It Only Takes 7 Minutes
Here at YogaGlyphs, we believe in a healthy lifestyle. We believe in moving our bodies every day, whether it be at yoga, spinning, or working out with weights. We also realize that life happens and sometimes it's not that easy to "get moving."
Resident blogger Joe Powers, Powers Fitness Group, takes us through a 7 minute circuit that will be sure to get your heart pumping.
I always love training my clients during this time of year. Their energy changes during the holidays and it’s interesting to see and feel so easily. There energy picks up a tic or two. Sometimes it’s stress related because of all the things we add into our lives during the holidays. Most of the time though I see and hear their sense of accomplishment for the year they just had. And for whatever reason they work out just a little bit harder, we laugh and dance more(well I dance more, they just laugh at me more). I see, hear and feel their gratitude and they each know mine explicitly. As 2012 gives us one last dance, I like to do a personal inventory with them. We look at the year in the composite and ask:
· Are you healthier and more fit than you were a year ago?
· Are your relationships with yourself, friends, family, food, co-workers, etc. healthier than they were a year ago?
· Are you more comfortable in your own skin than you were a year ago?
· Is your life more balanced than it was a year ago?
· Do you have more space in your body, mind, spirit than you did a year ago?
· Has your lifestyle given you more positive energy and, if so, are you radiating that out to the world?
During the year we all set our short term health/fitness goals. I will attend 30 yoga classes in 30 days. I will have 14 percent body fat by July 1st. I will do 40 atomic pushups on the TRX by Valentine’s Day…you get the drift. We all set them. They are tangible, they are measurable and they are important. As the year ends, I like to take some proverbial deep breaths and review the legacy goals. Those short term goals are the building blocks for achieving the bigger, life enhancing experiences that shape who we are. We don’t get up at 6am to go sweat and move our bodies simply to see a desirable number on the scale. We do it because it makes us feel better. It makes us healthier, smarter, more kind and patient. It makes us feel in tune with our physical vehicles. It makes us better in every aspect of our lives. It helps us love ourselves and others even more. That’s why it is our lifestyle! So let’s celebrate like the rock stars we are. Celebrate your lifestyle by continuing to live it throughout the holidays and New Year with love of self and love for others. Do that and you won’t have any problem with the food you choose to eat or how you will find the time to move your body.
I intended my initial blog to have the traditional “Here are 7 Ways to Avoid the Holiday Love Handles” list. Google it and you will find so much good, common sense info. Execution on the other hand…there lies the challenge, right?! The motivation to execute is different for each of us, but it exists in all of us. Motivation is simply Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy to be continually interested and committed to act.
So get your booties motivated, here is an efficient, effective circuit that will get your heart moving and your pores dripping. All you need is a set of dumbbells and about as much space as a yoga mat. Do all three movements without rest. Take the minimal amount of time necessary to get your wind back and heart rate back down (usually 1 to 3 minutes) and hit it again…..and again and again, if you like!
1. God/Goddess Makers
2. Super Crunches
3. Roll Ups
Have a beautiful holiday and Happy New Year. Share the love.
Joe Powers
Powers Fitness Group
About Joe Powers:
Joe Powers is a private fitness consultant. His expertise is helping people change their mind, body and spirit through physical and mental conditioning. Believing that we all have an inner athlete just waiting to shine, he trains all his clients like they are an elite athlete. Each workout is efficient, challenging and different so the mind is always engaged and the body is moving in every direction possible. The main tools used are the human mind and body, TRXs, resistance bands, dumbbells, kettle bells, medicine balls, BOSU and physioballs, jump boxes and good ol’ gravity. He has a unique ability to balance a positive yet intense environment where people achieve things with their bodies that their minds never thought possible. Joe eliminates the mental barriers we’ve all placed on ourselves by facilitating action and celebrating achievement.
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