Saturday, September 11, 2010

STIMULUS PACKAGE!

Hello and welcome everyone! My teaching of fitness classes is now back in full swing...and it's
good to be back. In the previous two years of conducting the "Balance Your Life" class, 75%
of the exercises focused on the physical element and 25% on mental stimulation exercises.
This year the emphasis will be 50/50. Last week I mentioned that "smart people" have said for
years that aging causes the decline in functional balance. NOT TRUE! In my research and in
observing class participants, the main cause of "balance loss" is due to allowing our brain to
become lazy. So the brain is being conditioned to become non-functional...the brain is now a
"disconnect" to the muscles. The brain ceases to sent proper signals to the designated muscles
needed to perform functional balance. So, selected muscle behavior is dependant upon the signal
or command of our brain. And the results for functional balance becomes (without brain signals)
non-existant. For us to attain maximum functional activity, we need to call on the brain
to "come alive." Without that brain activity (stimulus), here is what happens...our brain is going
in one direction and the muscles are going in another. The final result...we fall or we say "I can't."
Can we bring the brain back to life? YES! Achieved through daily and proper mental exercises.
Coming back to life...attaining functional balance is witnessed in everyone of my classes. We
have all heard (over the past year) about stimulus packages. Well, what we have just discussed,
is your stimulus package to your self...to your lifestyle.

Have a great and meaningful life everyone! Jimmy O
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www.jimmyo.stemtechbiz.com
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