Posts Tagged ‘#blackbeltattitude’
Home Gym Setup for Cheap: Medicine Balls
Medicine balls can be used alone as a substitute for regular free weights, or in tandem to vary your moves so your muscles and your mind stay engaged more. They’re inexpensive around $20-$30 each. Exercise or stability balls are larger and meant to be used more for body positioning rather than lifting them like medicine…
Read MoreHome Gym Setup for Cheap: Free Weights
While you can use your body or things like milk jugs and cans for weights, having fun colored free weights make lifting easier and more fun. Deciding on what weight(s) you need to start at is the trickier thing.If you have access to a sporting goods section or a gym, trying out their weights is…
Read MoreHome Gym Setup for Cheap: Leg Lifts and Leg Weights
Home Gym for Cheap: Leg Lifts and Leg Weights Walking really keeps your legs in shape, but it doesn’t work all the muscles evenly. Fortunately, you can do leg lifts with or without weights on them. I’ve got a pair of 8-pound weights shown here (approximately $25) that wrap around with Velcro. Note that yours…
Read MoreHome Gym Setup for Cheap: Exercise Bands
Having a few basics like exercise bands can make a home gym more efficient and fun while not being very expensive. The downside is you have to be motivated enough to use them. That’s why I have multiple options so I can switch up my exercises to keep from being board. Additionally, most of the…
Read MoreHoliday Stress Busting
As the holidays gear up, it’s a time many people stress out trying to live up to the expectations. You deserve to enjoy the season, and those around you will enjoy it better if you do too. Here are 5 tips: Budget. Both your time and your money. Overspending now…pay for it later. Rethink your…
Read MoreGratitude: What 3 Things are You Grateful For Today?
A friend regularly posts 3 items he’s grateful for that are low-key but important to his well-being. Playing with the cats, for example. Grading papers. Finishing a presentation. Not things to be competitive about. Others like me reply with our own lists. It does get you to reflect about what is going right even if…
Read MoreDiet Derailments
So my overall feeling is going on a diet doesn’t really work for me or for many, because when it’s over you go back to how you were eating before. So I try to stay within a certain range for eating food. However, with the stress of the divorce I gained weight, which means I…
Read MoreFinding Humor
Having a great attitude especially when things are hard is tough. That’s when it’s especially important to find something amusing. And of course as a black belt, I find ninja gingerbread men amusing. No I am not getting a kickback from anyone promoting this. In fact, I’m not buying it myself because my kids and…
Read MoreGoals
Goals must be set if you’re to achieve the most. And they have to be the right goals to get you where you want to be. Preferably goals you care about. Right now I went through the my weekly sheet I create each Sunday night to see what I’ve been meeting. Since my work is…
Read MoreWork out like a black belt with correct form
Now that I’m back to working out, I’ve been getting help with my free weight lifting form. Get some help from someone who knows what they’re doing so your shoulders are truly back in retracted mode. Keep your weights in the zone where your lifts will generate the most good; where there’s still tension in…
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