Work Posterior Chain to Kill Back Pain

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Posterior chain work has so much benefit for our posture and our back muscles. If you are doing any kind of exercise program, be sure to add in posterior chain work . This could be deadlifts or it could also be some floor work like I am doing today.

What is the posterior chain?

The posterior chain is the back half of your body.  We tend to sit a lot and do work that requires use of the front half of our body so it tends to be stronger than the back half.  This can lead to issues over time with back and joints.  The posterior chain includes our back, hamstrings, triceps and more.

Why is this a problem?

Our posterior chain typically doesn’t get enough exercise during regular life and tends to make us hunch and have poor posture and poor posture leads to back pain.  With a weak posterior chain, when we actually go to do exercise, our joints are actually more prone to damage because of the strength imbalance!

Speaking of exercise… Had an excellent back and biceps workout today. Took a rest day yesterday so I was ready to kick butt today!! Day 32 of 91 day challenge is complete!! ✅

#posteriorchain #posture #reducebackpain #life #athleticgrandma

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Take Action Today (To Achieve Quickly!)

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It is what you do today that really matters. NOT what you say or think you will start doing tomorrow, next week, or after an event …it’s the actions that happen now that actually matter.

Just think how different your life would be if your decisions occurred quickly and the action started today? How would you then feel 3 months from now?

Its not just about health though….success in every area of our life depends on action in the right direction.  It could be decisions about business, relationships, finances, career, and so much more!!

Being on the fence and procrastination…both lead to the death of success. I have been there before and learned this lesson the hard way.  Don’t lose out on opportunities by waiting too long….you may lose out on something or someone forever by waiting or planning for “tomorrow”

Decide quickly, take action now and achieve quicker than you ever imagined! Action is the key! Start now and just do it!

As Tony Robbins says…we are either growing or we are dying…so lets keep moving forward and grow!

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Make Yourself Proud (Its the Way to Live Happy)

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Proud of myself for completing Day 27 of my 91 day fitness and nutrition challenge.

Often times we get caught up in worrying about what other people think, making other people happy, satisfying others, all of which we think will ultimately make us happy, when in reality…  We aren’t doing anything that WE want at all.

We are simply holding our own life hostage, while we begin to live our life for other people, and not for us.  We often fall onto other peoples accomplishments, and other peoples lives in general as to what we should be doing, we begin to live our lives trying to match what others are doing…  Whether it be buying a house, getting a nice vehicle, having a baby, getting married, going on a trip, being ultra fit as a runner, body builder…  Any of those things, it’s very easy to start to want another persons life, another persons timeline.

Sometimes we say to ourselves “I need to do this” …  “I should be doing that”, as we see the happiness on social media or down the street, sometimes we start to believe that the life we imagined we would have seems to be being lived by someone else, and it’s easy to fall into jealousy.

What to do about this?

The only answer I can give you, is once we stop trying to live someone else’s life and start living our own… It opens so many doors to life that we never even knew existed.  The most important thing is NOT to make other people proud, to do what you think others want, or trying to compete with a fancy car, a baby or a bikini body.  Discussing this reminds me of a quote “Don’t compare your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 10”.

We all get started at different times, find our passions at different times, meet the person of our dreams at different times.  The time spent not with that person, or with those moments isn’t wasted time, it’s time to grow, time to live and most importantly it’s time to make yourself proud of guess who… YOURSELF!

Why is it important to be proud of yourself?

Once we begin to be proud of who we are, it changes everything.  We stop looking for other peoples lives to mimick, and simply live our own.  I know we all struggle with this, but the best thing you can do, is begin to live your life.  It doesn’t matter who is proud of you, once you are proud of yourself…  It begins.  Life begins.

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Round Shoulders, Small Waist (it’s all relative)


There is something about working on developing strong round shoulders that has a way of making the waist look smaller…hmm what a novel idea!! In the video above is a 6 way move I did while working Shoulders this morning that definitely got my shoulders burning!

Muscles give our body nice shape and tone and pumps up our metabolism all day as well…bonus! Don’t wait.. get started now!

Have an awesome and active Friday!

#muscles #shape #tone #weightloss #health #relative
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IMPORTANT!!!

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With Vision you Can Accomplish Anything (Yes, Even abs as a Granny!)

 

Yes it is possible for even a granny like me to get abs!!

Working at strengthening and toning the belly muscles like a beast as well as staying away from processed and junk food makes all the difference!! My goal is to have flat toned abs and be rid of this puffy muffin top by the time my 91 day challenge is over…I know I can do it! I am a dang determined granny with a vision anyways…LOL

Determination and a vision for yourself is what will get you the furthest in life in every area! I have learned this one by practising it …and it totally works! ?

What is your vision for yourself? Do you have a health and fitness vision, a financial vision, a business vision, a time freedom or family related vision? Having a strong vision you truly believe in makes anything possible!!  Do you believe this?

 

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Lift and Sip Your Way Young (I am Proof it Works)

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Would you lift weights if you knew it could make you look younger? Well it can!! Lifting combined with superfood nutrition to give you a healthy glow is a magical youth potion!

