Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with
Bryant and Anita Hewitt
Monday
March 11, 2013
Food
To Chew On:
Monday
– Cooperating in a Miracle
John
11:26 (NKJV)
And whoever lives and believes in Me shall
never die. Do you believe this?”
Thought
For The Day:
We
all living on the edge of some great thing we need Christ to do in our lives.
He wants to know if we believe it can happen. “Do you believe that I am able?”
His silent strength is given to those who say, “Yes.”
Happy
“Melody Monday!!” There is music ringing in my soul today. When we do the right
things for our bodies, it breaks out in a symphony and dance...So Keep Up The
Great Work and You Will Hear An Melody in Your Soul!! J
Elderly
Balance Problems
When
we encounter elderly balance problems with ourselves or a family member, they
are usually a result of generalized age-related declines in muscular and
sensory functions.
Below
I have made a great balance video that is fun and easy to do. All you need is a
chair, comfortable loose fitting clothing, and a pair of smooth bottom shoes to
wear so you won't catch your feet. Read on then give it a try.
After
50 years of age we begin to lose 10 percent of our strength per decade of life
which lead to elderly balance problems. Daily balance exercises can help reduce
the rate of decline.
Many
older adults will not only have balance changes due to aging but also
experience declines because of medical conditions like macular degeneration, cataracts
and peripheral neuropathy.
In
these cases it is vital to continue to work on improving your balance by daily
exercises. For elderly balance problems, try at least two balance exercises
every day like the staggered stance exercise below.
To
improve you or your family members elderly balance problems, we must address
the cause. As long as there is no other indication that the problem is more
serious, you can bet it is probably due to generalized age related changes.
These are decreased lower body strength, decreased reaction times and
inactivity.
Try
this exercise below for elderly balance problems which is great for improving
balance, lower body strength and just plain old "too much sitting
around"!
You
will get the hang of it. Practice every day if you can. As I say,
"practice makes....permanent!" So don't practice "inactivity"
or you will get good at it!
Good luck!!!!
The
7 Worst Training Mistakes I’ve Ever Made…
Stupid
Stability Training
There
was a time when I took stability training too far…and I can freely admit it
now, looking back on it.
Stability
training, when done properly and for the right purposes, can be a very useful
tool in your training toolbox. Just don’t take it to the point of
stupidity…which is, unfortunately, what I did and where I see a lot of trainers
taking it.
So
here’s what I did…
Freestanding
dumbbell one-legged squats while standing on one foot on the handle of a
round-plate dumbbell (that could roll freely).
It was a circus act more than a useful
exercise…I actually developed my balance to the point where I could do 3 or 4
full one-leg squat reps without setting my other foot on the ground or touching
anything for balance.
Did
it help me get stronger in the regular squat? No. There was pretty much zero
carryover to actual useful strength. And the potential downside of falling off
the dumbell while doing this insane exercise…I don’t have to tell you twice.
And
here’s what else I did…
Handstand
push-ups with my hands on top of the PLATES of two round dumbbell’s set
parallel to each other, so as I’m doing the handstand push-up, the dumbbells
had the potential to roll outwards (in addition to be very unsteady on their
own). I did 4 reps of that and have never even considered trying it since.
The
Lesson:
Stability
training is great, but you CAN take it too far. Use it for the right reasons
and don’t push your luck trying to do circus-level balancing tricks with
resistance. The carry-over to real-world strength just isn’t there and the
risks don’t justify it.
A
Healthy Menu For
Monday
Start
with a serving of high-fiber, low-sugar cereal, 1 cup of skim milk and 1 cup of
raspberries. For lunch, combine 1/2 cup of cooked whole-wheat pasta and mix
with 1/2 cup roasted chicken breast, 1 tbsp. of light mayonnaise and chopped
celery. Have an apple on the side. At dinner, try 4 oz. of flank steak with two
corn tortillas, 1 cup shredded cabbage and a slice of avocado. For snacks, have
about 20 whole almonds and later, a cup of nonfat yogurt with half a kiwifruit.
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