Made Up Mind Monday with HHWN

Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with

Bryant and Anita Hewitt

 

Monday, June 03, 2013

Food To Chew On:

Monday – Walk in Wisdom

1 Corinthians 1:25 (NKJV)

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men

 

Thought For The Day:

“Walk in wisdom…redeeming the time “ (Colossians  4:5).

 

Do you a “Made Up Mind” to eat right and exercise? At the end of the day it is all up to you … and the question still remains How Bad Do You Want to Change? We are here to encourage you along the way because we are in this together!!! By any chance you haven’t had a made up mind… then now is the time to do so….

We Can Do This!!! J

Exercises For Balance For Seniors And The Elderly

Eye Tracking

Purpose of this exercise

•These exercises will help our visual and vestibular systems.

•They are Important in maintaining our postural stability.

Step 1

•Hold your thumb comfortably in front of your face with your elbow bent.

 Step 2

•Move your thumb to the right as far as comfortable.

•Then move your thumb to the left as far as comfortable.

•Try not to move your head. Follow with your eyes only.

•Then move your thumb upward, and finally downward.

 Step 1

•Now hold your thumb at arm’s length.

Step 2

•Move your thumb to the right as far as comfortable

•Then move to the left as far as comfortable.

•This time, follow with your eyes and head.

•Move your thumb upward, then downward.

 Breathing:

•Breathe normally, inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth.

Tips:

•Lift your chest high while maintaining a level head.

•If you get dizzy, stop.

•If you would like to try again, hold on to a chair this time.

•If you feel pain in your neck, especially when turning to the side, only turn as far as comfortable.

Take it up a notch:

•Add a one pound wrist weight to your arm.

•Stagger your feet one in front of the other.

You made it!  Remember to practice your exercises for balance daily. Good luck!

Navy Seal Workout

Get Creative with a Basic Navy Seal Workout

If one has an itching for Seal training then why not get imaginative with it? There are more ways than one to skin a cat in terms of pushups, pull-ups, and ab workouts right?

Pushups come in a variety of stances and military is only one of them. Remember to keep that backside low, try not to avoid eccentric stress, and then go from wide to the V-stance, from clapping to stagger.

Pull-ups also, in terms of grip, have a variety of stances and like pushups; each one poses its own challenge to a different set of muscles. Expend some effort to discover them and experiment on a regular basis. Also, I like to integrate at least one other exercise into my pull ups, whether it be burgees, box jumps, Romanian style get-ups, or barbell curls to squats.

When it comes to abdominal workouts, there must be over a 100 of them that can be mixed, juxtaposed, and melted together. Military style sit-ups are effective, but add to them anyway. Throw in a dumbbell or weight plate, add a twist or incorporate the legs.

 A Healthy Lifestyle For

Monday

 

 

 

For breakfast on Monday, go back to either whole grain or bran cold cereal with one-half cup of skim milk and a half a banana. Try vegetarian chili for lunch. Finish your day with three ounces of baked chicken breast with the skin removed, a half cup of wild or brown rice, a half cup of cooked carrots and peas.