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Sunday Seven: The Week’s 7 Most Popular Articles, Vol. 10

Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. This week - Bikram yoga, food justice, glamor girls turned powerlifters, and more!

Mindith Rahmat

Written by Mindith Rahmat Last updated on May 27, 2012

Every Sunday we post the “Sunday Seven” so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. The hot topics this week include Bikram yoga, tips for kettlebell programming, food justice, glamor girls turned powerlifters, and more!

Science Says Bikram Yoga Helps Your Deadlift (Joshua Wortman)

While we all know yoga can make you more flexible, new research shows Bikram yoga can increase your deadlift as well.

The 5 Keys to Successful Kettlebell Workouts (Andrew Read)

Somehow people get really messed up when it comes to programming their kettlebell workouts. Exercise planning has some common sense guidelines, and so does working with kettlebells.

Confessions of a Glamor Girl: The Danger of Stereotypes in Fitness (Nick Horton)

Dressing like a glamor girl nearly got me put in jail when I was younger, but even as a more mellow adult I still run into stereotypes and prejudice…even in the fitness world.

Athlete Journal: Ingrid Kantola, Entry 14 – 5/21/12 (Ingrid Kantola)

It’s been 2 years since Ingrid had emergency open heart surgery and she is presently training for the CrossFit Games. She also just graduated last week from graduate school at the University of Texas!

Down in the Dirt Series: Part 4 – Food Justice and Communal Health (Danette “Dizzle” Rivera)

There are many facets of food justice, the most basic being that no one should go hungry. The current rise of food justice is about low-income communities having a right to accessible fresh foods.

The Paleo Mystique: Deciphering “Paleo” Eating (Keith Norris)

A mystique surrounds the ideas of eating “paleo” that often confuses people, but in reality the concept is quite simple to understand and implement, for both optimal health and performance.

I’m Gonna Need to See Some ID – No, Some Other ID (Valerie Worthington)

When we enter the grappling academy, we become someone different. At least, that’s how it feels, given who we are in other contexts. Does that feel weird to you? It does to me!

Mindith Rahmat

About Mindith Rahmat

Mindith is a born mover. She has spent her life exploring various athletic disciplines, starting with ballet and modern dance from an early age. She went on to become a E-RYT 500 certified yoga therapist and teacher and discovered CrossFit after the birth of her daughter.

Mindith coached CrossFit at a number of boxes near her home in Southern California, which lead to her involvement in Russian kettlebells and Olympic weightlifting. She has coached a wide variety of populations and cares deeply for women’s health, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum fitness. She is currently studying the principles of Natural Movement and Kettlebell Sport, and is working to complete an additional teacher training in the Taoist art of Yin Yoga with Master Paulie Zink.

Mindith founded Breaking Muscle in 2011. Over 5 million people a month have visited the site, hundreds of thousands of them follow Breaking Muscle on social media, nearly 2,000 coaches have written or appeared on its pages, and there are thousands of free, fully-formed training plans freely available. Breaking Muscle has won numerous awards in the industry and is recognized for pioneering new approaches to fitness and coaching techniques. In 2021, Breaking Muscle was acquired by Barbend. Mindith continues to devote time to her kids, pursue her doctorate in psychology, do research, and teach.

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