides of torso, using a mat for comfort, keep feet off floor and the body as straight as possible. Tom Clifford, the instructor of this how-to video, has a degree in physical education, fitness and health from Eastern Michigan University, where he ran track and cross-country. Tom has worked as a personal trainer for two years. He also has a separate bus...
Hula hoops are not static, but that doesn't mean they're easy to move exactly where you want them. Don't resort to messy hand raises, which will ruin the rotation of the hula hoop, since there is a way to lift a hula hoop up from the waist to the neck using only the body. Safire, expert hula hoop dancer, walks through the simple steps of doing this stunt, breaking down each movement to exact body positions and also thoroughly explaining any of the hula hoop choreography terminology she uses. ...
When one hoop just isn't enough, multi-hoop moves are the only way to cure hula hoop boredom. Spinning four rings around your body is no easy trick, but fortunately there are some tips to help you work up to multiple ring hula hooping. Safire, expert hula hoop dancer, walks through the steps of working your way up to multi hoop hula hoop moves, covering everything from how to practice to how to just get all those hoops on your body. Watch this video hula hoop tutorial and learn how to perform...
Watch this instructional quilting video to quilt a pantograph pattern with a longarm sewing machine. A pantograph is a mechanical linkage connected in a special manner so that the movement of one specified point is an amplified version of the movement of another point. If a a line drawing is traced by the first point, an enlarged copy will be drawn by a pen fixed to the other. Take note of the proper way to stand and move one's body when stitching out pantographs. It's best not to move one's ...
Learn how to do a floor bridge hold. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
This video demonstrates how to work out your quadricep muscles using a leg extension machine. The video walks you through adjusting the machine to your body type and explains how to perform the exercises correctly.
This video demonstrates how to use a leg press to work out your quads and glutes. The video walks you through setting up the machine to your body type and performing the exercises correctly to avoid injuries.
If you start to feel sluggish and tired, don't worry it's temporary. Your body is going through withdrawl! Not from drugs, but from carbohydrates. Kent tells you how to combat the induction flu and to be happy, it means the diet is working!
During winter, a person's body loses most of its heat through its head. Protect your baby from bitter, cold winds with a knitted santa hat or elf hat.
Emeka Okafor teaches you how to block a shot with timing and body control. Bobcats star center, Emeka is a fantastic defender and generally leads the league with blocked shots. Check out exactly how you can practice and perfect the shot block.
Proper form is essential for lifting weights and strength training. In this fitness how-to video, Mark Rippetoe gives his trademark introduction to the back squat. Follow along and see how you too can improve your squat positioning with a few tips on proper form.
Proper form is very important to lifting weight and strength training. One wrong move could potentially lead to an injury. Follow along in this how-to video critique by Mark Rippetoe as he guides someone through the correct set up for a power clean and push jerk. Better form can lead to more effective lifting. Practice your power clean and push jerk.
Proper form is very important to lifting weight and strength training. One wrong move could potentially lead to an injury. Follow along in this how-to video critique by Mark Rippetoe as he guides someone through the correct form for doing an overhead squat. Better posture can lead to more effective lifting. Learn how to do an overhead squat with proper form.
An important part of softball is being able to keep your weight on the back part of the foot. A bad tendency however is to shift the weight to the front food while hitting the ball. Farmington (MN) HS head softball coach Heather Ballstadt demonstrates a weight shift drill for hitting in this sports how to video.
Learn the basic information you will need for regular strength training and how to maximize the benefits of your weight training routine.
Modeling the human body in any medium is tough. In Maya, the premiere 3D art software, some say that most difficult parts of the whole body to model are the feet and the ears. This seven-part video will help you model the former in great detail. Watch this video on how to model the head, and you will have mastered the two trickiest parts of modeling the body using Maya! Congratulations!
This is a video tutorial that is showing its audience how to perform a dip while doing a hip hop dance. The first step is to push your weight towards your right foot with your knee bent. Then drop down onto your new and then come back up. Next you should practice this while counting. Next you should speed up your dancing. Instead of using a full eight count then this time use a four count. Next you should go in tempo with your move. Keep practicing until you have the move perfect. Finally you...
In this how to video, you will learn how to build up your arm strength for pitching. This involves using exercises that give you more focus on the muscles you will use for throwing. A high cable curl and crunch is a useful exercise for doing this. It involves gripping the rope on a weight machine and combining two different exercises together as one. You first start out with a curl, and then move on to a crunch. Repeat this for as many times as necessary. This will help you get a little extra...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to use a jump rope drill to help prevent golf pull shots. When beginning a swing, some people tend to rock the right shoulder upwards which doesn't get it far enough from the target line and causes the down swing to go out and over the target line. When swinging, make the right shoulder go straight backwards away from you and put the weight on your left heel. To perfect this, loop a jump rope over a fixed object. Then alternated and pull one end of th...
Jim McLean shows us how to do an eight step swing in this video. You start the swing in the "address" or universal position. The first step is to move the club three feet back from the ball in a uniform motion. Position two is moving the club half way back where the club is pointing down the target line. Position three is a three quarter golf swing is when your elbows are level and the shaft of the club is pointing into the plane line. Position four is preparing to swing forward. Position fiv...
