You have got to be kidding me! This "article" got my blood BOILING and hands shaking!!!! It is completely absurd and is only offering another avenue away from personal responsibility.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482788,00.html
Here's the scoop: thin people, strong people, smart people, obese people, cup-stacking people, they are all the way they are because they "get their reps in" everyday. Their brains, minds, and bodies get really good at what they regularly and repeatedly choose to do. That may be eating few calories for the thin person...deadlifting regularly and progressively for the strong person...reading for the smart person...over-eating for the obese person... stacking and unstacking cups for the cup-stackers.
If you recall the article I wrote about neuroplasticity, this all makes perfect sense. If you do something, anything, and your brain senses it as rewarding, you are more likely to repeat the action that delivers the "dopamine/" mental reward. It's all about the brain and its interpretation. This can NOT be over-emphasized!
This reward system in the brain is as different as each individual. It's why the Zone diet works for your friend but the Warrior diet works for you. Or why Weight Watcher worked for you last year, but not this year. Your brain is really good at getting good at whatever you challenge it with! In fact, the brain thrives on novelty and challenges, and is why the "Beach Body 7," or what the heck ever it's called, works for the allotted 6-8 weeks. Constantly changing drills (although you don't get good at anything) creates enough demand, that the brain makes the body adapt. I say again: It's all about the brain! The brain controls all and adapts necessarily to demand for...SURVIVAL.
If you want to perpetuate your defeatist attitude and dole responsibility to anyone BUT yourself, believe that you're out of shape, weak, too skinny, too fat, not good enough because of your genetics, your environment, a frickin "fat virus," whatever. You're only cementing the path in your brain and setting yourself up for continued failure.
Here's another scoop, no one in my family is particularly strong or in shape. They're pretty much like the rest of America. I've got smokers, alcoholics, druggies, hermits, mediocre, and coat-tail riders in my family too. But do I accept their paths and "biology" as my fate? Um, NO!!! I choose to be the best that I can be, in spite of or because of my heritage and genetics. I'm choosing every-cotton-pickin' day, to "turn off" or "turn on" biological markers. You may be surprised to know that my family has a history of diabetes, high blood pressure, alcoholism, and smoking. However, I don't accept that I will inevitably drink, smoke, get high blood pressure, or diabetes. I practice healthy and better quality of life habits everyday. They may not seem like habits to me because I have done them for so long, but as soon as I replace a healthy habit with a poor habit, I change the tide for my biolgical markers and my genetic expression changes- i.e. I lose strength, get "soft," etc. etc.
So guess what? The bottom line is still: You have no one to blame but yourself! You are a direct result of your habits. You want change? You have control.
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Kettlebell Technique, basics & their variations:
2-Hand Swing-Why focus on the deadlift (NOT the squat) can instantly improve your swing
Clean-How knowing where & when to pull & punch through the bell handle can keep the bell from beating & bruising you
Military Press- Using the in-line kneeling lunge & contra-lateral presses to connect the upper & lower body for a stronger, more stable press
Clean Variations- fun with the bottoms-up clean & ball-catch clean
Press Variations- using the clean as a base for bottoms-up pressing & ball-catch pressing
Snatch- Why the clean translates to having a solid snatch
Get-up- Lunge AND Overhead styles for learning the valuable skill of moving from the ground to standing. Plus THE shoulder drill to understand its position for shoulder mobility & stability throughout the get-up & beyond
Front Squat- Why hip & knee bone rhythms are the secret to a smooth, strong front squat
Overhead Squat- How to corkscrew under the bell to improve depth & lower body mobility
Kickstand Lunge- A unique drill for heavy & safe one-leg kettlebell work
Windmill- Practicing a simple progression to better understand windmill mechanics
2-Hands Anyhow- To get more variety from the Windmill & coordinate the body better
Bear Crawl- An unexpected ab drill & how to do it without tipping the kettlebells & falling or hurting your wrists
Renegade Row- A fun & challenging ab drill that you don't have to lie down for!
One-legged Deadlift- Why this drill is better than any other stability drill to enhance proprioception & balance
Putting it all Together: Combining the Windmill & Get-up for the ultimate Kettlebell Warm-up
Workout #1-Linking drills together for a fun workout that you don't have to keep checking the clock to make sure you're getting in enough work!
Workout #2- Using double bell work to combine the Bear Crawl, Renegade Row, & Kickstand Lunge
Abbreviated Joint Mobility Cool-Down: A quick cool-down, including the often neglected but ever important eye mobility, to do after any workout or even throughout the day to re-energize yourself!
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This reference guide and workbook is for women who are committed to sustaining optimal health, well-being, strength and stamina during their pregnancy. This program will guide you from the beginning of your pregnancy until your baby arrives.
Progressive workouts lead you through your first and second trimester. Then, as you near the third trimester and finish your pregnancy, the workouts taper down accordingly.
I have trained several clients through and after their first, second, third and even fourth pregnancies. I have also experienced the changes and adaptations for myself.
This 143 page guide is a compilation of 102 workouts I have designed for these women as well as for myself. This means the detailed sessions outlined in this book are tried and safe for you and your baby from conception to delivery!
Because mobility and awareness of mobility changes are so important during pregnancy development, specifically selected joint mobility is preceded, incorporated into, and wraps-up each workout!
You'll also find:
A detailed list of Precautions
Extensive explanation of what to expect and
how to prepare for the changes unique to each trimester
Description of how to use the manual and how the workouts are presented
A Pre-Assessment Guide
Note segments on each page to journal your progress
Over 70 pictures with drill descriptions
And even a suggested reading list to guide you through other areas of your pregnancy
- Sara Cheatham, M.S.
- I am an Army Brat and dedicated Air Force wife. I've found kettlebells to be beneficial for preparing and maintianing deployable troops' needs, and have coached units of every service branch. I've also worked with those that keep the home fires burning...coaching women on the home front who have their hands full. Bells empower them to get & stay in shape right in their own homes. I've used kettlebells since 2004 and pressed the 16kg in my 9th month of pregnancy. After my delivery, Kettlebells got me back to pre-pregnancy shape and strength in less than 5 months. In the Great Falls/Malmstrom area? Contact me at saracheatham@hotmail.com for training.
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7 comments:
There must be a LOT of people infected with the "obesity virus" around here. I hear it's transmitted by Krispy Kremes... ;)
My sentiments exactly! Reminds me of a quote from Abraham Lincoln :
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing".
It'd be interesting to see where society would be if more people took personal responsibility for their lives rather then making excuses.
Dave
Krispy cremes and extra souped-up lattes ;)
It'd be an all too perfect world if people actually took personal responsibility!
Have I told you lately that I love you? haha, you crack me up! I have a story to tell you about excuses and stuff...remind me.
Kinda makes ya wonder how fat cells can replicate themselves without the persons POSSIBLY consuming the fat. The article makes it sound that the fat cells replicate themselves out of nothing. Sounds hocus pocus to me.
Ah perhaps we have personal responsibility and accountability cells. Maybe the virus uses THESE cells and turns them into fat cells. That way a person could be obese and guiltless at the same time.
I love your attitude Sara! Personal responsibility is all but lost in our society. Fat virus, huh? Sounds to me like a new prescription drug for overweight people is just over the horizon! Did you hear researchers are finding the benefits of being hungry (like Ori talks about) are proving true and now they have a drug to "reproduce" those benefits without ever having to disconnect the feed tube or feel hungry?
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