Many people have no idea the importance of getting your recommended amount of water each day which varies person to person. So often water is substituted with other beverages such as coffee, tea, soft drinks, alcohol, and other sugary drinks that are counterproductive in hydrating your body, and they end up taking water from your body’s reserves. The best way to hydrate is to drink water. Water should be one of the top priorities to an individual’s daily essential elements, next to air. Our bodies are 75% water (the brain is made up of 95% water, blood is 82% and lungs 90%, etc.) along with 2/3 of the earth consisting of water and supporting life itself. Without water, there is no life!!! You cannot expect your body to function the way God created it to function if you don’t do the basic fundamentals to keep it in proper working health. Continue Reading…
So I recently had a stomach issue that my body, along with antibiotics, has finally overcome (THANK GOD). It really has made me appreciative for a pain-free life!! Dealing with that kind of pain really opened my eyes in a whole new light. A majority of individuals will continue on with their “normal” lifestyle, overlooking their health in general, until one day they are hit with a horrible reality of sickness and/or pain. Continue Reading…
Recently, I was introduced to active stretching to perform before my workouts. I found out how off my balance is and how weak my hips and foot flexors are. What is active stretching? Active stretching is holding certain positions with the strength of your agonist (engaging/contracting) muscles without assistance. Active stretching increases flexibility, strengthens, and warms up the muscles targeted. For example, going into a side lunge and holding it there for a second or two and then repeating for a desired number of repetitions is active stretching. My agonist muscles get fatigued quite fast. I’m trying to build up to where I have complete control of the position while holding the proper form. I find that making focal points are very helpful. I’m also doing it barefoot so I can work out my feet. A lot of my instability comes from the imbalance and weakness of my foot flexors. For demonstrations of active stretching you can check out our Ideal Shape youtube video.
We are all governed by three areas of our lives: mind, body and spirit. All three areas play major roles to complete health and wholeness. One of the keys to keeping every area functioning in unison is balance. We are people of extreme. We either do too much of something or not enough, one spectrum or the other. A lack of balance is usually due to a lack of discipline and organization. Many people tend to make excuses for why they are the way that they are, but in all reality……we are the ones who make the ultimate decisions in our everydays. Continue Reading…
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