Hewitt Health Wellness Network
Enjoying A
Healthy Lifestyle with
Bryant and Anita Hewitt
Wednesday,
August 14, 2013
Food To Chew On:
A Lovely Thing
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NKJV)
Whatever
your hand finds to do, do it with your might…..
Thought For The Day:
“Every man
feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less
than a simple lovely action” –James Russell Lowell.
We trust
your day or evening is great… Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday Tips….Please don’t forget
to Hydrate.. that’s nothing like Water…you may try all of these other drinks….Nothing
can quench your thirst like H2O!!! Here is an amazing tip: If you drink a glass
of water before each meal you will eat less… if you listen to your body. When
your body say’s I’m full you stop eating and be consistent you will see
results!!!
Have a
Wonderful Day with HHWN J
Calf Exercises for Seniors And The Elderly
Calf exercises strengthen the lower body and are important in
maintaining balance and walking ability by improving your ability to push off
and accelerate as we walk.
It is vital to keep these muscles working not only every day but
several times a day.
This is because, as I like to say, they are the
"heart" of your legs.
Calf contractions help pump the great volume of blood up from
your legs to your upper body and brain.
No more fainting or getting light headed when standing still
when you raise up on your toes a few times during the day.
The 7 Worst
Training Mistakes I've Ever Made…
6. Too Many Chest Dips With Too Much Weight
A few years back I almost got a pec tear from doing heavy
weighted dips. I know this because I could feel it starting and about to blow
out. Luckily for me, when I do dips on my dip station, my feet are about 2
inches from the ground at the bottom. So when I felt that about to go, I
immediately dropped out of the exercise, relatively unscathed (just a bit of
soreness in the armpit area for a few days).
It’s a fact of heavy training that when you
always push things, it you’re probably going to get an injury at some point. It
comes with the territory.
For me, at that point, I had been doing a lot of chest dips and
had been trying to push the weight to see how much I could do. I had worked up
to using an extra 160 lbs hanging from my waist (three 45 lb plates and a 25 lb
plate) when this happened. And the second after it happened, I knew exactly WHY
it happened…it simply performing this exercise too frequently with very heavy
loads.
I still do chest dips on occasion…just not as heavy and not
nearly as frequently. Just like any exercise, if you do it too much and too
heavy, it CAN lead to injury.
The Lesson:
You have to not only listen to your body…your body has to listen
to YOU. Physically, I didn't feel this near-pec tear coming but in looking
back, mentally I knew I was probably pushing the exercise too hard, too often,
and I should’ve backed off sooner.
A Health
Menu For
WEDNESDAY
For breakfast select one low-fat blueberry waffle, 2 tbsp.
sugar-free syrup, ½ cup fresh raspberries and 1 cup nonfat milk. Enjoy coffee
or tea sweetened with a sugar substitute, too. Your lunch meal includes 2
scrambled eggs, 1 oz. low fat cheese, 1 slice of toasted whole grain bread and
1 tsp. soft margarine and ½ cup fresh pineapple. For dinner, choose 3 oz.
broiled salmon, ½ quinoa, ½ cup broccoli and cauliflower mix. Have 4 oz. low
fat yogurt with ½ cup sliced strawberries for dessert.
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