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How To Maintain Beautiful Plus Size Clothes
August 28th, 2009 | 
Author: ght (c) 2009 Lian Vaiphei
Plus size women are no different from any other women. Plus size or curvy women, like anyone else, want to be fashion-forward while being comfortable with their body shape. As such, plus size womans clothing not only focuses on how good a piece of clothing looks, it also takes into consideration fabrics that should fit well and are long-lasting.
Usually, there is not much difference between fabrics used for plus size womans clothes and other clothing. So, there is no big difference in taking care of plus size clothing from other normal clothes.
The most basic thing to remember in taking care of plus size clothes is to always check the label of the item so that you are informed of how to wash it.
When it’s time to do the laundry, group clothes that have similar washing instructions and remember these groups so that it?ll be easier the next time you have to do a load.
While washing your clothes you should take care not to wash light colored clothes together with colorful garments. Usually dark color clothes shed their color while washing. When light color clothes are washed together with dark color ones, there is greater chance of the lighter cloth being soiled in the wash.
When you wash dark color clothes try washing them inside out. Washing clothes inside out prevents the color from fading. It also keeps the prints and colors intact.
After washing the clothes check if all the stains have gone. Dry your clothes after properly washing off the stains as stains become harder to remove when it dries.
Clothes are also more long lasting if they are not washed too often. It is always advisable to rather dry clean your clothes than wash them regularly. Dry cleaning does not affect the prints and keep the color also intact.
Take note of ironing instructions too; it can save you time and money since some articles of clothing do not need ironing. There are many plus size clothes made of stretchy fabric. The best way to maintain these sort of clothes is to follow wash and care instructions.
Hang your garments in closets using good-quality hangers. Using the wrong hanger can make soil your clothes. Using the wrong hanger can make the shoulder or collar sag, leaving stretches and lumps made by the hanger.
Maintaining plus size womans clothes is not a difficult task. Just remember to check the label and follow the instructions written on the label. That way you can’t go wrong, and your clothes will last a long time.
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Tags: How Swimmers Get Their Lean Muscular Bodies
As a physical fitness instructor, when I am meeting potential clients to assess their fitness objectives for the first time, a very common request would be “Can you help me develop a swimmer’s body?” The question seems like a no brainer, don’t you think so? The most logical and simplest answer would be to swim more often, isn’t it?
Really, do you think it just that simple? If that is the case, you will see many people with lean muscular bodies in your neighborhood swimming pools, right?. So why isn’t that the case?
Firstly, we need to know what do my clients mean by getting a swimmer’s body? Is it the body of your local lifeguard or of world class competitive swimmer’s physiques like those of, say, Ian Thorpe? I put my last dollar down that they meant the latter.
Most of you would have seen Ian Thorpe’s superb body shape in swimming competitions or commercials that he is endorsing. Do you really think world class competitive swimmers get their awesomely well toned muscular body by merely swimming? Of course not. The reason for them having such fabulous body shapes are that they include weight training into their exercise program. So their toned muscles are built mostly in the gym and not in the pool.
The perceived misconception about swimmers having well sculpted lean muscular body is that people only see them swim but did not see them working out in a gym.
Yes, swimming is a fantastic exercise and will get some people into shape, but not the body shape of world class competitive swimmers. Now, unknown to most people, although swimming is a fantastic exercise, trying to get a muscularly toned physique through swimming may get you into trouble because swimming only develop the muscles that are used to pull and not to push.
You can swim in any stroke and in any style, your swimming actions are all pulling actions. That means that swimming only develops your pull muscles. This can lead to muscle imbalances. An imbalance in a muscle group will cause the opposite muscle to work too hard, causing pain, loss of strength and endurance in that muscle group. Never thought of it that way, did you?
Now, since the opposing muscles (push muscles) are not being trained, the development of the pull muscles will also hit a plateau pretty quickly since your muscles like to grow and gain strength symmetrically. This is your body’s natural way to protect you from muscle imbalances and will put the swimmer’s improvements to a screeching halt. That is one of the reasons why competitive swimmers have to train with weights not only to strengthen their pull muscles but to develop the push muscles as well.
So you see, competitive swimmers get their muscularly toned body not by swimming training alone but through weight training as well. So if you are one of those who desire to get that fabulous swimmer’s body, then you must include weight training into your swimming program.