Staying Injury Free

 

Allowing The Knees To Go Forward During The Squat

THE squat is one of my favourite exercises. It can be layered to work many different muscles at the same time and should be on your exercise list.

However, when done incorrectly can very easily damage your knees and lower back.
When doing a squat the wrong way, the knees will move forward excessively towards the bottom of the motion.

This will leave the knees far in front of the toes, which should not happen, as it puts a lot of pressure directly on the knees.
When done right, the movement should be the same as going from a seated to standing position. This means that as you lower your body, the hips are pushed back, allowing the knees to stay fairly stationary behind the feet.

Stand in front of a chair or by a wall if you need something to hold onto for balance.  It may be more comfortable for you to spread your feet out.

Pitfalls Of Success Pride

Praying man at the altar. Image source erikbrewer

A feeling of self-respect and personal worth. Satisfaction with your (or another’s) achievements. The trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards. Unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins).

YOU know the scripture, which speaks about how pride goes before a fall. We all know it well really, but how rarely we think of ourselves as being proud.

Most times, you envision pride as having to be loud and pompous, but it is that pride that has been expertly hidden that is more dangerous.
Frankly, unless the Lord uncovers this deadly sin in your heart, you will live oblivious of it and wonder at your lack of grace.

Nollywood Actor, Bryan Okwara Urge Celebrities To Avoid Sharing Their Personal Life On Social Media

Hunky Nollywood actor and model, Bryan Okwara, opened up in a recent interview about his personal life and how much celebrities should share on social media.

The actor revealed he shares just enough on social media and avoids sensitive posts that could harm his career in future.

He said, “I try not to share too much because the thing about too much information is that when it gets back at you not everybody knows why you shared it. Just to avoid mis-haps i would rather not put very sensitive things out there.”

Nigerian, S/African artistes for Lagos Culture Fest

Lagos will make headlines again as host of an international music festival – the Gidi Cultural Festival.
Slated for March 26 at the Eko Atlantic, organisers say the event will feature a line-up of top and up and coming acts from Nigeria and South Africa, including Davido, Tiwa Savage, Phyno, Yemi Alade, Timaya, as well as South Africa’s K.O and Riky Rick who will be performing in Nigeria for the first time.

The festival’s founder, Chin Okeke, describes the show as one that defines the progression of music and urban youth culture in Africa.

“The festival was naturally born in Lagos because the city is the melting pot of the continent, yet it maintains a global outlook. Our lineup represents the current crop of African music stars,” said Okeke
Produced by Eclipse Live Africa, Gidi Fest is also expected to feature the likes of Adekunle Gold, Small Doctor and disc jockeys.

Nigerians invoke Ciara’s passion for new dance

•Ciara (third right), Kaffy (third left) with other dancers

Nigerian dance queen, Kaffy, may be on her way to America as the new Hollywood dance coach, following tutorial she gave visiting American singer, Ciara, on some of Nigeria’s dance craze such as Kukere, Duro, Etigi and Shoki.

Ciara had excited fans during last week’s Darey Art-Alade’s Love Like A Movie concert in Lagos, where the singer was special guest and performer.

2015 FCT budget: Buhari seeks extension of implementation

•President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, has written the Senate asking for permission to extend the implementation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 2015 budget to March 31.

Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki read the Presidential request letter on the floor of the Senate Tuesday.

President Buhari in the letter asked the lawmakers to recall that the FCT Appropriation Bill was accented to on the 21 of May 2015 by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

He noted that the delay in accenting to the bill affected its implementation in respect of capital projects and other expenditure.
He added, “In this connection, numerous payments for critical and essential projects are outstanding: in view of the foregoing, the senate is invited to note the delay allowed the FCTA only seven months in 2015 for implementation.

Joel Allotey: Hustling For Her Daily Bread, Olajumoke Found Serendipity As an Ingredient For Success!

 

Few weeks ago, the name Olajumoke Orisaguna would not have rang any bells in the minds of the everyday Nigerian. A young lady who hawked fresh hot ‘Agege’ bread along the streets of suburban Lagos; like hundreds, maybe thousand others like her. Uneventful, uninteresting. But, Olajumoke’s story was unique, for the sole reason that she found herself at the right place and at the right time.

When I first saw the pictures from UK popstar, Tinie Tempah’s photoshoot online, done by the renowned photographer TY Bello, I thought it was just brilliant. Shots taken in a simple Lagos neighbourhood, featuring a proud son of the soil, who was representing Nigeria well in the Western music industry. Tinie Tempah looked dashing in his tradition Nigerian attire; the surrounding was perfect, even the ‘bread-seller girl’ was the perfect ‘prop’- a ubiquitous finding on many Lagos streets. But in fact, the bread seller was not really a prop.

Apparently, Olajumoke had unintentionally photobombed the photoshoot session (after TY Bello got her verbal consent to include her in the picture), and literally and metaphorically walked into what would later become success and stardom.

