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As a
complete workout on their own or a supplement to free
weights and machines, strength bands are the ultimate
tool for customizing workouts and isolating muscles. A
little band exercise can be conducted in the car
(perhaps, while one is sitting in a school parking lot
waiting for the kids). It is so simple to tie the band
into a loop and perform quick arm or leg thrusts. Done
on a daily basis for as little as fifteen minutes, one
can see serious improvements in strength, flexibility,
and range of movement. To learn more check out this
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Trying to stretch muscles that have not been warmed, is like trying to stretch
old, dry rubber bands, they may snap.
Warming up prior to stretching does a number of beneficial things, but primarily
its purpose is to prepare the body and mind for more strenuous activity. One of
the ways it achieves this is by helping to increase the body’s core temperature
while also increasing the body’s muscle temperature. By increasing muscle
temperature you are helping to make the muscles loose, supple and pliable. This
is essential to ensure the maximum benefit is gained from your stretching.
The correct warm-up, also has the effect of increasing both your heart rate and
your respiratory rate. This increases blood flow, which in turn increases the
delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the working muscles. All this helps to
prepare the muscles and tendons for stretching.
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A little bit more
Today is an excellent day for small, incremental improvements. Whatever is
working for you, find a way to improve it just a little. There's no need
to make a huge, momentous change, just a small one, something you can do right
now.
Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments. Look
around you. Consider the work you do each day. Think about how you could do it
just a little bit better.
In a marathon race, each stride taken by the winner is just a little bit longer
and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher. Yet
over the course of the race, that small difference adds up in a big way.
Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and each day after
that. Anyone can make just a small improvement, and that can make a big, big
difference.
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"Consult
not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not
about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled
potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and
failed in, but with what is still possible for you to
do." - Pope John XXIII |
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Baked Fish
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients:
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1 pound fish fillets
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1/2-teaspoon salt
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1/8-teaspoon turmeric
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1/2-teaspoon cumin powder
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1/2-teaspoon black pepper
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3 garlic cloves, chopped
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1-1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
Direction:
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Coat fish with all ingredients except lemon juice.
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Cover and marinate for one hour in the refrigerator.
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Coat a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (nonfat).
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Place the fish in dish and cover with marinade.
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Bake, at 400 degrees F, uncovered for 20-25 minutes.
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Top with lemon juice.
Nutritional Information: (per portion) Serving size:
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1 fillet
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Calories: 100
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Fat: 1.5 g
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Cholesterol: 45 mg
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Protein: 20 g
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Carbohydrates: 0.5 g
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Fiber: 0.5 g
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Sodium: 320 mg
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Training with Strength band
As a complete workout on their own or a supplement to
free weights and machines, strength bands are the
ultimate tool for customizing workouts and isolating
muscles. And the portable bands and tubing make the
perfect travel workout. They're easier on the joints. In
fact, they're so effective and safe that physical
therapists often use them with their patients.
For busy moms, it is so simple to carry around these
bands in one's car or purse. A little band exercise can
be conducted in the car (perhaps, while one is sitting
in a school parking lot waiting for the kids). It is so
simple to tie the band into a loop and perform quick arm
or leg thrusts. Done on a daily basis for as little as
fifteen minutes, one can see serious improvements in
strength, flexibility, and range of movement.
Perhaps one of the most fantastic benefits of these band
exercise is its simplicity. As it does not require very
strenuous activity, the handicapped or obese can
participate and gain the phenomenal benefits of a bit of
resistance training. Those suffering from
movement-impairing diseases (such as Multiple
Sclerosis), can increase circulation and movement
through strength band exercise. For people suffering
with nerve conditions and other disorders, any kind of
movement can be painful, let alone exercise. Band
resistance training empowers the user to be in total
control of the level of difficulty. There is no need to
stand or be uncomfortable when using a Theraband, so one
can get in movement without the risk of falling or
becoming exhausted.
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