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Monday, July 25, 2011

Are you jinglin', or jigglin'?

What did LL Cool J mean exactly? Was it Christmas and she had bells on?  Was she carrying extra change in her purse, and was running to feed the parking meter? Maybe it was her jewelry, "bamboo earrings at least two pair"? Or maybe it was something else LL was taking poetic liberties with.  While technically jingling is a sound, MCs have long been imaginative with their verbiage, so why not have jingling be a word used to describe how something moves, and why am I writing about this?

This morning, while doing a bit of cardio, we may have noticed some, well,  jingling. In actuality it's jiggling, but there was no sound. It wasn't terrible, and hopefully nothing on us is big enough to smack us in the face and knock us out, it was (and has been) present nonetheless.  While some might say it's nothing to worry about, it is that abdominal girth that puts us at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and all the associated problems. That's what I am working on reducing my risk of.  In general, women have body parts that because of their size and composition, may be prone to "jingling" - real talk. What's not really supposed to jingle on any of us is our mid-section, our core.

A strong core helps with posture, reduces back pain, and makes you better able to maintain good form during your workouts.  Overall, working on your core strength should be a major part of your exercise plan.  The beautiful thing about core workouts is that they can be done anytime and do not all require getting on the floor or putting on special clothing (...if that took you somewhere lewd, stop it!) There are tons of core exercise examples online from the very simple to far more complex. So do a little googlin' to find out what you can do to work on the jinglin', go 'head...

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