As we get older, we lose the support of collagen in our skin and tissue leading to loose skin and wrinkles. By lifting weights, those areas tighten and fill out with muscle looking much younger!!  I am pushing 50 and have lost over 40 pounds, so you can imagine it that some areas of loose skin can happen in this situation.

Keep it safe!

Weight lifting using a professional program is advised to ensure you lift in a balanced manner to keep joints balanced and to use proper form to avoid injury.

Seriously take some time to consider starting superfood and a lifting program to work your way to youth!! The professionally designed program I am using is amazing!!  Please let me know if you want to hear more about it??

#weights #liftyourwayyoung #secrettoyouth #magicalcombination #superfood #potion

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Guard Your Mind from Shit (I am Not Kidding!)

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Don’t let shit get into your mind! We don’t realize how much hype, violence and drama we let into our minds when we watch world news and TV/Movies. We may not believe that it affects us, but the truth is that it does! Our brain is interesting in the way it reacts to all of that and subconsciously affects our thoughts and behaviours.

Past memories that create negative feelings in our mind also clog up our thoughts and beliefs, affect our ability to be happy today and actually affect our feeling about ourself! This is a good reason to work hard at resolving those memories and finding ways to appreciate how they have made you who you are today. I am a prime example of this. I had a rough childhood and was in past abusive relationships. I used to feel anger and self-pity and feel totally crappy about myself but with help I learned how to reframe those experiences and use what I learned to my positive advantage. Those old habitual feelings tend to creep in once in a while, but once you have recognized them, you can quickly turn those thoughts in a positive way (practise!).  No matter how bad the past was or how messed up you feel because of it, there is always a way to work at feeling better about it.

What helps me to keep my mind positive and moving forward is to AVOID letting crap into my mind, regularly feed it personal development.  I learn new things and apply them to my life and have learned to feel excited and passionate every day about what I do.   Seriously, nothing beats feeling excited and passionate every day!  When you feel like that, where is the time to even feel bad or negative about anything!?

One of my mentors (Tony Robbins) said….”If you are not growing, you are dying”.  I will never forget this and it is so true…learning and personal development is so important!  The same can be said for many things such as our relationships, our businesses and more…if they are not growing, then they are dying!  Scary thought!..

Ultimately, the most important thing to protect our mind and mental health and sense of well-being, is to stand guard at the door of our mind.  Don’t let the crap in, and work every day at getting the crap out from the past and reframing your thinking.   This process is important to maintain positivity, motivation, interest in and a zest for life like no other.  If you are having a hard time doing this yourself, it is understandable.  I recruited help from a coach to help me to reframe myself and my thinking, and I recommend this for you if you are having difficulty as well.

My other mentor (the late Jim Rohn) suggested that our mind is like a garden full of weeds.   Work at getting the weeds out (may take a lot of work at first), but then (after all that work) maintain it well by plucking the weeds out as soon as they come up.

Have a great day!  Fill your mind with personal growth, development and learn new things.  Get the shit out of there, keep it out and enjoy life NOW!

 

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Bat Wings Be Gone! (Join us for the Challenge!)

 

Chest and triceps was a really good workout this morning. Feels good to be getting stronger as I move through my current fitness challenge!
FYI…These tricep push-ups are part of a great list of exercises that help get rid of bat wings! I am all for getting rid of those things! Are you up for a challenge like this?
Would you do some tough exercises and eat right (clean) every day for a 10-day challenge to make progress and finally make progress to be rid of those bat wings?  Now is the time…summer and muscle shirt and dress season is just around the corner!

We have a FREE bat wing challenge coming up where we will show you the right way to eat and exercise to do just that! Message “yes” below or send me a private message if you are interested!!

#batwings #summerprep #toneup #support #encouragement #allinittogether

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Rest and Stretch for Best Results!

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After a long and hard week of lifting and MMA fighting and lots of work hours and action, I really needed this 20 min recovery and stretch workout this morning! Ahhh!! Felt so good!!

It’s very important to take these rest days and stretching to give your muscles time to recover and to build flexibility for the upcoming week of hard workouts again!! Never underestimate just how much a good rest and stretch day can boost your muscle growth and results as well! (And reduce chance of injury!)

Effective and feels great! Have a HAPPY EASTER!!

#rest #recover #enjoylifenow #effective #muscles #results #nevergiveup #happyeaster?

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Dynamic Set Training (Professional Programs get Results!)


The use of multiple types of sets such as combo sets, giant sets, single sets, progressive sets, drop sets, forces sets etc keeps your muscle wondering and confused…and therefore developing nicely!?

The effectiveness of professionally designed programs that incorporate all of these types of sets has been proven to get you the results you want.

The more effective the muscle training, the more the muscles will evenly develop. Developed and conditioned muscles burn more calories, are functionally stronger and also give us stronger joints, less prone to injury and less pain. It’s a win win to work those muscles properly!

By using a professionally designed program, it gives a strategy to follow to ensure that edge that will get the body you are looking for!  Takes the guessing completely out of the picture by showing you exactly what to do each day to get those results!

This morning for me was back and biceps work …Gosh, it feels so awesome to be lifting these days!   …day 17 of current 91 day core and beast challenge is complete!

#muscles #dynamicsettraining #getresults #professionalprogram #nomoreguessing #athleticgrandma

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