Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with
Bryant and Anita Hewitt
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Food To Chew On:
Thursday - The Power To Forgive
John 20:22-23 (NKJV)
And
when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy
Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,
they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
Thought
For The Day:
You
have the power to set people free….
You
have to power to “Twist” your weight off and keep it off. It is all up to you….
There are some things we must do to lose the weight, eat right, exercise, get
enough sleep ( studies had shown if you don’t get enough sleep you can be
packing on the pounds). So let’s get Twisting with HHWN!!! J
Shoulder Stretches For Seniors And The
Elderly
Then
try this shoulder stretches exercise 10 times every day for a month and see the
improvement.
This
is a great limbering stretch to incorporated your breathing, in through the
nose and out through the mouth.
Try
to bring the air all the way down to your abdomen when breathing in.
This
way you will not increase the tension in your neck and upper chest. Give it a
try!
Shoulder and upper back
stretch
Purpose
of this exercise
•Increases your shoulder and scapular range of
motion.
•Stretches
your chest and shoulder.
•Will
make it easier to reach to that high shelf in your kitchen.
How to do it:
Step 1
•Bring
palms together in front of chest.
•Take
a breath in through your nose.
Step 2
•Exhale
as you bring arms up.
•Straighten
arms overhead with palms forward.
•Lower
your arms out to the side and back to the starting position.
Breathing:
•Exhale
during the upward movement phase.
•Inhale
during the downward movement phase.
Tips:
•Try
to keep your forearms together as you raise your hands.
•Squeeze
shoulder blades as you bring your arms down.
•Keep
your chest raised.
Take it up a notch:
•Add
one pound wrist weights to your arms to increase the workout.
•While
in prayer position, stretch wrists back for few seconds.
Is the Kettlebell all Hype?
My
first experience with one of these hardcore kettlebellers was in Columbus, Ohio
a few years back at the annual Arnold Sports Festival. She was staying at my
same hotel, and working for some “authentic” kettlebell retailer. She worshiped
these cast iron balls, claimed that dumbbells and barbells load weight onto
your joints and damage them, and that only kettlebells have a non-load bearing
action…? She pronounced that she sold the only, “authentic” Russian kettlebells,
and that all others were “fitness kettlebells,” inferior in design and
quality…? She claimed that you should only workout with kettlebells….?Ok,
first, using moderate weight (bodyweight, dbs, bbs, kettlebells, any type) for
resistance training your joints and soft connecting tissues are strengthened
because you load them over your joints. There is too much vagueness in many
claims, and this one is no exception. If you perform any lift too much, too
fast, with bad form, too heavy, or without a proper CNS awakening you can and
will injure your joints suddenly or eventually over time. Kettlebells are
unique in that most movements are compound, multi-joint movements and therefore
more dynamic than say, a single-joint action. This I believe, is where this
claim originates, but let’s be clear, lifting any weight involves the joints!
Saying that using kettlebells takes load away from your joints is like saying
you can make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without bread!
A Healthy Menu For
Thursday
For
breakfast, choose 1 cup All Bran cereal topped with 1 small, sliced banana, 1
cup nonfat milk and coffee or tea with a sugar substitute. Lunch can include a
turkey sandwich, 1 cup tossed green salad with 1 Tbsp. olive oil and vinegar
and a baked apple. Your dinner meal includes 1 cup lentil soup, 6 saltine
crackers and 1 cup nonfat milk. For dessert, try one small slice angel food
cake and ½ cup strawberries.
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