In this video from diethealth, viewers are shown how to perform a bridge with an exercise ball. The process begins with the user lying flat on their back, and having their legs positioned on the ball so that their knees are bent. Then, they must lift their hips so that their spine is in a neutral position, and then lowering it back to its previous position. Along with the lifting, they must inhale with the lifting and exhale with the descent, while tightening their gluts and shifting the weig...
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
Go beyond the traditional 3D workflow to an immersive creative experience with the software Modo, created by Luxology. Modo is the next evolution of 3D modeling, painting and rendering for Mac and PC. Modo includes 3D sculpting tools, animation and network rendering, and advanced features such as n-gons and edge weighting.
When you first begin to drawing dogs, it can be difficult to know where to start. Usually, there are tricks that can get you started with ease, and the same is true in regards to drawing dogs. You don't have to be an expert artist to learn how to draw a dog; it's as simple as beginning with a 'cheat', or a few specific lines, and building a style from there. To draw a dog, you should begin by drawing the number 'six', followed by three lines, fairly close together. This will create the dog's ...
In these three sports how-to video, Farmington (MN) HS assistant softball coach Melissa Langer demonstrates three parts of a throwing drill, from the knee, for pitchers. Being able to throw from the knee give a pitcher good balance and coordination. Follow along and learn how to do this knee drill that can also be done with a weighted ball.
The tarbuck knot is a non-jamming knot, great for when the rope will be bearing a heavy load, and shocked with sudden weight. Form the loop around the winch then make a serises of turns around the standing part in a clockwise direction. Bring the running end down to the base of the runs and make another clockwise turn finishing off with a figure eight through the exiting strand from the top turn. Watch this video knot-tying tutorial and learn how to tie a tarbuck knot.
Here is a great chest workout you can do at home with a cheap dumbbell set. Big gyms are nice but when you can get a killer workout at home without the overhead of getting to and from the gym. In this chest workout we are going to do pushups, then with no rest immediately do flys, then with no rest immediately do dumbbell press. Make sure and use a much lighter weight than you usually would on the flys and dumbbell press because after the pushups you wont have much left in you. After doing th...
In this video series, expert Constance Borho teaches you some great pilates exercises for strengthening your arms, chest, and shoulders with small weights. Connie leads you through chest expansions and shoulder raises, showing you how to maintain good posture (keeping the “core” aligned) and various ways to strengthen your arms.
Security is tighter than ever in U.S. airports. From the recent instigation of the hotly debated full-body scans and pat-downs to the TSA limiting every ounce of body lotion you bring, it's hard to make it through the security gates without some major airport hate.
This video begins by showing the necessary tools needed to make a prop tommy gun out of a cardboard base. The first step is to trace a simple handle shape on the cardboard and repeat eight more times until you have eight exact copies of the handle. Then using an image of a tommy gun make an outline on the gun to cut in another piece of cardboard. You must cut and make eight more copies of the entire gun body to have the appropriate thickness for realism. The handle must be glued to the gun bo...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Sonic the Werehog. Start by drawing the outline of the character, making sure to draw in the spiked hair on the back of the head. Then, draw in the circle for the head and use crossing lines to reference where you want the features of the face to go. Draw in the features and then add in more detail to them as well. Erase the background lines and then draw in the details of the body. From here, color in the body and then shade in corners to make it look m...
In this tutorial, we learn how to do a simple Mario drawing. First, take your pencil and start to draw the outline of the head. After this, you will draw in the mustache, nose, and mouth on his face. From here, draw in the hat on the top of the head and then draw in the eyes as well. Add in shading and lines to create additional details and depth in the drawing as well. Continue to draw in the body and the overalls that are on the body as well. Finish off with the legs and the shoes and then ...
In this tutorial we learn how to get rid of your love handles. The simple answer is that there is no ab exercise that is going to burn love handles. The key is that you are looking to burn the maximum amount of calories. The abs are very small muscles, sit ups aren't going to get rid of your love handles. You must do workouts that incorporate your whole body and muscle mass so you burn the most amount of calories that is possible. Once you do the proper workouts, then you will be able to star...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Uncle Scrooge McDuck. Start off by drawing the outline of the hat, heat, neck, upper body, instrument, and lower body. After this, draw on the eyes, glasses, and the beak. From here, you will start to add in additional details and erase the outline lines from where they aren't needed. Start to add in lines to create folds on the character and then color him in with the appropriate colors. After this, add in shading to different parts of him and his instr...
In this video, we learn how to draw the classic Sonic the Hedgehog character. First, draw a round circle for the head. Then, draw in the eyes and the hair around the head in big huge lines. After this, sketch in the rest of the body. Then, start add details to the head, drawing in the eyes, mouth, and hair lines. From here, draw in the details of the body and then create the leg and feet clothing as well. Draw a bold black line over all of it, then you will add in shading to finish up this dr...
In this video, John shows us how to perform Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb pro wrestling move. Start out by jumping off the corner top of the ring. Make sure you stand there for a few seconds to center yourself and make sure you're balanced. Then, you will twist your body so it flips over and you land on your back. Keep your body straight and make sure you don't land on your head. Once you have found your balance on the jump off location, spread your feet out and make your arms at your side like a...