The 27-year old has become, almost overnight, a Nigerian sensation; the poster child for the Nigerian Dream- one where success and good fortune unexpectedly falls in ones lap. Nigerians, in our almost trademark super-religious and superstitious nature, see her story as the ultimate miracle; the kind that make people attend all-night vigils for prayers and deliverance, and get many self-proclaimed ‘men of god’ a sizable congregation, along with its perks.

Lil Kesh covers MyStreetz Magazine’s Newest Issue

 

YBNL Nation’s Lil Kesh is the cover star for the latest issue of MyStreetz Magazine.

The publisher of the magazine, Sesan Adeniji wrote about the choice of the young rapper as the cover of the magazine.

Femi Kuti – Am Unlike My Father And Am Not Trying To Copy Him

World recognized Four-time Grammy nominated Afrobeat legacy, Femi Kuti has declared he is not like his father Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, and he is not trying to copy him.

After a Twitter user criticized Femi Kuti for not being more like his father, the award winning musician stated that he has never tried to step into his father’s footsteps.

“My purpose in life isn’t to be or copy my father bt 2 BE MYSELF.I love my father &  I’m  NOT in competition wt him” tweeted Femi Kuti.

You can read his tweets below:

Toyin Aimhaku declares new lover on Val’s day

•Toyin Aimakhu and Seun Egbegbe

Far from speculations, Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu came out bold on St. Valentine’s Day to declare her new lover, Seun Egbegbe, a film marketer.

In romantic photo posture uploaded on Instagram, the actress said: “Thanks to GOD for using you to bring happiness back to my life, you will never know sorrow and happiness will not be far from you. May GOD continue to bless and uplift you and may GOD give me the strength to be able to pay you back.”
Few days back, Aimakhu’s estranged husband, Niyi Johnson posted suggestive pictures on Instagram, holding tight to a lady whose face he refused to show. With the pictures, Johnson earned the sympathy of fans, most of who encouraged him to carry on with his life.

Recall that Niyi and Aimakhu have been separated following several quarrels, linked to infidelity. Johnson had declared in some of his interviews that his wife caught him cheating, and had pleaded with her to forgive.
If these are not some publicity stunts, then recent events show that the couple are moving farther apart.

Am Not Broke, Emma Nyra Says Following Reports She’s Using Her Charity Organisation To Benefit Herself

Famous Nigerian female star, Emma Nyra recently launched her personal charity organization called Nyra Phoenix.

The former Triple MG act pleaded with the public to donate funds to her charity organization to help it achieve its goals.

New reports emerging suggest Emma Nyra was using her charity organization to fund her music career.

Emma Nyra has responded to the rumours by explaining what her charity organization is about.

VIDEO: M.I Abaga ft. Moti Cakes – Phase II

Some hours ago, the countdown to Illegal Music 3 – #IM3 – officially began with the release of ‘Everything’.
Now, Chocolate City President MI Abaga swiftly follows it up with the 2nd single along with a video titled “Phase II” featuring Moti Cakes.

My 2 watches costs like 20 cars! Davido brags

‘I’m so cocky sometimes’, says Davido as he brags about how expensive his wristwatches are.
The award-winning singer showed off his new wristwatch on social media and a fan asked how many he has. His response; ‘Just two but cost like 20 cars lol I’m so cocky sometimes lol’.

His new Rolex wristwatch customized by New York based jeweler, Greg Yuna is said to be worth over $80k.
In May 2015, Greg Yuna who makes jewelries for American superstars like Drake, Floyd Mayweather and others made a customized ‘OBO‘ neck-piece for Davido valued at $55,000

“I don’t want to settle down with the wrong guy” Beverly Naya talks about her Relationship & More

It’s Valentine’s season and it seems everyone is talking about love.

Nollywood actress Beverly Naya had a chat with TheBrief.ng and she opened up about why she is still single.

She also talks about her movie role in “Suru L’ere” and more.

See excerpts below.

On being single: Laughs… It’s not that they are not asking, they are asking. The main issue my mom complains about is that I can be quite picky. I am picky with reasons because I feel like I have a lot to offer. I don’t want to settle down with the wrong guy. What’s the point? You work this hard, you do so much for your life only for you to settle down with the wrong guy! No, it doesn’t make sense to me. So that’s partly why I’m single. The other reason is I’ve been really busy. I need a guy that understands the nature of my job and doesn’t get so insecure because of what I do. I know the right guy will find me when it’s time. I’m not keeping him a secret, but I am dating at the moment. I am being quiet about that because I don’t think that needs to be in the public just yet.

Despite Djansi’s ‘insult’, Omotola shows she’s friends with Ghanaians

•Omotola

Barely a week after her colleagues lashed at Ghanaian filmmaker; Leila Djansi for referring to Nollywood as Adolf Hitler, Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde took her 38th birthday celebrations to Accra, Ghana, where she made merry with other female celebrities.

Actress Stella Damasus it was who first slammed the Ghanaian producer for disparaging Nollywood, in an attempt to praise the new crop of Nigerian filmmakers for their inventiveness. Others followed suit in a renewed battle of supremacy between the film industries of Nigeria and Ghana.
In defense of Nollywood, Damasus had listed Omotola amongst the Nollywood actors she believed were insulted by Djansi’s utterance.