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"  Worried about shimmying in your jorts and crop top at Palm Springs this year? Good news! &amp;quot;The Coachella Diet&amp;quot; is apparently a thing. As the festival&amp;#039;s attendees gear up to head out to the desert in the next few weeks, apparently being up to speed on the performers isn&amp;#039;t enough prep\u2014 many are amping up their fitness regimes and taking on cleanses and diets as well. Why? Because festival fashion, of course! When tiny dresses, tinier shorts, bare stomachs, and crocheted bikinis are part of the style roster\u2014the best of which will be captured by hundreds of street style cameras\u2014one can&amp;#039;t afford to be out of shape. Or at least that&amp;#039;s what the rise of the popular hashtag #coachelladiet would imply.  I spoke to a few veteran Coachella attendees who revealed their own plans for kicking themselves into gear. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s more competition style-wise now,&amp;quot; said one undergrad who will head to the fest for the seventh time this year. &amp;quot;The number of Coachella virgins increases every year, and, if anything, they&amp;#039;re really into the image aspect.&amp;quot; Interestingly, in spite of scorning the &amp;quot;Coachella virgins&amp;quot; (which apparently is also a thing now) for focusing on their appearance, she continued: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t change my diet as much as I exercise more before it. I&amp;#039;ll do more yoga, SoulCycle, and Physique 57 classes. I step up on the late nights of dancing to get in the practice, too.&amp;quot;  Related: Wanted: Two Coachella Boyfriends Of course, a trend is not a trend if people aren&amp;#039;t going to capitalize on it, so fitness gurus are eagerly getting in on the game. Well + Good cites the creators of the Pound Rockout Workout, who, by popular demand from their clients, rolled out a &amp;quot;Cut by Coachella&amp;quot; fitness challenge this year. Plus, a cursory Google search reveals a stunning amount of Coachella-pegged, &amp;quot;Get Crop Top-Ready&amp;quot; workouts and fitness regimes from magazines and leading websites alike. So we have to demand: Um, isn&amp;#039;t the festival supposed to be about music? The experience, even? Has Coachella gone the way of fashion week\u2014by which I mean that far too many people show up to be seen rather to see? Also, crash dieting in preparation for two high-energy days of dancing and drinking\u2014 in the desert, no less\u2014 sounds like a recipe for epic disaster. Thankfully, accompanying the influx of diet tips and ab-tastic workouts for Your Best Coachella Ever!!!! are an array of &amp;quot;Coachella Diet&amp;quot; parodies, including this hilarious video from OldePayPhone on YouTube:      As well as a (totally crass) @coachelladiet Twitter:    Just purchased size 0 jean shorts, a teeny bikini &amp;amp;amp; an Indian headdress. Just need to fit in any of this by Friday #coachella #coachelladiet \u2014 The Coachella Diet (@coachelladiet) April 10, 2013    And this Reddit thread from last year, which I can&amp;#039;t decide is a joke or not, since some people to very earnestly share their weight loss progress intermittently with words and phrases like &amp;quot;Fitchella&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Bro tanks here I come,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Currently doing a juice cleanse and about to leave my apartment for broga (yoga for dudes).&amp;quot; But maybe I&amp;#039;ll never know, since I&amp;#039;m already having enough trouble taking the supposedly legitimate diet seriously. Then again, I&amp;#039;m a &amp;quot;Coachella virgin,&amp;quot; so what the hell do I know? Related: How to Wear a Flower Crown Without Looking Like a Coachella Fail "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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