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		<title>Active Stretching</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">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.</p>
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		<title>In All Reality&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Health essentials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<span id="more-32"></span></p>
<p>You have control over your life.  You decide what you eat, how much, or when you workout, how much sleep you get, etc.  Yes, we all have priorities in life, but no one has the excuse that he/she is too busy, for you are the one that makes your own schedule. There are things that we all do that we will find the time to fit in, regardless of a hectic schedule.  If you don’t make your health a priority, and you put other things before it that require a healthy and alert body such as your job (money), family, and/or relationships………..your health will begin to diminish and in turn your job, earnings, relationships, and overall way of life will begin to suffer.  Make sure you prioritize your life wisely and place emphasis on the things that will add to the abundance, joy, and longevity of your life.</p>
<p>Your health is your wealth! Don’t wish you had taken better care of it then.  Start today!  It is never too late to begin a healthier way of life.  Start with simple changes and make those changes become habits.  They say it takes about 21 days to make a habit as well as to break one.  Let today be the day to a healthier, happier you!  Little steps over time produce distance……..it is one step at a time, one day at a time, and in due season, you will reap a blessing for all the work you put into it!  You get out of something what you put into it! Hard work pays off! Results require action!!  Take ACTION today and don’t let the pressures of this world weigh you down!!!!</p>
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