MENTAL CULPRIT!

Hello and welcome everyone! Well it's back to school and classes resume...yes, even for some
Seniors and that includes me. Just a sidenote...we have generation x and y and so forth and yet
society still doesn't know what to call my generation, except Senior. That needs to be changed!
OK...class for me resumes on September 7th at the GYM. The "Balance Your Life" class began
three years ago at the GYM. Three women attended and two are still in the class...Carol and
Helen. The numbers have increased greatly and now I have 11 classes a week plus four classes
teaching pickleball.
Let's spend a little time on the "Balance Your Life." Emphasis is on attaining functional balance!
Society tends to fall into the trap..."aging is the cause of an imbalance of "freedom of movement."
Not True! Mental laziness is the culprit. Lack of movement is the greatest threat to our health.
As we age we tend to move less and less. We begin to instruct the brain to "get soft." So the brain
stops sending "movement signals" to the muscles. We instruct the brain to become complacent.
Muscles need stimuli...a command to stay active...FUNCTIONAL. Functional balance, attaining
a healthy lifestyle doesn't begin with exercise...it begins with the brain. When we allow our brain
to "retire," that's when I start hearing "I can't." The brain needs constant movement signals,
"fuel" and then and only then will the brain send the proper "fuel" to the muscles needed in
order to respond in the manner that we want and need. We signal the brain, the brain processes
the information and sends the message to the designated muscle group in order to attain and
maintain functional balance. This year 50% of instruction will emphasize "mental exercise."
Functional body movement doesn't begin with physical exercise...it begins with our brain...the
mental exercise. See you in class!

Have a great and meaningful life everyone! Jimmy O
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